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Varieties, 
{Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
Oct.  1875. 
materia  medica  specimens,  many  of  which  were  subsequently  presented  to  the 
Massachusetts  College  of  Pharmacy.  Among  the  novelties,  we  noticed  Boldo^ 
Guaco,  Damlana,  Pernambuco  and  Paraguay  Jaborandl,  pyriform  Guarana  and 
others.  Mr.  Lehn  Informed  us,  In  regard  to  the  specimen  of  the  mystical  damlana, 
that  It  had  been  Imported  by  his  firm  direct  from  Mexico,  but  that  their  correspondents 
termed  It  damtnia.  Weeks  &  Potter  also  exhibited  a  glass  case  well  filled  with  the 
rare  and  costly  ambergris,  worth  rather  more  than  its  weight  in  gold.  One  lunap  of 
enormous  size  was  specially  admired,  though  its  appearance  was  not  prepossessing. 
Mr.  Potter  stated  the  total  value  of  the  case  to  be  over  $15,000.  It  had  beeii 
obtained  direct  from  the  whaling  captains,  who  bring  it  into  New  Bedford  along 
with  their  other  spoils.  B.  O.  &  G.  C.  Wilson  almost  superseded  themselves  in  the 
beauty,  variety  and  perfection  of  their  botanical  drugs. 
Keasby  &  Mattlson  displayed  their  elegant  effervescent  preparations  and  gelatin- 
coated  pills  in  a  very  attractive  and  tasteful  manner.  Mellor  &  Rittenhouse's- 
home-made  extract  of  licorice  and  licorice  lozenges  met  with  general  approval  and 
just  praise.  James  R.  Mercein,  of  Jersey  City,  presented  a  line  of  elegant  pharma- 
ceutical preparations.  Southall  Bros.  &  Barclay  exhibited  students'  cabinets  of 
Materia  Medica  specimens,  a  new  and  commendable  feature.  The  entire  collection 
of  157  specimens  officinal  in  the  British  Pharmacopoeia,  is  advertised  to  sell  in 
England  at  30  shillings,  including  a  neat  wooden  box  containing  it.  Each  specimen 
bears  a  label  giving  the  Latin  and  English  names,  a  description  of  the  source  whence 
the  article  is  derived,  its  natural  order,  character  and  tests,  dose,  and  the  name  of 
the  officinal  preparations  into  which  its  enters.  James  G.  Steele,  of  San  Francisco, 
presented  the  Grindelia  rohusia  and  its  preparations,  the  new  antidote  for  the 
poisoning  of  Rhus  toxicodendron. 
Prof.  James  F.  Babcock  exhibited  a  few  chemicals  made  by  his  Improved  methods 
and  a  sample  of  very  superior  refined  neats-foot  oil,  which  was  as  clear  and  light 
colored  as  the  best  castor  oil.  Prof.  Geo.  F.  H.  Markoe  exhibited  phosphoric  acid^ 
the  preparation  of  which  was  detailed  in  an  able  and  instructive  essay  read  by  him 
before  the  Association.  Powers  &  Weightman  had  prepared  a  very  extensive  and 
valuable  display  ef  their  fine  chemicals,  which  occupied  a  prominent  and  conspic- 
uous position  near  the  entrance.  The  collection  was  admired  as  much  for  its  beauty^ 
as  for  its  high  intrinsic  value,  which  was  stated  to  be  over  000. 
The  class  of  perfumery  and  sundries  was  particularly  well  represented  by  quite  a 
large  number  of  exhibitors,  who  had  taken  great  pains  to  display  their  choicest 
productions  to  the  very  best  advantage.  To  the  non-professional  visitor,  this  was. 
perhaps  the  most  inviting  portion  of  the  exhibition,  particularly  as  samples  of  per- 
fumes were  lavishly  offered  to  those  that  desired  them. 
The  class  of  apparatus  and  shop  furniture  was  made  to  Include  rubber  goods^ 
druggists'  boxes  of  metal,  paper  and  wood,  scales,  drug  mills,  herb-cutters,  soda, 
water  fixtures,  medicine  chests,  stills,  percolators,  .syringes,  druggists'  glassware, 
microscopes,  bandages  and  surgical  instruments,  most  of  which  were  shown  in  great 
variety  and  embracing  many  novelties.  It  was  a  universal  source  of  regret  among- 
the  visiting  members,  that  there  was  not  sufficient  time  at  their  disposal  to  examine 
the  great  number  of  highly  meritorious  articles  with  as  much  care  and  attention  as 
they  were  entit'ed  to.  A.  M.  Knowlson,  of  Troy,  N.  Y.,  exhibited  the  operation 
of  an  apparatus  for  making  suppositories  by  compression  and  without  the  application 
