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The  glycerin  increases  the  specific  gravity  of  the  solution,  and 
thus  admits  of  the  test  being  applied  as  a  contact  reaction  in  the 
following  manner :  Heat  5  cc.  of  the  solution  to  boiling  in  a  test 
tube ;  then  remove  from  the  flame  and  hold  at  an  angle  of  400  and 
add  carefully  from  a  medicine  dropper  10  to  20  drops  of  urine  freed 
from  phosphates  as  shown  below.  Place  the  tube  in  a  rack  and 
observe  the  reaction.  If  sugar  is  present  in  quantity  exceeding  o.r 
per  cent.,  a  brick-red  or  yellow  ring  appears  at  once  at  the  junction 
of  the  two  liquids.  Less  than  0.1  and  over  0.03  per  cent,  will  show 
a  ring  in  from  a  few  seconds  to  a  minute;  the  smaller  the  quantity1 
of  sugar  the  longer  will  the  ring  take  to  form  and  the  more  yellow 
will  be  its  color. 
Before  applying  the  test  the  urine  should  be  freed  from  phos- 
phates by  the  addition  of  a  few  drops  of  solution  of  KOH  (5  or 
10  per  cent.),  allowing  the  precipitated  phosphates  to  settle.  This 
makes  the  test  more  delicate  and  is  necessary  to  obtain  reliable  re- 
sults ;  when  the  proportion  of  sugar  is  high  the  reaction  will  appear 
without  previous  removal  of  phosphates. 
REPORT  OF  THE  SEMI-ANNUAL  MEETING  OF  THE 
PHILADELPHIA  COLLEGE  OF  PHARMACY  AND  SCI- 
ENCE, HELD  AT  THE  COLLEGE  ON  SEPTEMBER  26, 
1 921. 
The  meeting  was  called  to  order  by  the  First  Vice  President, 
Mr.  Rohrman,  at  about  three  o'clock.  The  minutes  of  the  previous 
meeting  were  read  by  the  Secretary.  Mr.  Rumsey  suggested  that 
the  resolutions  presented  by  Mr.  Wetherill  at  the  last  meeting  be 
expunged  from  the  minutes.  Chairman  Rohrman  ruled  that  the 
resolutions  referred  to  were  a  proper  part  of  the  minutes  6f  the 
previous  meeting  in  as  much  as  they  were  adopted  by  a  nearly  unani- 
mous vote  of  the  members  present  at  that  meeting  and  that  they 
should  therefore  be  retained  in  the  record.  This  ruling  of  the 
chairman  stood  and  the  minutes  were  approved  as  read. 
The  minutes  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  were  then  read  by  Mr. 
Beetem,  Secretary  to  the  Board.  Mr.  Osterlund  moved  that  the 
minutes  of  the  meetings  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  held  on  June  7 
