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Temperature.  Mr.  Boring  also  exhibited  a  sample  of  the  official 
elixir  of  iron,  quinine  and  strychnine  phosphate,  which  was  a  yel- 
lowish color  rather  than  green,  due  probably  to  over-neutralization 
as  suggested  by  M.  I.  Wilbert. 
M,  I.  Wilbert  said  that  the  fact  that  the  Pharmacopoeia  requires 
cresol  to  answer  the  test  for  absence  of  phenol  makes  the  compound 
solution  of  cresol  an  expensive  preparation.  In  commenting  on  the 
formula  for  this  preparation,  he  said  the  Committee  of  Revision 
might  have  availed  themselves  of  the  more  satisfactory  formula  of 
the  German  Pharmacopoeia.  He  said  that  many  of  the  preparations 
of  this  class  which  produce  milky  solutions  are  made  from  the  crude 
oil  from  which  phenol  has  been  separated,  and  that  the  milkiness  is 
due  to  the  presence  of  naphthalene.  Florence  Yaple, 
Secretary  pro  tem. 
PHILADELPHIA  COLLEGE  OF  PHARMACY. 
MINUTES  OF  THE  QUARTERLY  MEETING. 
The  quarterly  meeting  of  the  members  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Phar- 
macy was  held  December  26,  1905,  in  the  Library,  at  4  o'clock,  the  President, 
Howard  B.  French,  presiding. 
Twelve  members  were  present. 
The  minutes  of  the  Semi-annual  Meeting,  held  September  25th,  were  read 
and  approved. 
The  minutes  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  for  September  15th,  October  2d,  and 
November  8th,  were  read  and  approved. 
Thomas  S.  Wiegand  called  the  attention  of  the  members  to  the  analytical 
balance  and  the  large  number  of  books  on  the  table  belonging  to  the  late  Presi- 
dent Charles  Bullock,  which  were  donated  to  the  College  by  his  son,  William 
A..  Bullock.  In  the  collection  were  the  "  Original  Notes  on  the  Investigation 
of  Veratrum  Viride."  President  French,  in  accepting  the  gift,  said  the  College 
was  highly  honored  in  obtaining  such  a  valuable  accession  to  its  Library  from 
one  who  had  labored  long  and  earnestly  for  its  welfare.  Mahlon  N.  Kline 
moved  that  the  thanks  of  the  College  be  tendered  to  William  A.  Bullock  for 
the  gifts.    Unanimously  carried. 
The  President  announced  the  death  of  two  life  members  :  John  Bley — elected 
in  1868;  his  death  occurred  at  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  August  22,  1905.  Buried  at 
South  Laurel  Hill,  October  17th.  Allen  Shryock — elected  in  1870.  A  paper 
prepared  by  Mr.  Shryock  was  read  at  the  Pharmaceutical  Meeting  in  October; 
his  death  occurred  at  Philadelphia,  November  14th. 
ABSTRACTS  FROM  MINUTES  OF  THE  BOARD  OF  TRUSTEES. 
September  75,  1905. — Committee  on  Property  reported  that  the  building  had 
been  thoroughly  cleaned  and  in  good  shape  for  the  approaching  session.  Com- 
mittee on  Library  reported  a  number  of  accessions  to  the  Library.  Committee 
