'•}  Minutes  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Meeting. 
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chlorine  water  and  concentrated  tartaric  acid.  Colored  cottons,  woolens  and  silks, 
apply  dilute  chlorine  water  cautiously  to  the  spot,  washing  it  away,  and  reapplying 
it  several  times, 
7«r,  Cart  Wheel  Grease^  Mixtures  of  Fat,  Rosin,  Carbon  and  Acetic  Acid. — On 
white  goods,  soap  and  oil  of  turpentine,  alternating  with  streanns  of  water  Colored 
cottons  and  woolens,  rub  in  with  lard,  let  lie,  soap,  let  lie  again,  and  treat  alter- 
nately with  oil  of  turpentine  and  water.  Silks  the  same,  more  carefully,  using  ben- 
zin  instead  of  oil  of  turpentine. 
Scorching. — White  goods,  rub  well  with  linen  rags  dipped  in  chlorine  water. 
Colored  cottons,  redye  if  possible,  or  in  woolen  raise  a  fresh  surface.  Silks,  no 
remedy. — Muster  Zeitung  fur  Faerberei,  Druckerei,  etc.,  from  Chemical  Review. 
On  motion  of  Mr.  Wm.  Mclntyre,  Mr.  Alonzo  Robbins  was  called  to  the  chair. 
The  minutes  of  the  last  meeting  having  been  read,  and  no  corrections  being  made, 
they  were  approved.    Professor  Bedford  being  present,  was  introduced. 
Dr.  L.  Wolff  read  a  paper  upon  an  improved  method  of  preparing  substances  for 
hypodermic  medication ;  the  paper  was  listened  to  with  much  interest,  and  on  motion 
was  referred  to  the  Publishing  Committee.     (See  page  593.) 
Mr.  F.  L.  Slocum  read  a  paper  upon  an  ink  for  writing  upon  glass,  a  bottle  thus 
marked  was  exhibited,  and  the  paper  was  referred  to  the  Publishing  Committee. 
(See  page  600.) 
Mr.  McCoy  read  a  paper  upon  the  estimation  of  iron  in  solution  of  ferric  chloride, 
which  was  also,  upon  motion,  referred  to  the  Publishing  Committee.     (See  p.  598.) 
Professor  Remington  exhibited  an  apparatus  designed  by  Mr.  Addison  White, 
Ph.G.,  for  dividing  pill  masses.  The  cut  will  assist  in  illustrating  the  device.  The 
machine  consists  of  a  walnut  base,  into  the  upper  surface  of  which  twenty  five  nar- 
row brass  strips  are  driven  to  the  depth  of  \  inch,  about  f  inch  apart.  A  lever  is 
hinged  to  the  base,  and  attached  to  the  side  is  a  graduated  bar,  the  graduations  cor- 
responding to  the  spaces  between  the  brass  strips.  On  the  other  side  of  the  base  a 
brass  rod,  armed,  with  twenty-five  movable  brass  tongues,  is  adjusted,  so  that  when 
these  are  not  in  use  they  lie  flat  upon  the  base  out  of  the  way.  To  use  the  divider 
the  pill  mass  is  rolled  out  in  the  usual  way  into  a  cylinder  and  laid  upon  the  gradu- 
ated bar  resting  upon  the  table.  The  bar  is  now  elevated  and  the  cylinder  is 
deposited  upon  the  raised  cutters,  the  lever  is  brought  down  which  divides  the  cylin- 
drical pill  mass,  forcing  it  into  the  spaces  5  the  bar  carrying  the  tongues  is  now  raised 
and  the  divided  pill  mass  is  quickly  deposited  upon  the  graduated  bar,  the  whole 
operation  taking  much  less  time  than  to  describe  it. 
Professor  Remington  also  exhibited  an  apparatus  for  gelatin  coating  pills,  Invented 
by  Mr.  Maynard,  of  Chicago,  and  performed  the  operation  in  the  presence  of  the 
meeting.  The  neatness  and  adaptability  of  the  apparatus  to  the  purpose  designed 
elicited  the  approval  of  all;  the  method  of  packing  the  pills  after  finishing  also 
claimed  attention  for  its  neatness  and  efficiency. 
Mr.  J.  Elliott  Shaw  was  invited  to  explain  and  exhibited  Burgess^  portable  mechan- 
Philadelphia,  November  i6th,  1880. 
