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Pharmaceutical  Colleges  and  Associations.  { 
Suppositories. 
Tannic  Acid,  .  . 
Ext.  Stramonium, 
Cacao  Butter,     .  . 
100  gr. 
3  gr- 
3  gr- 
Make  six  Suppositories  by  rolling,  without  moulds. 
Eleven  (out  of  twenty)  candidates  with  the  grade  very  satisfactory  were 
present  at  the  examination  in  histology  and  for  the  purity  of  drugs,  the  speci- 
mens in  the  former  branch  being  the  cuticle  of  the  leaf  of  illicium,  transverse 
section  of  the  stem  of  ailanthus,  tangential  section  of  the  wood  of  sassafras, 
and  transverse  sections  of  cloves,  cimicifuga  (rootlet),  Ceylon  cinnamon,  fen- 
nel, Jamaica  quassia,  Para  sarsaparilla  and  veratrum.  In  the  second  branch 
the  specimens  consisted  of  African  saffron  (carthamus),  Indian  bdellium,  cubebs 
with  unripe  rhamnus  fruit,  galangal,  fruit  of  Illicium  religiosum,  Bombay 
mastic,  root  of  Polygala  alba,  santonica  with  American  worm  seed  (chenopo- 
dium),  Alexandria  senna  (consisting  of  leaflets  of  Cassia  acutifolia  and  C 
elongata,  with  a  small  proportion  of  C.  obovata  and  argel  leaves),  and  Tagetes 
erecta,  florets  and  fruit  (sold  as  calendula). 
The  following  list  contains  the  names  of  the  successful  candidates  entitled 
to  receive  the  diploma  at  the  annual  commencement,  and  includes  the  names 
of  those  having  passed  in  the  preceding  year  and  since  then  completed  their 
term  of  service  ;  the  titles  of  the  theses  presented  by  the  candidates  are  also 
appended. 
Frank  Learner  Akers,  Pennsylvania,  Cantharis. 
Clarence  George  Anderson,  Ohio,  Fluid  extracts. 
Granville  Louis  Angeny,  Pennsylvania,  Petrolatum. 
Jay  Warren  Angle,  Pennsylvania,  The  metric  system. 
Harry  Augustus  Bacon,  Pennsylvania,  Physostigma. 
Arthur  Hamilton  Bailey,  Pennsylvania,  Liatris  graminifolia. 
Hugh  Augustus  Barkhuff,  New  York,  Solution  of  chloride  of  zinc. 
William  Jacob  Baumgartner,  Pennsylvania,  Natural  mineral  waters. 
Samuel  Beaver,  Pennsylvania,  Chlorine  water. 
Benjamin  Franklin  Beers,  Pennsylvania,  Pyrethrum  as  an  insecticide. 
William  Beidler,  Ohio,  .Ether. 
Leroy  Berg,  Pennsylvania,  Gillenia  trifoliata. 
George  Edward  Bietsch,  Pennsylvania,  Polygonum  hydropiper. 
William  Martin  Birk,  Indiana,  Benzoinated  lard. 
Augustus  Smith  Blackman,  Pennsylvania,  Cicuta  maculata. 
Henry  Cowan  Blair,  3d,  Pennsylvania,  Cornus. 
Adam  John  Blauth,  New  Jersey,  Aniline. 
Harry  Leslie  Boggs,  West  Virginia,  Tinctures,  solid  and  fluid  extracts- 
Joseph  Peeky  Bolton,  Pennsylvania,  Tinctures. 
Elias  Kline  Boltz,  Pennsylvania,  Ergota. 
John  Thomas  Brennan,  Pennsylvania,  Milk. 
Harry  Walter  Brick,  Massachusetts,  Cortex  cocillana. 
Charles  Brown,  Pennsylvania,  Nux  vomica. 
James  Howard  Burnett,  New  Jersey,  Glycerinum. 
Alfred  Brooks  Cadmus,  Pennsylvania,  Ammonii  carbonas. 
