468 
Pharmacetitical  A ssociations. 
(Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
1  September,  1901. 
"  Method  for  Determining  the  Value  of  Chromic  Acid  and  the 
Soluble  Chromates."  By  Lyman  F.  Kebler.  (See  this  Journal,  395.) 
"  Cold  Cream."  Theodore  Campbell  submitted  the  following  for- 
mula which  is  somewhat  similar  to  one  devised  by  W.  C.  Alpers 
and  published  in  this  Journal,  1901,  p.  117. 
Spermaceti,  125  grammes;  White  Wax,  120  grammes;  Mineral 
Oil,  600  c.c. ;  Stronger  Rose  Water,  190  c.c. ;  Borax,  5  grammes; 
Oil  of  Rose,  gtt.  5. 
Cut  wax  and  spermaceti  in  small  pieces,  add  oil,  apply  gentle 
heat,  to  about  1400  F.  Dissolve  borax  in  rose  water,  apply  gentle 
heat,  same  temperature  as  wax  and  oil. 
Add  aq.  rose  and  borax,  previously  heated,  to  the  oil  and  waxes, 
without  stirring  and  then  stir  rapidly  and  continuously  until  mix. 
ture  becomes  uniformly  soft  and  creamy.  When  cool,  add  oil  of 
rose. 
"  Oleate  of  Mercury."  F.  W.  E.  Stedem  states  that  this  oleate  may 
be  preserved  by  the  use  of  petroleum  jelly.  The  oleate  is  made  as 
directed  by  the  U.S. P.,  using  but  75  per  cent,  of  oleic  acid  and  after 
the  solution  is  complete,  25  per  cent,  of  white  petroleum  jelly  is 
added. 
"  Tabulation  of  1 ,000  Prescriptions."  By  C.  H.  La  Wall  and  M.  W. 
Bamford. 
"  The  Analysis  of  1,000  Prescriptions."    By  S.  Reed  Hassinger. 
"Toxins  and  Antitoxins."    Prof.  C.  B.  Lowe  gave  a  popular  talk 
on  this  subject. 
"  Native  Drugs."  By  Isaac  M.  Weills.  The  author  gives  an  ac- 
count of  the  medicinal  plants  gathered  almost  entirely  on  his  own 
grounds  in  Washington,  Pa.,  samples  of  which  he  exhibited  in  con- 
nection with  the  paper. 
"  The  Deterioration  of  Artificial  Foods."  By  Charles  H.  La  Wall. 
This  will  appear  in  a  later  issue  of  this  Journal. 
"Laboratory  Notes."  By  Robert  C.  Pursel  and  Willard  R.  Gra- 
ham.   These  will  be  published  in  a  later  issue  of  this  Journal. 
F.  T.  Gordon  presented  notes  on  the  following  : 
"  Wood  Alcohol  in  the  Preparation  of  Narcotic  Fluid  Extracts." 
The  author  made  preparations  of  aconite,  belladonna,  cannabis 
indica,  capsicum,  conium,  digitalis,  nux  vomica,  hyoscyamus, 
stramonium  and  veratrum  viride  and  found  the  fluid  and  solid 
extracts  made  with  both  methyl  and  wood  alcohol  to  be  practically 
