jinerifyr'"'  1  Mwutes  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Meeting.  279 
phenomenon  continued  for  some  considerable  time.  The  temperature  of  the  vapor 
in  the  flask  was  ioi°  C,  in  the  liquid  103-5°  C.,  during  the  whole  time  of  the  ex- 
periment. 
When  methyl  alcohol  was  added  to  the  above  mixture  of  water,  hydrychloric 
acid,  and  benzol,  and  the  flask  placed  over  a  spirit  lamp,  no  ebullition  at  all  occurred 
for  a  very  long  space  of  time,  and  then  it  took  place  very  suddenly  and  continued, 
— Chem.  Neivs,  April  23,  1876. 
MINUTES  OF  THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  MEETING, 
The  eighth  and  last  meeting  of  the  session  was  held  May  i8th,  1875,  Pi'of.  Rem- 
ington in  the  chair.  The  minutes  of  the  seventh  meeting  were  read  and  approved. 
The  following  donations  were  made  to  the  cabinet: 
From  Prof  Maisch,  a  specimen  of  the  bark  of  Dicypellium  caryophyllatum,  Nees, 
the  South  American  clove-cinnamon,  used  there  as  a  spice ;  also,  leaves  of  Eriodyc- 
tion  glutinosum,  Benth.,  known  in  California  as  mountain  balm  and  of  an  extremely 
bitter  taste  5  also  Skunkbush — the  root,  leaves  and  flowers  of  a  species  of  Garrya,  all 
parts  of  which  have  an  intensely  bitter  taste  ;  it  is  probably  G.  elliptica. 
Dr.  Miller  presented  a  specimen  of  commercial  beeswax,  the  greater  part  of  which 
was  dirt,  the  amount  of  wax  being  only  sufficient  to  give  a  thin  coating  5  also  an  arti- 
ficial extract  of  vanilla  fron  Nashville,  Tenn.,  intended  for  flavoring  purposes,  but 
destitute  of  the  true  odor  of  vanilla,  apparently  being  a  combination  of  benzoin, 
with  some  volatile  oils  \  also,  a  commercial  oil  of  sandal  wood. 
Dr.  Pile  presented  creta  praeparata,  of  his  own  manufacture,  which  is  free  from 
grit  and  of  excellent  quality. 
Mr.  James  Kemble  had  met  with  some  difficulty  in  trying  to  use  hyposulphite  of 
sodium  for  the  preservation  of  raspberry  juice,  which  was  afterwards  used  for  flavor- 
ing soda  water.  Prof.  Maisch  remarked  that  the  sulphites  of  sodium  had  been  re- 
commended for  such  purposes,  not  the  hyposulphites.  Dr.  Miller  stated  that  in  some 
individuals  small  doses  of  sulphites  will  produce  vomiting.  W.  H.  Walling  sugges- 
ted that  the  fault  might  be  in  the  syrup-can,  from  which  poisonous  metals  might  have 
been  dissolved  by  the  fruit  acid.  •  Dr.  Pile  had  observed  that  minute  quantities  of 
copper  in  soda  water  would  in  some  cases  produce  rapid  emesis.  On  motion  Prof. 
Maisch  was  requested  to  communicate  with  Mr.  Kemble  on  this  subject 
A  paper  by  James  Kemble,  on  "  unusual  doses  "  was  read.  The  discussion  of  this 
paper  was  very  interesting  and  embraced  a  review  of  the  various  methods  or  checks 
that  have  been  proposed  and  are  partially  in  use  in  this  country  and  Europe.  In  con- 
nection with  posological  tables,  this  subject  warrants  the  attention  of  physicians  and 
pharmacists — not  only  as  to  the  amount  of  one  dose,  but  also  in  regard  to  the  maxi- 
mum dose  within  twenty-four  hours 
In  connection  with  this  subject,  the  recent  action  of  the  Richmond  PharmaceutL- 
oal  Association  was  alluded  to;  that  body  having  conferred  with  the  Academy  of 
Medicine  of  that  city,  had  issued  a  circular,  from  which  the  following  is  taken: 
