Alo"ctobei-,^9oahm*}    American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  491 
Separation  of  Cinchona  Alkaloids  With  Ether. 
By  Wilbur  L.  Scoville. 
The  author  has  made  a  series  of  experiments  with  anhydrous 
ether  (Sp.  gr.,  0-7201)  and  two  lots  of  ether  containing  alcohol 
with  a  Sp.  gr.,  respectively  of  07250  and  07285,  on  a  mixture  of 
quinine,  0-300;  quinidine,  0020;  cinchonidine,  0-150  and  cin- 
chonine,  0-150.  Of  this  mixture  0-470  was  ether  soluble.  The 
figures  obtained  were  variable  and  it  was  shown  that  the  alcohol  in 
the  ether  has  a  very  important  influence  upon  the  results.  It  was 
also  pointed  out  that  the  separation  of  quinine  by  ether  must  be 
considered  fallacious. 
Creosote. 
By  Merck  &  Co. 
The  authors  called  attention  to  the  origin  and  history  of  the  use  of 
creosote  and  the  confusion  of  wood-tar  creosote  with  coal-tar  creo- 
sote and  suggested  in  view  ot  the  increasing  use  of  beech-wood 
creosote  in  treatment  of  consumption  that  the  word  creosote  be 
applied  hereafter  only  to  wood  creosote.  After  an  interesting  dis- 
cussion on  the  paper,  a  resolution  was  passed  by  the  Association  to 
the  effect  that  in  view  of  the  confusion  of  the  name  creosote,  the 
latter  should  be  restricted  exclusively  to  the  true  wood-tar  creosote. 
Medicinal  Plants  of  the  Philippine  Islands. 
By  Clement  B.  Lowe. 
The  author  presented  a  review  of  a  forthcoming  book  on  this 
subject,  which  is  being  published  by  P.  Blakiston's  Son  &  Co. 
Diphtheria  Antitoxin. 
By  Joseph  W.  England. 
The  author  gave  a  brief  description  of  the  methods  of  preparing 
and  standardizing  diphtheria  antitoxin.  Prior  to  the  reading  of  the 
paper,  L.  E.  Sayre,  chairman  of  the  committee  appointed  by  the 
Association  at  the  Richmond  meeting  to  consider  the  advisability 
of  asking  the  Committee  of  Revision  of  the  U.S.P.  to  introduce 
diphtheria  antitoxin,  read  his  report  which  was  adopted  and  re- 
ferred to  the  Revision  Committee. 
