5 1 8       Pharmaceutical  Colleges  and  Associations,  }  ^"^'^Z-'Ij^'^'^ 
comprised,  besides  many  localities  and  buildings  of  general  interest,  numerous  spe- 
cimens adapted  for  instruction  in  the  various  branches  of  natural  history ;  and  with) 
the  microscope  many  sections  of  plants,  drugs  and  anatomical  specimens  were 
shown. 
The  stereopticon  made  for  the  College  by  Mr.  Zentmayer  is  being  extensively- 
employed  for  illustrating  the  courses  of  instruction. 
The  Massachusetts  College  of  Pharmacy  has  been  the  recipient  of  $300 — 
the  balance  left  in  the  hands  of  the  Local  Committee  from  the  fund  collected  by  the 
druggists  and  pharmacists  of  Boston  for  entertaining  the  members  of  the  American^ 
Pharmaceutical  Association.  Messrs.  S.  A.  D.  Sheppard  and  W.  F.  Horton  were 
deservedly  complimented  by  being  presented,  the  former  with  an  elegant  French 
mantel  clock  and  the  latter  with  a  beautiful  gold-headed  cane,  in  recognition  of  their 
services  for  the  success  of  the  meeting. 
New  York  Alumni  Association  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Phar- 
macy.— The  regular  Monthly  Meeting  was  held  in  Plimpton  Hall,  Tuesda3r 
evening,  October  t5h.  President  Levering  in  the  chair. 
Mr.  Fairchild,  as  Chairman  of  the  delegation  to  the  American  Pharmaceutical' 
Association  meeting  at  Boston,  made  a  report  giving  a  brief  but  interesting  review" 
of  the  proceedings,  calling  special  attention  to  Professor  Markoe's  paper  on  diluted?: 
phosphoric  acid  as  of  much  value,  and  to  the  report  of  the  Committee  on  Adultera- 
tions and  Sophistication,  as  showing  the  need  of  more  than  ordinary  care  and  watch- 
fulness in  purchasing  drugs.  He  spoke  in  the  highest  terms  of  praise  of  the  cordiality- 
and  kind  attention  paid  to  the  members  by  the  Boston  druggists. 
Mr.  Wellcome  read  a  paper  on  damiana,  the  new  aphrodisiac,  presenting  speci- 
mens of  the  leaves  and  fluid  extract  received  from  Messrs.  Helwick  &  Co.,. 
Washington  5  also  a  specimen  received  from  San  Francisco,  and  three  specimens 
obtained  in  the  New  York  market.  He  stated  that  the  specimens  from  the  three 
different  sources  were  from  distinctly  diff'erent  plants. 
That  obtained  from  Helwick  &  Co>. 
(fig.  l),  is  a  smooth,  dark-green,  broadly- 
lanceolate,  dentate  leaf,  usually  having  six: 
teeth  on  each  side,  heavy  mid-rib  and  ribs 
extending  to  the  point  of  the  teeth,  from  two- 
to  five  lines  in  width  and  from  six  to  twelve 
in  length ;  the  stem  is  red  and  woody,  and 
the  leaves  give  a  minty  flavor  when  chewed,, 
which  is  fully  represented  in  the  fluid  ex- 
tract. 
The  San  Francisco  damiana,  which  also 
the  full  size.  claims  to  be  derived  from  Mexico  (fig.  2.)». 
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