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the  progress  of  pharmacy  during  the  past  century,  and  of  this  association  during 
the  past  year,  offering  suggestions  for  extending  the  usefulness  of  it,  after  which 
the  president  elect,  Mr.  Wellcome,  took  the  chair  with  acknowledgements.  He 
presented  some  specimens  of  "  Goa  Powder,"  the  remedy  for  ringworm  which  has 
been  the  object  of  some  attention  in  the  medical  and  pharmaceutical  press  during 
the  past  year  Regarding  the  subject  of  stale  and  adulterated  herbs  he  said  that  he 
had  received  communications  from  different  sources  verifying  the  statements  made 
at  a  previous  meeting  on  the  subject  (see  page  141  of  this  volume).  He  exhibited 
a  specimen  of  fluid  extract  of  Eriodyction  Califomicum,  and  stated  that  recent  reports 
showed  it  to  possess  positive  action  in  bronchial  affections,  and  that  it  promised 
to  become  a  valuable  remedy. 
Mr.  Wood  read  an  interesting  paper  on  the  application  of  glycerite  of  starch, 
and  urging  its  use  in  the  place  of  Ung.  Simplex,  U.  S.  P. 
A  note,  by  J.  P.  Routh,  on  the  following  prescription  was  read,  some  difficulty 
having  been  experienced  by  some  in  dispensing  it :  R,  phosphorus,  gr.  vi,  mucil. 
acacia,  f^iii,  oil  gaultheria,  f£i,  tinct.  nux  vomica,  f^vii,  ferric  tartrate,  gx.  He 
melted  the  phosphorus  in  absolute  alcohol,  agitated  it  until  it  became  divided  into 
minute  globules,  placed  the  test  tube  under  a  stream  of  cold  water,  continuing  a 
brisk  agitation  until  it  was  reduced  to  an  almost  pulverent  form  5  this  was  added  to 
the  tartrate  of  iron,  previously  reduced  to  a  fine  powder,  and  triturated  until  the 
alcohol  was  entirely  driven  off ;  next  the  oil  of  gaultheria  and  mucilage  were 
added,  then  gradually  the  tincture  of  nux  vomica  5  the  result  was  a  permanent 
mixture. 
The  meetings  of  the  association  will  hereafter  be  held  quarterly,  next  one  being 
in  July,  this  best  suiting  the  convenience  of  members. 
Alumni  Association  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy. — The 
Twelfth  Annual  Report,  we  are  informed,  is  nearly  ready  for  distribution,  and  will 
be  sent  to  all  members  in  the  course  of  a  few  days.  Any  graduate,  desiring  a  copy 
of  it,  can  obtain  it  by  addressing  the  Treasurer,  E.  C.  Jones,  Fifteenth  and  Market 
streets,  Philadelphia. 
The  Maryland  College  of  Pharmacy  conferred  the  degree  of  Graduate  in 
Pharmacy  upon  the  following  gentlemen  at  the  Commencement,  held  in  the  Con- 
cordia Opera  House,  March  29th  :  Frank  Dorsey  (thesis,  Lead  and  its  compounds), 
Millard  S.  Gore  (Paullinia  sorbilis),  H.  Kornmann  (Oxygen),  Rich.  B.  Winder, 
Jr.  (Sodium),  Frank  A.  Meikle  (Toxicology),  Chas.  W.  Gardner  (Percolation), 
Wm.  G.  Hurd  (Tobacco),  Henry  Dietrich  (Fluid  extracts),  Gust.  A.  Knabe 
(Aeon.  Napellus),  Wm.  Geo.  Danim  (Anthemis  nobilis),  Martin  Lappe  (Hydro- 
gen), Edward  Jones  (Cytisus  scoparius),  Frank  P.  Zimmer  (Phosphates),  J.  C. 
Michael  (Carbon),  Frank  L.  Wallis  (Nickel  and  its  salts),  Henry  O.  Damm  (Asa- 
rum  Canadense),  J.  Br.  Baxley,  Jr.  (Datura  Stramonium),  John  H.  Brooke  (Fluid 
extracts),  and  John  Stauff  (Glycerin).  The  degrees  were  conferred  and  the  College 
prizes  distributed  by  the  President,  Dr.  Jos.  Roberts,  and  the  Alumni  prize  by  Mr. 
L.  Dohme.    Prof.  J.  F.  Moore  delivered  the  Valedictory  Address. 
