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ure  worthy  of  careful  study.  It  is  spoken  of  as  a  rival  to  carbolic  acid  or 
superior  to  it ;  hence,  its  good  and  bad  effects  should  be  known  as  widely 
ixs  possible.  Dr.  Fifield  presents  to  the  attention  of  the  Boston  Society  for 
Medical  Improvement,  the  consideration  of  a  case  of  death  in  his  own 
practice  which  he  thinks  was  the  result  of  a  careful  application  of  a  very 
small  quantity  to  ulcerated  surfaces. — Dental  Cosmos,  Jan.  1883,  p.  49  ; 
Medical  Investigator. 
loDiA  AND  Bromidia. — "  lodia,  the  ideal  alterative  "  which  claims  to 
contain,  (besides  other  ingredients)  in  "  each  fluid  drachm,  5  grains  iod. 
potas.  and  3  grains  phos.  iron,"  is  found  on  analysis  made  by  A.  B.  Lyons, 
M.  D.,  and  published  in  the  Detroit  "  Lancet,"  to  contain  a  little  less  than 
3  grains  of  potassium  iodide  and  some  traces  of  iron  in  each  fluid  drachm. 
"  Bromidia  "  claims  to  contain  "  in  every  fluid  drachm  15  grains  each  of. 
pure  brom.  potas.  and  purified  chloral,  and  one-eighth  grain  each  of  gen. 
imp.  ext.  cannabis  ind.  and  hyosciam."  The  results  of  an  analysis  showed 
that  it  only  contained  82  grains  of  potassium  bromide,  and  about  90  grains 
of  chloral  hydrate  in  each  fluidounce,  instead  of  120  grains  of  each,  and 
that  the  cannabis  indica  was  "  non  est." 
From  these  facts  the  author  concludes  that  in  these  preparations  (as  well 
as  in  many  others)  "  the  published  formula  is  not  actually  followed  by  the 
manufacturers,  or  the  manufacturers  deliberately  use  one  formula  and  pub- 
lish another  for  reasons  best  known  to  themselves. — Pacific  Med-  and  Surg. 
Jour^,  1883,  Jan.,  j..  365. 
Detection  op  Dkugs  in  the  Mother's  Miek. — Dr.  Ewald  has  made 
some  researches  on  the  appearance  of  drugs  in  the  mother's  milk,  experi- 
menting with  iodine,  iron,  mercury,  lead,  quinia,  and  alcohol.  Iodine  and 
iron  were  discovered  in  the  milk.  He  refers  to  Dolan's  successful  experi- 
ments with  arsenic.  Mr.  Ewald  did  not  find  arsenic  in  the  mother's  milk 
— probably  due  to  the  smaller  doses  given — Translated  from  Berlin.  Klin. 
H^ocAens.,  for  the  "  American  Practitioner,"  Dec,  1882. 
Death  from  Oie  of  Tansy. — A  servant  girl  in  Trenton,  N.  J.,  recently 
died  from  a  dose  of  oil  of  tansy,  taken  probably  to  produce  abortion.  Post- 
mortem examination  showed  that  she  was  not  pregnant. — Chicago  Med. 
JReview,  1883,  p.  16. 
MINUTES  OF  THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  MEETING. 
Philadelphia,  January  16,  1883. 
In  the  absence  of  the  President  Mr.  Robert  England  was  called  to  pre- 
side.   The  minutes  of  the  last  meeting  were  read  and  approved. 
Prof.  Maisch  presented,  on  behalf  of  Mr.  Andrew  Blair,  a  copy  of  a  work 
entitled,  "  Plates  of  Fifty  American  Plants,"  published  by  the  Philadel- 
phia College  of  Pharmacy,  the  drawings  having  been  made  by  Prof.  W.  P. 
