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Pharmaceutical  Meeting. 
f  Am.  Jour.  Pbarm, 
I  December,  1901. 
p.  590).  In  this  connection  Professor  Lowe  read  a  paper  on  "  The 
Capacity  of  Spoons  Used  for  Administering  Medicine"  (see  p.  593). 
In  discussing  these  papers  Mr.  Peter  P.  Fox  said  that  he  recommends 
patients  to  use  the  old-fashioned  teaspoon  in  preference  to  the 
modern  teaspoon.  Mr.  Boring  thought  it  important  for  the  patient 
to  purchase  a  medicine  glass.  Professor  Remington  said  that  he 
used  to  have  his  name  on  the  medicine  glass  and  give  it  away  with 
the  medicine.  He  also  stated  that  his  own  experiments  on  the 
capacity  of  teaspoons,  etc.,  alluded  to  by  Dr.  Lowe,  were  made 
with  plated  and  tin  teaspoons,  and  he  suggested  that  Dr.  Lowe  con- 
tinue his  investigations  with  these.  In  reply  to  the  question  of  the 
accuracy  of  the  medicine  glass,  Professor  Remington  said  that  he 
had  never  found  them  to  be  inaccurate.  As  illustrating  the  impor- 
tance of  this  subject,  Dr.  Weidemann  brought  to  the  attention  of  the 
meeting  the  fact  that  a  physician  had  ordered  a  four-ounce  mixture 
for  a  patient  which  was  to  be  taken  in  teaspoonful  doses  every  hour, 
and  that  in  sixteen  hours  the  prescription  was  brought  back  for 
renewal.  Mr.  Henry  C.  Blair,  Jr.,  subsequently  stated  that  a  patient 
had  recently  complained  to  his  clerk  that  a  mixture  did  not  contain 
the  number  of  doses  (or  teaspoonfuls)  that  the  doctor  had  said  it 
would. 
Mr.  F.  T.  Gordon  exhibited  a  collection  of  fifty-six  of  the  metals 
arranged  in  a  case,  from  E.  Merck  &  Co.  Among  the  specimens 
were  a  number  of  the  rarer  metals  :  rubidium,  caesium,  thorium, 
yttrium,  Indium,  tantalum,  zirconium,  etc.,  the  whole  forming  a  very 
interesting  exhibit.  The  peculiarity  of  both  gold  and  silver  in 
mass  and  in  powder  was  very  striking.  Gold  in  powder  is  an  orange 
to  brick-red,  silver  is  pure  white.  Specimens  of  boron,  silicon, 
selenium  and  tellurium  were  also  included.  It  was  remarked  that 
if  each  of  the  tiny  bottles  containing  these  rare  metals  held  an 
amount  equal  in  weight  to  the  specimens  of  copper  or  zinc  shown, 
that  the  case  would  be  worth  perhaps  over  $10,000  which,  as 
exhibited,  was  valued  at  $50. 
Wm.  R.  Warner  &  Co.  exhibited  some  elixirs.  Among  their  pro- 
ducts noted  was  elixir  salicylic  compound,  after  the  firm's  original 
formula,  a  remedial  agent  in  rheumatism  and  kindred  diseases;  also 
tono  sumbul  compound,  an  elegant  pharmaceutical  product  both 
in  appearance  and  taste,  possessed  of  valuable  tonic  properties. 
A  vote  of  thanks  was  tendered  Messrs.  Hynson  and  Hart  for 
their  valuable  and  interesting  communications. 
