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an  agreeable  balsamic  odor,  wholly  unlike  that  from  the  resins  of 
our  pines. 
As  it  differs  from  any  of  the  oxygenated  hydrocarbons  known, 
I  have  called  it  ambrosine— -from  the  two  words  amber  and 
resin  ;  to  both  of  which  substances  it  bears  a  resemblance.  It 
is  very  combustible,  burning  with  a  bright  yellowish  white  light, 
a  pleasant  odor,  and  without  leaving  any  carbon,  or  even  the 
slightest  ash  behind.  It  is  largely  soluble  in  oil  of  turpentine, 
alcohol,  ether,  and  chloroform,  as  well  as  in  a  solution  of  potash  ; 
and  is  feebly  taken  up  by  the  strong  acids  without  suffering  de- 
composition. It  probably  originated  in  some  of  the  coniferous 
trees  that  existed  during  the  pliocene  epoch,  when  our  phosphatic 
formation  was  in  progress  of  deposition." — Drug.  Cir,  ^  Chem. 
Gaz.,  May,  1870. 
Slinntes  0f  t^e  f Ijilal^eljlia  College  of  f|armacg, 
A  stated  meeting  of  the  College  was  held  at  the  College  Hall,  June 
27th,  1870,  the  President,  Dillwyn  Parrish,  in  the  Chair. 
The  minutes  of  the  preceding  meeting-  were  read  and  adopted. 
The  minutes  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  were  read  hy  Alfred  B.  Taylor, 
Secretary  of  the  Board,  and  approveii. 
The  Committee  on  Latin  Labels,  not  being  ready  to  report,  was  con- 
tinued. 
The  Publishing  Committee,  in  the  matter  relative  to  the  distribution 
of  the  Journal,  referred  to  them  at  the  last  meeting,  reported  that  it  had 
been  attended  to. 
The  Treasurer  of  the  Building  Committee  reported  that  he  had  paid 
over  the  balance  in  his  hands  to  the  Chairman  of  the  Sinking  Fund  Com- 
mittee, as  directed  at  the  last  meeting. 
The  report  of  the  Delegates  to  the  National  Convention  for  Revising 
the  Pharmacopoeia,  held  at  Washington,  on  the  4th  of  May  last,  was 
given  by  Alfred  B.  Taylor.  The  Convention  was  duly  held  ;  about  forty 
delegates  were  commissioned,  of  whom  about  thirty  attended.  Prof. 
Carson,  of  Philadelphia,  was  chosen  President,  and  Dr.  Miller,  of  Wash- 
ington,  and  William  Procter,  Jr.,  Vice-Presidents,  and  Dr.  Riley,  Secre- 
tary. Contributions  toward  the  revision  of  the  Pharmacopoeia  were 
handed  in  from  the  Chicago  College  of  Pharmacy,  the  Baltimore  College 
of  Pharmacy,  the  College  of  Physicians  of  Philadelphia,  the  Philadelphia 
College  of  Pharmacy  and  the  Medical  Society  of  the  State  of  New  York 
These  were  referred  to  a  Committee  to  report  a  plan  for  the  Revision  of 
the  PharmacopaMa  of  1870,  which  Committee,  on  the  following  day,  re- 
ported a  series  of  resolutions  ;  most  of  which  were  adopted.  Amoag 
