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The  tincture  is  put  up  in  8-oz.  bottles,  which  sell  for  ^2  each,  with  the  directions  to 
take  from  a  dessert  to  a  tablespoonful,  ivhen  ordered  by  a  physician.  It  has  been 
prescribed  by  several  leading  physicians  of  New  York,  but,  thus  far,  no  authentic 
reports  of  its  action  have  been  received.  Several  have  tried  to  obtain  samples  of  the 
drug,  but  failed.  If  it  is  really  a  valuable  drug,  why  is  it  not  brought  into  the 
market,  so  that  its  origin  and  properties  may  be  investigated  ?  Thus  far  its  intro- 
duction has  given  it  the  semblance  of  a  nostrum. 
The  next  meeting  will  be  held  Tuesday  evening,  September  7th,  when  Prof.  J. 
Suckert,  Ph.  G.,  will  deliver  a  lecture  on    The  Coal-Tar  Colors." 
Indianapolis  Pharmaceutical  Association. — The  annual  election  took  place 
at  the  meeting  held  August  roth,  and  resulted  as  follows  :  President,  George  W. 
Sloan  J  Vice-Presidents,  E.  A.  Cobb  and  J.  B.  Dill  5  Recording-Secretary,  John 
Hageny  ;  Corresponding  Secretary,  C.  B.  Griffith  5  Treasurer,  J.  I.  Tibbetts  ;  Ex- 
ecutive Committee,  Messrs.  Hillman,  Martin  and  Cobb.  Committees  on  the  Li- 
brary, on  the  Cabinet  and  on  subjects  for  discussion,  were  appointed  j  also,  the 
following  delegates  and  alternates  to  the  next  meeting  of  the  American  Pharmaceu- 
tical Association  :  E,  Lilly,  J.  Hageny,  W.  J.  Brown,  H.  B.  Cole,  F.  H.  Carter, 
J.  I.  Tibbetts,  G.  W.  Sloan,  J.  B.  Dill,  G.  T.  Moore  and  C.  B.  Matlock.  A  vote 
of  thanks  was  tendered  to  Messrs.  Powers  &  Weightman  for  an  elegant  collection 
of  chemicals  donated  to  the  Cabinet.  Citrate  of  Magnesium  will  be  the  subject  tor 
discussion  at  the  next  meeting. 
Pharmaceutical  Association  of  Quebec. — The  new  Council  has  elected  the 
following  officers  :  Henry  R.  Gray,  President  5  Edmund  Giroux  and  Alex.  Man- 
son,  Vice-Presidents  5  James  Goulden,  Treasurer,  and  E.  Muir,  Secretary  and 
Registrar.  The  College  of  Pharmacy  has  been  organized  with  the  following  faculty  ; 
J.  Baker  Edwards,  Ph.  D.,  Professor  of  Chemistry  5  A.  H.  KoUmeyer,  M.D.,  Pro- 
fessor of  Materia  Medica  and  Toxicology,  and  J.  B.  McConnell,  M.D  ,  Professor 
of  Botany. 
Pharmaceutical  Societies  in  Europe. — The  following  National  Associations 
have  held  their  annual  meetings  :  Denmark,  July  5th  and  6th,  at  Vejle  5  Switzerland, 
August  I  ith  and  12th,  at  Berne  j  Great  Britain  (British  Pharmaceutical  Conference  ), 
August  23d  and  24th,  at  Bristol.  The  annual  meeting  of  the  German  Apoth- 
ecaries'Society  will  occur  simultaneously  with  that  of  the  American  Pharmaceut- 
ical Association,  commencing  at  Hamburg,  September  6th,  and  will  probably  ad- 
journ September  9th,  and  the  Austrian  Pharmaceutical  Association  will  meet  at 
Vienna,  September  7th. 
Pharmaceutical  Society  of  Paris  — M.  Planchon  presided  at  the  meeting 
held  May  5th.  A  note  by  M,  Vidau,  "On  the  action  of  monosulphide  of  sodium 
upon  nitrate  of  silver,"  was  read.  The  author  states  that  if  sodium  sulphide  is  added 
to  an  aqueous  solution  of  nitrate  of  silver,  all  the  silver  has  been  precipitated  as  soon 
as  nitroprusside  of  sodium  indicates  the  presence  of  dissolved  sulphide  by  the  char- 
acteristic violet  coloration.  But  if  the  nitrate  of  silver  had  been  previously  dissolved 
in  a  solution  of  potassium  cyanide,  a  much  larger  quantity  of  the  sodium  sulphide 
is  necessary  for  the  complete  precipitation  of  the  silver,  and  the  liquid  indicates  the 
