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Pharmaceutical  Colleges^  etc. 
f  Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
t    June  1,  1871. 
have  not  been  developed.  They  have  fallen  into  the  hands  of  enterprising 
men,  who  are  said  to  be  working  them  with  good  success.  The  salt  water  is 
boiled  by  gas  obtained  from  the  same  wells  from  which  the  water  flows- — Tech- 
nologist, May,  1871. 
Bromide  of  Iron  is  recommended  by  Dr.  N.  H.  Norris,  of  Beloit,  Wis.,  as 
almost  a  specific  in  involuntary  seminal  emissions  and  spermatorrhoea.  He  has- 
given  it  three  times  daily,  an  hour  before  or  after  meals,  in  doses  of  3  to  5  grs,, 
rubbed  up  in  a  little  syrup  ;  at  bedtime  a  sufiBcient  quantity  is  given  to  produce 
good  refreshing  sleep,  free  from  lascivious  dreams,  for  which  purpose  10  grains 
are  usually  sufficient,  but  as  much  as  20  grains  have  been  given  without  injury. 
—  The  North-western  Med.  and  Surg.  Journ.,  April,  1871,  313 — 315. 
Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy. — The  last  pharmaceutical  meeting  of  the 
present  season  was  held  on  the  16th  of  May.  It  is  hoped  that  when  they  are 
resumed,  next  fall,  they  will  be  even  better  attended,  and  be  of  still  greater 
interest  than  those  of  the  year  1870-71. 
The  Board  of  Trustees  have,  for  the  coming  winter,  again  placed  Professor 
J.  M.  Maisch  in  charge  of  the  practical  and  analytical  laboratory  connected 
with  this  College.  The  laboratory  will  be  kept  open  for  the  instruction  in  prac- 
tical and  analytical  chemistry  and  pharmacy,  every  day  (Sundays  excepted), 
from  9  A.  M.  till  1  P.  M.  Instruction  will  be  given  in  qualitative  and  (to  ad- 
vanced students)  in  quantitative,  also  in  proximate  analysis,  in  technical  and 
in  pharmaceutical  chemistry.  Students  may  elect  any  one  or  more  or  all  week 
days  for  attendance,  either  for  the  entire  term  (five  months)  or  a  fraction 
thereof.  Encouraged  by  the  attendance  last  winter,  and  with  the  view  of  plac- 
ing this  important  feature  of  pharmaceutical  education  within  the  reach  of  all,, 
the  fee  has  been  considerably  reduced. 
Massachusetts  College  of  Pharmacy. — On  the  evening  of  March  18th  the 
third  annual  commencement  was  held  in  Horticultural  Hall,  in  the  city  of  Bos- 
ton, and  the  degree  of  Graduate  in  Pharmacy  was  conferred  on  five  young  gen- 
tlemen by  the  President,  Mr.  Samuel  M.  Colcord.  The  valedictory  address  was 
delivered  by  Professor  George  F.  H.  Markoe. 
Newark  Pharmaceutical  Association. — A  formulary  of  elixirs  and  unofficinal 
preparations  has  been  published  by  this  Association,  and  a  circular  issued  to 
the  medical  profession  of  the  city  of  Newark,  wherein  they  deprecate  the  pre- 
scribing of  such  fancy  preparations  of  particular  manufactures,  since  many  of 
these  elixirs  cannot  possibly  contain  what  they  profess  to.  The  members  of 
the  Association  propose  in  all  cases  to  dispense  those  made  according  to  the 
formulas  agreed  upon,  unless  a  special  preparation  is  indicated. 
The  Maryland  College  of  Pharmacy,  we  are  pleased  to  learn,  is  endeavoring- 
to  secure  a  permanent  "  home,"  by  purchasing  or  erecting  a  suitable  building. 
