5o 
Pliarmaceiitical  Meeting. 
( Am.  Jour.  Pharru. 
1     January,  1895. 
powdering.  Greshoff  instances  that  exposure  to  a  colder  climate  even  occa- 
sions loss  of  acid,  relating  that  whole  (uncut)  cherrylaurel  leaves,  collected  in 
November,  distilled  in  Holland,  yielded  0  086  and  0*133  per  cent.  HCN,  while 
leaves  from  the  same  tree,  but  cut,  yielded  only  o*o6S  and  0*097  per  cent.  HCN. 
Pangium  edule  : — 100  gm.  fresh  seed  yielded  0*357  gm.  AgCN  =  0*07  per  cent. 
HCN.  100  gm.  dried  bark — 0*063  gm-  AgCN  =  0  012  per  cent.  HCN.  100  gm. 
of  the  fruit-pulp—  0*270  gm.  AgCN.  The  young  leaves  contained  0*34  per  cent. 
HCN  (fresh  leaves — 1*676  gm.  AgCN  from  100  gm.).  A  tree  of  Pangium  edule 
is  calculated  by  Greshoff  to  contain  at  least  350  gm.  of  HCN. 
Hydnocarpus  inebrians  and  alpinus  yielded  respectively  187  and  41  mgm- 
AgCN. 
Mededeelingen,  etc.,  ETC.  Beschrijving  der  giftige  en  bedwelmende 
planten  bij  de  vischvangst  in  gebruik.    Door  M.  Greshoff. 
Description  of  the  poisonous  and  narcotic  plants  employed  in  fishing.  By 
M.  Greshoff.    Batavia.  1893. 
Greshoff  intended  originally  to  describe  only  such  plants  as  were  in  use  in 
Dutch  East  India  for  the  above  purpose,  but  soon  found  that  many  plants 
indigenous  to  the  Indias,  while  in  use  elsewhere,  were  not  used  in  the  Dutch 
islands,  and  therefore  has  given  quite  a  monograph  concerning  such  plants, 
whether  used  in  the  East  or  in  other  countries. 
Pp.  169  contains  the  literature  examined  by  Greshoff;  171-175  the  list  of 
plants  in  the  order  in  which  they  are  treated  ;  176-179  the  families,  and  180-201 
an  alphabetical  list  of  genera  and  species. 
In  his  descriptions  he  quotes  from  man}7  sources,  using  generally  the  words 
of  the  authors. 
The  number  of  plants  mentioned  is  233. 
An  appendix  contains  historical  notices  about  the  genus  Verbascum,  in  rela- 
tion to  their  use  in  stupifying  fish.  H.  M.  Wilder. 
Consular  Report,  vol.  46,  No.  170. 
The  article  in  this  number  that  will  interest  pharmacists  is  on  "The  Vanilla 
Bean  in  Mexico,"  by  Consul  Charles  Schaefer,  at  Vera  Cruz. 
MINUTES  OF  THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  MEETING. 
Philadelphia,  December  iS,  1S94. 
On  motion  of  Professor  Trimble,  Joseph  W.  England  was  called  to  the  chair, 
the  reading  of  the  minutes  of  the  last  meeting  was  dispensed  with.  The 
registrar  announced  that  there  had  been  received  forty-one  volumes  of  the 
Reports  of  the  Finance  Committee  of  the  Senate,  and  two  volumes  of  the 
Jithnological  Bureau  Reports,  by  J.  W.  Powell,  Director. 
Professor  Remington  introduced  his  sketch  of  Henry  Troth,  by  stating  that 
he  had  tried  for  a  number  of  years  to  obtain  some  permanent  memorial  of  the 
founder  of  the  College,  Henry  Troth,  and,  through  the  kindness  of  his  daughter, 
Mrs.  Henrietta  M.  Townseud,  who  gave  it,  he  was  enabled  to  present  it  to  the 
Board  of  Trustees  at  their  last  meeting  on  the  4th  inst.  It  is  said  to  be  a  most 
excellent  likeness  of  him  at  the  time  the  College  was  founded,  when  he  was  in 
his  twenty-eighth  year.  The  paper  was  listened  to  with  much  interest,  and 
referred  to  the  Publication  committee. 
