^ovembef.'iMj1, }  Pharmaceutical  Meeting.  573 
perfectly  inert  when  administered  to  persons  in  normal  condition, 
but  when  used  with  persons  having  a  weak  heart  its  effect  was  soon 
noticed. 
M.  I.  Wilbert,  of  the  German  Hospital,  Philadelphia,  read  a  paper 
on  "  Digestive  Ferments  in  Surgical  Practice,"  and  presented  in  con- 
nection therewith  a  sample  of  a  physiological  solvent  which  is  in 
use  at  the  Hospital  and  which  he  has  designated  as  "  Physol." 
(See  page  535.) 
W.  L  Cliffe  presented  a  "  Note  on  Southern  Prickly  Ash  Bark," 
and  on  behalf  of  Mr.  Robert  Pursell  donated  a  fine  specimen  of  the 
drug  to  the  college.    (See  page  562.) 
Charles  H.  La  Wall  read  a  paper  on  "  Coagulation  of  Cows'  Milk 
by  Cereal  Decoctions,"  which  subject  he  illustrated  by  means  of  a 
number  of  specimens.    (See  page  561.) 
The  next  feature  of  the  programme  was  an  exhibition  of  speci- 
mens of  the  adulterations  of  drugs,  submitted  by  the  Smith,  Kline 
&  French  Co.  These  specimens  constituted  the  exhibit  made  by 
this  company  at  the  St.  Louis  meeting  of  the  American  Pharma- 
ceutical Association,  and  were  described  by  Lyman  F.  Kebler. 
In  connection  with  this  subject  Evan  T.  Ellis  read  a  letter  from  a 
London  firm  to  whom  he  had  sent  a  quantity  of  peppermint  oil, 
which  he  had  purchased  from  an  American  house,  stating  that  the 
oil  contained  12-15  Per  cent,  of  resin  and  was  of  a  reddish  color. 
In  remarking  on  this  subject  Mr.  Kebler  said  that  old  oils  were 
likely  to  contain  resin,  but  that  the  amount  reported  was  large. 
In  regard  to  the  color  he  said  that  it  is  quite  common  to  find  essen- 
tial oils  colored.  This  is  due  to  the  fact  that  if  water  be  present  in 
the  oils,  it  separates  out  in  cold  weather  and  rusts  the  containers, 
thereby  causing  coloration  of  the  oils. 
Mr.  LaWall  exhibited  a  subliming  vessel  containing  iodine,  part 
of  which  was  sublimed  and  the  remainder  in  the  crude  condition, 
the  sublimation  having  been  carried  on  by  means  of  the  waste  heat 
from  a  boiler. 
Before  adjournment  the  chairman  announced  that  Mr.  Henry  P. 
Hynson,  of  Baltimore,  would  be  present  at  the  next  meeting  and 
present  a  paper  on  "  Modern  Drug  Store  Methods,"  and  also  that 
Mr.  Wilbert  would  present  a  communication  on  a  "  Metric  Medicine 
Glass."  Florence  Yaple, 
Secretary,  pro  tern. 
