448  Twenty-fourth  Annual  Meeting  of  the  {A%Tc^8P7lrm~ 
The  nominees  were  duly  elected  ;  also  eight  applicants  for  member- 
ship reported  by  the  Executive  Committee,  Messrs.  Jos.  Roberts  and 
J.  F.  Hancock  acting  as  tellers. 
Mr.  Hancock  read  a  paper  on  the  arrangement  of  the  dispensing 
department  (query  49),  expressing  the  views  that  in  case  of  limited 
assistance  it  is  very  convenient  to  have  the  prescription  department  on 
the  front  counter;  but  that  it  is  objectionable  to  place  it  in  a  separate 
room  where  the  operator  is  hidden  from  view  and  cannot  superintend 
the  dispensing  counter  ;  he  advocates  to  arrange  the  prescription  depart- 
ment so  that  the  compounder  shall  be  in  full  view  of  the  front  store> 
and  at  the  same  time,  sufficiently  retired  to  prevent  interruption;  a  rear 
counter,  or  even  a  separate  room,  may  be  arranged  to  serve  this 
purpose. 
A  paper  by  Edward  C.  Jones,  "  On  cinnamon  water"  (query  17),. 
states  that  the  cinnamon  water  of  the  shops  is  generally  made  from  the 
oil  of  Chinese  cinnamon,  instead  of  the  oil  of  Ceylon  cinnamon,  as 
directed  by  the  "  Pharmacopoeia,"  and  that,  aside  from  the  different 
taste,  it  was  of  little  importance — it  being  used  merely  as  a  vehicle. 
In  the  discussion  following,  the  superiority  of  distilled  medicated  waters 
over  those  made  by  merely  dissolving  the  oil,  was  generally  ac- 
knowledged. 
Mr.  Charles  Mohr,  of  Mobile,  presented  a  paper  "  On  Pycnanthe- 
mum  linifolium  "  and  its  chemical  constituents,  which  he  found  to  be 
volatile  oil,  a  coutchouc-like  resin,  chlorophyll,  a  bitter  resin  of  green- 
ish-yellow color,  soluble  in  65  per  cent,  alcohol,  and  not  a  glucoside  ; 
a  granular  reddish-brown  coloring  matter,  gum  and  some  sugar,  but  no 
organic  base.  The  plant  has  been  used  by  the  negroes  in  Alabama  in 
all  disorders  arising  from  a  debilitated  state  of  the  digestive  organs  ;  it 
was  recommended  in  1875  by  Dr.  E.  M.  Vasser,  of  Alabama,  and 
since  then  has  been  found  by  other  practitioners  to  be  of  value  in  the 
treatment  of  atonic  dyspepsia. 
Mr.  Geo.  Leis  read  a  paper  on  a  "  Fragrant  antiseptic  lotion  " 
(query  29),  and  exhibited  several  preparations.  The  discussion  follow- 
ing had  reference  to  the  disinfecting  action  of  several  agents,  and  to 
the  value  of  perfumes  in  the  sick  chamber.  Madame  Hutin's  Cologne, 
which  is  still  used  in  and  near  New  Y^ork,  was  alluded  to.  Of  this 
preparation  Mr.  Geo.  C.  Close  says,  in  ?.  communication  to  the  "  Pro 
