62  Minutes  of  the  .Pharmaeeutical  Meeting.    { jan^'^'iS?'"™*" 
iting,  cardialgia,  acute  gastric  catarrh,  and  even  gastritis.  Such  doses  are- 
so  slow  in  their  operation  that  the  medicine  is  without  real  value  when  a 
prompt  removal  of  syphilitic  symptoms  is  demanded,  or  when  it  is  abso- 
lutely necessary  to  attack  the  disease  energetically  with  a  view  to  its 
speedy  eradication.  When  the  contrary  indication  prevails,  the  above 
remedy  would  seem  of  the  highest  value.  A  list  of  over  one  thousand  cases^ 
of  specific  disease  is  given  in  which  no  mercury  was  found  necessary  im 
the  treatment. — Chicago  Med.  Review^  vi,  p.  531. 
MINUTES  OF  THE  COLLEGE. 
Philadelphia,  December  25,  1882. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy,  held  this  day  at 
the  College  hall,  the  following  members  were  present,  viz. :  Dillwyn  Par- 
rish.  President;  Thorns  S.  Wiegand  and  Wm.  J.  Jenks.  There  not  being 
a  quorum  in  attendance,  the  President  declared  the  meeting  adjourned 
until  Tuesday,  December  26,  1882,  at  3.30  P.M. 
Philadelphia,  December  26,  1882. 
An  adjourned  meeting  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  was 
held  at  the  College  hall,  No.  145  North  Tenth  street,  Dillwyn  Parrish,  Pre- 
sident, in  the  chair.    Eleven  members  present. 
The  minutes  of  the  last  meeting  were  read,  and,  on  motion,  adopted. 
The  minutes  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  since  September  last  were  also  read 
by  Wm.  C.  Bakes,  Secretary  of  the  Board,  and,  on  motion,  approved. 
Charles  Bullock,  Chairman  of  the  Committee,  appointed  at  the  last  meet- 
ing to  revise  the  list  of  Honorary  and  Corresponding  Members,  reported 
progress.    The  committee  was  continued. 
There  being  no  further  business,  then,  on  motion,  adjourned. 
William  J.  Jenks,  Secretary. 
MINUTES  OF  THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  MEETING. 
Philadelphia,  Dec.  19,  1882. 
In  the  absence  of  the  President  Mr.  W.  J.  Jenks  was  called  to  the  chair^ 
The  minutes  of  the  last  pharmaceutical  meeting  were  read  and  approved. 
Dr.  Miller  introduced  Dr.  Carl  Seller,  of  the  University  of  Pennsylvania, 
who  gave  a  very  instructive  lecture  upon  nose  and  mouth  breathing,  show- 
ing how  important  the  subject  is  to  those  who,  like  the  apothecary,  are  con- 
fined within  doors  so  much  of  their  time.  He  stated  that  the  air  which  i^ 
breathed  through  the  nostrils  is  two  or  two  and  a  half  degrees  warmer  than 
that  inhaled  through  the  mouth ;  that  it  is  filtered  by  the  hairs  which  are 
