426  Pharmaceutical  Colleges  and  Associations,  {'^"'sepris'y^''"" 
ment  of  what  science  in  general  and  pharmacy  in  particular  owe  to  the  genius  of  the  late  Prof  Liebig, 
deem  it  a  duty  to  make  efforts  to  induce  the  members  of  the  pharmaceutical  profession  throughout  the 
country  to  participate,  by  contributions,  in  the  no])le  undertaking  inaugurated  in  Europe  and  this  country 
to  erect  a  monument  to  the  memory  of  the  great  chemist. 
The  Association  has,  at  its  meeting  in  Louisville,  Ky.,  appointed  the  undersigned  a  Committee  to  ask 
for  and  receive  such  contributions,  and  to  act  in  conjunction  with  the  Central  Committee  of  the  Chemists 
of  the  United  States. 
In  appealing  therefore  to  your  generosity  and  willingness  to  give  a  practical  expression  to  your  respect 
for  the  memory  of  the  great  scientist,  we  respectfully  request  you  to  send  contributions,  according  to 
means  or  inclination,  to  any  one  of  the  undersigned  members  of  the  Committee,  and  hope  the  Asso- 
ciation will  be  able  to  present,  by  next  spring,  a  very  creditable  token  of  the  high  esteem  in  which  the 
memory  of  Liebig  is  held  in  the  hearts  of  the  pharmacists  of  the  United  States. 
The  Committee  on  Liebig  Memorial  :" 
PAUL  BALLUFF,  655  Sixth  avenue.  New  York,  Chainnan. 
JOHN  F.  HANCOCK,  Baltimore,  Md. 
ALB.  E.  EBERT,  Chicago,  111. 
Scfiteinber  ist,  iSjj. 
The  German  Apothecaries'  Society  of  New  York  has  published  a  compar- 
ative table  of  those  preparations  of  the  German  and  United  States  Pharmacopoeias, 
which  differ  materially  in  their  composition.  The  table  indicates  the  differences  by 
giving  the  officinal  specific  gravities,  the  menstrua  used,  the  strength  of  the  alcohol, 
and,  approximately,  the  percentage  by  weight  of  the  most  important  drug  contained 
in  the  preparations. 
New  York  Alumni  Association  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharm- 
acy.—  At  the  monthly  meeting,  held  August  3d,  Mr.  Wilson  called  attention  to 
the  effect  of  carbolic  acid  upon  collodion,  producing  a  jelly-like  mass.  This  change 
is  one  of  the  "  Pharmacopoeia  ''  tests  for  distinguishing  carbolic  acid  from  beech- 
tar  creasote  ;  it  is  probably  merely  a  mechanical  action,  the  same  effect  being  pro- 
duced by  all  acids  and  by  much  of  the  commercial  creasote. 
Mr.  Wellcome  exhibited  the  following  prescription  : 
Olei  gaultherise,  .........  gtt.  iii 
Sol.  morph.  Magend.,     ..........  9i 
Aquse  calcis,  .........  .^ii 
AI.  et  Sig. — A  teaspoonful  every  two  hours. 
On  addding  the  oil  to  the  Imie-water,  a  dense  white  precipitate  was  formed,  and 
the  odor  of  gaultheria  entirely  disappeared.  Oil  of  gaultheria  consists  mainly  of 
methyl-salicylic  acid,  and  forms  with  the  hydrate  of  calcium  a  precipitate  of  methyl- 
salicylate  of  calcium.  Mr.  Jungmann  thought  that  the  morphia  would  also  be  pre- 
cipitated. Mr.  Wood  stated  that  he  frequently  had  morphia  prescribed  with  lime- 
water,  and  always  put  a  label  on  the  bottle  directing  the  mixture  to  be  shaken,  which 
he  considered  a  necessary  precaution. 
Dr.  V.  Weber  gave  a  very  interesting  report  on  "  The  Therapeutical  Effects  of 
Jaborandi  5"  he  considers  it  a  valuable  diaphoretic  ;  but  thinks  it  will  not  come 
into  general  use  until  its  disagreeable  properties  as  a  sialagogue  are  overcome.  Ex- 
periments are  being  made  with  that  view.  Perhaps  the  alkaloids  just  reported  to 
have  been  isolated  by  Mr.  Gerrard  might  prove  to  represent  the  desirable  properties 
only. 
Attention  was  called  to  reports  which  have  appeared  in  the  Virginia  "  Medical 
Journal  "  on  the  action  of  a  new  drug,  damiana,  which  is  recommended  as  an  aphro- 
disiac ;  it  was  first  introduced  into  this  market  last  fall  by  a  Washington  druggist. 
