Amoc°tu,rx876?rm'}  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  449 
ceedings  of  the  Alumni  Association  of  the  New  York  College  of 
Pharmacy,  1874  :" 
Used  by  Madame  Hutin  (afterwards  Madame  Labasse)  about  1830.  She  was  a 
celebrated  French  dancer  on  the  stage  in  New  York. 
Oil  of  lavender,  ^vi  ;  oil  of  lemon,  £vi ;  oil  of  rosemary,  ^ii  5  oil  of  cinnamon, 
gtt.  xx  ;  alcohol,  6  pints. 
This,  although  very  weak,  was  doubtless  refreshing  when  used,  as  it  probably 
was,  freely  to  wash  with  after  severe  exertion. 
A  well-informed  perfumer  says  that  it  would  answer  the  original  design  of  cologne 
water,  viz.,  as  an  application  for  the  relief  of  headache,  or  for  the  use  of  the  sick- 
room, where  the  ordinary  sweet  colognes  are  only  deleterious.  He  says  that  oils  or 
lavender  and  rosemary  are  always  refreshing,  while  the  sweet  perfumes  are  often 
sickening  to  a  weak  person. 
Mr.  W.  Saunders  read  a  lengthy  paper  entitled,  "  Notes  on  per- 
fumery," and  exhibited  a  large  number  of  the  preparations  for  which 
formulas  were  given.  Mr.  Vogelbach  stated  that  perfumes  were  always 
improved  by  the  addition  of  as  much  water  as  could  be  taken  up  by  the 
spirituous  liquid  without  precipitating  the  flavoring  principles. 
Dr.  A.  W.  Miller  read  a  paper  on  the  "  Manufacture  of  chemicals 
in  the  United  States  "  (query  36).  The  paper  gives  an  interesting  ac- 
count of  some  chemical  manufacturies  ;  but  it  is  to  be  regretted  that 
the  author's  efforts  to  obtain  reliable  information  from  all  or  the  large 
majority  of  manufacturers,  were  unsuccessful. 
A  paper  by  Mr.  C.  A.  Heinitsh  on  "  Wine  of  tar  "  (query  34)  was 
read.  A  good  preparation,  particularly  if  intended  to  be  prescribed  in 
mixtures,  can  be  made  by  triturating  \\  ounce  of  tar  with  \  ounce 
carbonate  of  magnesium  and  1  pint  of  sherry  wine  ;  but,  if  intended  to 
be  used  as  a  substitute  for  the  well-known  preparation  suggested  by 
Prof.  Procter,  and  made  by  the  fermentation  of  malt,  honey  and  yeast, 
and  adding  the  tar,  the  author  proposes  to  infuse  8_ounces  of  tar  in  3 
pints  of  beer,  at  a  sufficiently  warm  temperature  to  keep  the  tar  liquid, 
and  stirring  frequently  during  24  hours. 
The  subject  of  "  Factitious  Opium "  >  was  brought  forward  in  a 
paper  by  Prof.  Remington,  who  had  received  from  Kansas  a  sample  of 
so-called  opium,  said  to  have  been  raised  in  Michigan.  It  resembled 
extract  of  lettuce,  and  contained  no  morphia. 
A  paper  by  Charles  L.  Mitchell,  entitled  "  Ergotin,"  reviews  the 
various  attempts  at  isolating  the  active  principle  of  ergot,  and  gives  a 
formula  for  what  the  author  designates  as  Concentrated  extract  of  ergot. 
This  is  made  by  moistening  8  troyounces  of  powdered  ergot  with  a 
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