Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
April,  1895. 
Pharmaceutical  Meeting. 
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state;  board  of  pharmacy,  ilunois. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy,  Illinois,  held  February  12,  13, 
14,  15,  19,  20,  2r,  1895,  for  examination,  141  applicants  were  present,  out  of 
which  34  passed  the  examination  for  registered  pharmacists. 
The  next  meeting  of  the  Board  will  be  held  in  Chicago,  April  16,  1895,  at 
173  Thirty-ninth  Street.  All  applications  must  be  on  file  in  the  office  at  Spring- 
field on  or  before  April  13,  1895.  Applications  will  not  be  received  the  day  of 
the  meeting.    Address  all  communications  to  Springfield. 
Frank  Fi^fury,  Secretary, 
Springfield,  Illinois. 
MINUTES  OF  THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  MEETING. 
Phh.adki.phia,  March  19,  1895. 
On  motion  of  Professor  Trimble,  Wm,  Mclntyre  wTas  asked  to  preside. 
The  Registrar  presented,  on  behalf  of  the  publishers,  through  the  Journal, 
of  Pharmacy,  to  the  library  a  copy  of  the  Standard  Dictionary  of  the  English 
Language,  volume  II,  published  by  Funk  &  Wagnalls,  and  a  copy  of  Sadtler 
&  Trimble's  completed  text-book  of  Medical  and  Pharmaceutical  Chemistry. 
They  were  received  with  the  thanks  of  the  College. 
A  paper  was  read  by  Mr.  C.  H.  La  Wall  on  the  Chlorinated  Compounds  of 
the  United  States  Pharmacopoeia.  After  reading,  a  discussion  which  followed 
showed  that  the  chlorinated  line,  which  is  one  of  the  most  used  chlorinated 
compounds,  deteriorates  faster  by  moisture  than  by  any  other  cause,  and  that 
heat,  if  it  be  not  above  700  F.,  exerts  but  little  deleterious  influence  upon  it. 
The  general  opinion  was  that  liquor  sodce  chlorates  was  better  made  by  the 
formula  of  1880  Pharmacopoeia  than  by  that  of  1890. 
Mr.  W.  B.  Ridenour  read  a  ver}r  interesting  paper  upon  the  Chemical  Char- 
acteristics of  the  Various  Kinds  of  Cacao  Beans  of  Commerce .  The  paper  was 
the  occasion  of  a  number  of  queries  relative  to  the  best  cocoa  for  soda  water 
and  dietetic  uses,  and  whether  the  chemicals  used  by  some  changes  the  charac- 
ter of  the  cocoa. 
The  flavor  of  cocoa  of  the  Caracas  is  generally  more  highly  esteemed  than 
other  varieties.    The  Dutch  prepared  chocolate  has  a  larger  percentage  of  ash. 
The  question  was  asked  whether  the  Kola  nut  is  used  to  any  extent  for  fabri- 
cation of  chocolates. 
The  papers  were  referred  to  the  publication  committee. 
Professor  Trimble  inquired  whether  there  was  any  demand  for  Loeffler's 
Toluol  Solution  for  diphtheria.  The  reply  was  that  the  druggist  should  make 
it  and  let  doctors  know  they  had  it. 
Mr.  Kebler  asked  if  any  members  present  had  experienced  unpleasant 
effects  on  their  eyes  from  handling  and  examining  saffron.  The  inquiry  was 
made  as  to  the  variety  of  saffron  handled,  as  there  are  so  many  substances  and 
adulterations  in  saffron.  Mr.  Beringer  said  that  the  ash  of  saffron  retained  the 
shape  of  plant  unchanged.  Mr.  Kebler  also  asked  what  should  be  sold  as 
black  sulphur.  That  commonly  sold  is  black  sulphide  of  antimony  and  flowers  of 
sulphur.  Another  article  examined  proved  to  be  metallic  iron,  crude  sulphur 
and  earthy  matters  ;  another  carbonate  of  calcium  and  coal  dust.  Sulphur 
