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many  purposes  it  must  be  quite  as  valuable  as  the  sesqui-carbonate,  but  when* 
designed  to  be  employed  as  smelling  salts  it  would  be  worthless,  as  it  is  almost  desti- 
tute of  odor. 
There  being  no  further  business,  the  meeting,  on  motion,  adjourned. 
Thos.  S.  Wiegand,  Registrar. 
PHARMACEUTICAL  COLLEGES  AND  ASSOCIATIONS. 
Alumni  Association  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy. — The  fifth  social  meet- 
ing of  the  season  was  held  at  the  College  Thursday,  February  6,  Mr.  Krewson  in 
the  chair.    The  minutes  of  the  former  meeting  were  read,  corrected  and  approved.. 
Mr.  Mattison  read  an  exhaustive  paper  on  Dialyzed  Iron,  which  was  referred  to 
the  Publishing  Committee,  and  the  thanks  of  the  meeting  tendered  the  author.  A 
general  expression  of  the  views  of  different  members  on  dialyzed  iron  followed.. 
Some  mentioned  instances  where  the  remedy  had  apparently  produced  very  good 
results,  but  the  general  opinion  seemed  to  coincide  with  Mr.  Mattison's — that 
dialyzed  iron  has  little  or  no  value,  except  as  an  antidote  in  cases  of  poisoning  by 
arsenious  acid. 
Dr.  Murray  read  an  article  from  "  New  Remedies,"  entitled  The  Duties  of  an 
Apothecary. 
Mr.  Sayre,  Dr.  Murray  and  Mr.  Mattison  each  gave  some  practical  advice  to  the 
students  as  to  answering  questions  at  the  coming  examination. 
Mr.  Kennedy  read  a  paper  on  Adulterated  Gum  Arabic,  which  was  referred  to 
the  Publishing  Committee.  Mr.  Ellis  spoke  of  the  mixing  of  powders  fraudently,. 
being  an  old  custom,  but  thought  it  was  practised  less  now  than  formerly.  He 
thought,  with  Mr.  Kennedy,  that  every  case  detected  should  be  published,  in  order 
to  deter  others  from  so  doing. 
Then  adjourned. 
Pittsburg  College  of  Pharmacy.— In  this  institution  there  have  been  45  matricu- 
lants, of  which  number  35  were  full  course  students. 
Alumni  Association  St.  Louis  College  of  Pharmacy  The  fourth  annual  meet- 
ing was  held  Tuesday  evening,  February  18.  Reports  of  the  various  committees 
were  read,  which  proved  the  Association  to  be  in  a  prosperous  condition.  The  fol- 
lowing officers  were  elected  for  the  ensuing  year : 
President,  Chas.  Gietner ;  First  Vice  President,  Jas.  A.  Watkins  ;  Second  Vice 
President,  O.  E.  Treutler  5  Recording  Secretary,  Fred.  F.  Reichenbach  5  Corres- 
ponding Secretary,  Chas.  E.  Smith  5  Treasurer,  Ad.  Pfeiffer  ;  Registrar,  Thos  F. 
White  ;  Members  of  the  Executive  Board — J.  W.  Tomfohrde,  R.  H.  Hunstock,, 
Martin  Goehring,  Paul  Nacke  and  Peter  Hoffmann. 
