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Editorial. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
June,  1876. 
Cincinnati  College  of  Pharmagy. — The  third  pharmaceutical  meeting  was 
held  May  10th,  F.  L.  Eaton  in  the  chair.  After  the  approval  of  the  minutes,  the 
following  donations  were  made  to  the  cabinet.  From  H.  F.  Reum,  select  specimens 
of  Ceylon  cinnamon,  cassia  lignea  and  cassia  barks,  from  Saigon,  Batavia,  China 
and  Java.  Mr.  Reum,  in  his  remarks,  criticized,  very  severely,  the  substitution  of 
the  cassia  bark  for  the  real  Ceylon  cinnamon,  when  prescribed. 
Prof.  Wayne  presented  the  two  alkaloids  of  veratrum  viride,  veratroidia1  and 
jervia ;  also  arbutin,  prepared  from  uva  ursi  5  the  oils  of  stramonium  and  lobelia 
seeds,  the  root  of  the  osage  orange  and  the  crystallizable  resin  of  the  fluid  extract  of 
eucalyptus. 
The  Professor  also  submitted  a  formula  for  New  Orleans  mead,  which  he  had 
used  for  years,  and  the  product  of  which  had  always  met  with  a  readv  sale.  It  is 
as  follows  :  eight  ounces  each  of  sarsaparilla,  liquorice  root,  ginger  and  cassia 
barks,  two  ounces  of  cloves  and  three  ounces  of  coriander,  suitably  cut  and  bruised, 
are  boiled  for  fifteen  minutes,  in  eight  gals,  water,  allowed  to  cool  and  settle,  and  then 
strained  through  flannel.  To  this  is  added,  in  the  fountain,  i|  gal.  syrup,  ^  gal. 
honey,  four  ounces  each  of  tincture  of  ginger  and  solution  of  citric  acid,  and^ 
afterwards,  sufficient  water  to  make  ten  gallons,  when  it  is  charged  with  carbonic 
acid  gas. 
At  the  next  meeting,  Prof.  Judge  will  read  a  paper  on  dilute  phosphoric  acid,  and 
Prof.  Fennel  one  on  a  new  series  of  alums. 
The  board  of  trustees  having,  at  their  last  meeting,  unanimously  elected  Prof. 
Wayne  to  the  degree  of  Doctor  in  Pharmacy,  the  President,  at  this  meeting,  con- 
ferred the  degree  and  presented  the  diploma.  Prof.  Wayne,  in  receiving  this 
unsolicited  honor,  responded  in  appropriate  terms. 
The  Pharmaceutical  Association  of  the  Province  of  Quebec— At  the 
Spring  examination,  fourteen  candidates  presented  themselves  for  the  degree  of 
Certified  Clerk,  and  two  for  the  degree  of  Licentiate  in  Pharmacy,  six  were  rejected 
in  the  minor  and  one  in  the  major  examination. 
This  Association  is  the  sole  examining  and  licensing  body  in  the  province,  being 
incorporated  by  act  of  parliament.  In  order  to  furnish  instruction  by  lectures,  the 
association  has  organized  a  College  of  Pharmacy  (see  "Amer.  Jour.  Phar."  1875, 
p.  427),  which  institution  has  not  the  power  to  license. 
EDITORIAL  DEPARTMENT. 
The  Sanitary  Condition  of  Philadelphia  is  of  general  interest  during  the 
present  year,  when  many  visitors  will  be  attracted  to  this  city  by  the  International 
Exposition,  and  reliable  information  on  this  subject  will  for  this  reason  be  welcome 
to  all  contemplating  to  view  the  grand  collection  of  the  products  of  nature  and  of 
1 Veratroidia,  according  to  Mr.  Bullock's  recent  investigations  (see  April  No.,  p.  153),  is  merely  jtrvia, 
contaminated  with  resin.— Editor  Amer.  Joxtr  Pharm. 
