222         Pharmaceutical  Colleges  and  Associations.  { AmxiXi879arm* 
Greenleaf  Voorhes,  New  Jersey,  Digitalis. 
William  W.  Washburne,  New  York,  Sulphuric  Acid. 
Joseph  Weidenfeld,  Wisconsin,  Mercury  and  its  Compounds 
Rudolph  C.  Werner,  Germany,  Phosphorus  and  its  Chemical  and  Pharmaceutical 
Preparations. 
Alfred  W.  Wiener,  New  York,  The  Location  of  the  Active  Principle  in  the  Spanish 
Fly. 
Alwin  J.  Wilhelm,  New  York,  Gum  Benzoes  and  Benzoic  Acid. 
The  Alumni  prizes,  consisting  of  a  gold,  silver  and  bronze  medal,  were  awarded 
to  C.  W.  May,  G.  W.  Freygang  and  R.  C.  Werner,  the  three  graduates  who  had 
passed  the  best  general  examination  ;  and  a  special  prize,  a  microscope,  was  pre- 
sented to  John  Oehler,  the  best  student  in  botany  and  Materia  Medica.  Professor 
Chandler,  on  behalf  of  the  Alpha  Beta  Gamma,  presented  to  the  College  Johnson's 
"Universal  Encyclopedia,"  in  four  volumes.  The  address  of  Judge  H  E.  How- 
land,  who  was  unable  to  be  present,  was  read  by  Chas.  P.  Miller,  and  the  Vale- 
dictory on  behalf  of  the  graduates  was  delivered  by  J  L  Hendrickson.  A  crayon 
portrait  of  Prof.  Frcebel  was  presented  to  the  College  by  the  Laboratory  Class. 
Alumni  Association  New  York  College  of  Pharmacy. — The  annual  meeting 
was  held  in  the  College  building  on  Tuesday,  March  17th.  Starr  H.  Ambler  occu- 
pied the  chair,  and  38  new  members  were  elected.  The  President  read  his  annual 
address.  The  Committee  on  Papers  and  Queries  presented  a  report  favoring  the 
establishment  of  a  money  prize,  to  be  awarded  for  original  investigation  and 
research  into  any  particular  pharmaceutical  subject  by  members  of  the  Alumni. 
The  Treasurer's  report  showed  the  finances  of  the  Association  to  be  in  a  satisfactory 
condition.    The  annual  election  resulted  in  the  choice  of  the  following  ticket : — 
President,  P.  W.  Bedford,-  Vice  Presidents,  George  B.  Frazer,  Starr  H.  Ambler, 
H.  L.  Coit;  Treasurer,  Theobald  Frohwein;  Secretary,  B.  F.  Hays;  Register, 
L.  M.  Royce.  Executive  Board — Messrs.  B.  F.  Mclntyre,  F.  Herman,  E.  Mon- 
taunus,  Jr.,  G.  Inness.  Delegates  to  the  Twenty-seventh  Annual  Meeting  of  the 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association — Messrs.  William  Wright,  Jr.,  J.  L.  Golin, 
T.  Frohwein,  J.  W.  Ballard,  H.  C.  Porter.  At  the  close  of  the  meeting  the  gradu- 
ating class  sat  down  to  a  dinner  tendered  them  by  the  Alumni,  the  festivities  being 
prolonged  until  a  late  hour. 
Pharmaceutical  Society  of  Great  Britain. — At  the  Pharmaceutical  meeting 
held  Nov.  6th,  the  President,  Mr.  John  Williams,  in  the  chair,  a  paper  entitled  some 
bismuth  residues  was  read  by  Dr.  E.  A.  Letts.  The  residues  had  been  left  on  dis- 
solving commercial  bismuth  in  a  mixture  of  2  parts  of  nitric  acid  and  3  parts  of 
water,  and  consisted  in  all  probability  of  tellurides  and  selenides  of  the  metals  gold, 
silver  and  bismuth ;  neither  sulphur  nor  other  electro-negative  constituent  could  be 
detected,  and  with  the  exception  of  traces  of  copper,  no  other  metal.  The  tellurium 
amounted  to  between  12  and  20  per  cent  of  the  weight  of  the  residue.  The  bismuth 
was  of  Australian  origin,  and  had  been  refined  probably  by  fusion  with  nitrate  of 
potassium 
Mr.  Schacht  stated  that  these  residues  amounted  to  about  one-half  per  cent,  of  the 
metal,  and  that  the  bismuth  preparations  made  from  the  metal  seemed  to  contain  a 
trace  of  tellurium.  A  girl  of  about  six  years  had  taken  less  than  one  grain  of  oxide 
of  bismuth,  which  had  made  her  breath  smell  of  garlic  for  more  than  a  week. 
Similar  effects  had  been  noticed  before  (see  "Am.  Jour  Phar.,"  1876,  p.  133),  and 
w.-re  attributed  to  the  presence  of  tellurium.  Professor  Attfield  suggested  that  since 
seleniuretted  hydrogen  was  said  to  be  much  more  pungent  and  powerful  than  tellu- 
rietted  hydrogen,  a  minute  quantity  of  selenium  might  cause  all  the  mischief. 
Tincture  of'  quinine  was  the  title  of  a  paper  read  by  Mr.  W.  Martindale,  who 
