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4.  It  increases  the  pulse  and  blood  pressure,  by  an  action  on  the  vasomotor  centre 
and  the  heart  itself. 
5.  The  reflex  action  of  the  depressor  nerve  is  in  no  way  interfered  with. — Boston 
Med.  and  Surg.  Jour.,  1875,  ^/^zV  d>th. 
Imitation  of  Walnut  Wood. — Dingler's  "Polytechnic  Journal,"  vol.  214, 
p.  426,  gives  the  following  directions  for  staining  wood,  and  more  particularly  the 
European  red  beech  and  alder,  in  close  imitation  of  American  walnut :  Well-dried 
and  warm  wood  is  impregnated  once  or  twice  with  a  solution  of  i  part  of  extract  of 
green  walnut  rinds  in  6  parts  of  soft  water,  and  before  it  is  quite  dry,  a  solution  of 
I  part  of  bichromate  of  potassium  in  5  parts  of  boiling  water  is  applied.  The 
wood  is  allowed  to  dry  thoroughly,  when  it  may  be  polished  in  the  usual  way. 
Glycerin  for  Gas  Meters. — The  superiority  of  glycerin  over  water  for  this 
purpose,  according  to  Dr.  Heeren,  is  founded  in  the  fact  that,  in  case  water  is  used, 
one  cubic  metre  of  gas  will  carry  with  it  about  23  litres  of  aqueous  vapors,  which 
the  consumer  will  have  to  pay  for  the  same  as  gas. 
MINUTES  OF  THE  COLLEGE, 
The  annual  meeting  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  was  held  on  the 
afternoon  of  March  29th,  at  the  College  Hall,  Charles  Bullock,  First  Vice-President,  in 
the  chair.    Twenty-two  members  entered  their  names  in  the  register. 
The  minutes  of  the  meeting  held  in  December,  1874,  were  read  and  approved. 
The  minutes  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  for  the  last  three  months  were  read  by 
William  C.  Bakes,  Secretary  of  the  Board,  and,  on  motion,  adopted. 
The  following  report  of  Thomas  S.  Wiegand,  Librarian,  was  read  and  accepted  r 
The  Librarian  respectfully  reports  that  all  the  volumes  in  the  Library  are  arranged  according  to  the 
following  classification,  preparatory  to  making  out  a  new  catalogue  : 
7th.  Miscellaneous. 
8th.  Manuscripts,  Theses  and  Reports  of  Com- 
mittees on  Scientific  Matters. 
9th.  Serial  Publications  on  Physics,  Pharmacy, 
Chemistry,  Mechanics. 
ist.  Encyclopasdias  and  Dictionaries. 
2d.  Public  Documents  and  Reports. 
3d.  Chemistry. 
4th.  Materia  Medica  and  Pharmacy. 
5th.  Botany  and  Physics. 
6th.  Medical  Treatises. 
All  the  theses  have  been  bound,  up  to  the  year  1874,  inclusive,  there  now  being  fifty-four  volumes  of 
that  kind  in  the  Library. 
Fifty-five  new  volumes  have  been  added  to  the  Library  since  last  report,  most  of  them  being  exchanges 
with  the  "Journal  "  ;  some  few,  of  very  great  value,  as  illustrating  the  natural  history  of  the  Cinchona 
tribe,  being  new  volumes. 
The  report  of  Professor  J.  P.  Remington,  Curator,  was  read  by  him,  and  accepted. 
In  reporting  upon  the  present  condition  of  our  Cabinet,  the  Curator  is  forced  to  admit  that,  whilst  there 
have  been  many  acceptable  donations  of  specimens  during  last  year,  and  the  work  of  refitting  and  refur- 
nishing has  been  going  forward  to  some  extent,  it  is  yet  a  cause  of  great  regret  that  on  this,  the  day  of  our 
annual  meetinti  in  1875,  but  about  /ourieen  monthsh&ioTC  the  opening  of  the  American  Centennial  Exhibition, 
in  1876,  when  we  shall  be  crowded  with  pharmaceutical  visitors  from  abroad  as  well  as  from  distant  parts 
of  our  own  country — finds  us  in  a  very  backward  state  in  regard  to  the  necessary  preparations  for  represent- 
ing the  progress  which  this  institution  has  made  during  the  century  in  the  cause  of  pharmacy.  It  would 
seem  eminently  fitting  that  we  should  have  here,  in  this  hall,  a  collection  of  specimens  and  products  which 
would  be  more  commensurate  with  the  needs  of  our  College ;  thai  this  is  the  place  to  display  the  contribu- 
