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indebted to the following companies which have donated the material 

 for this exhibit: Powers- Weightman-Rosengarten Co., Philadelphia, 

 Pa., 20 specimens of medicinal chemicals ; E. E. Squibb & Sons, New 

 York City, 15 pharmaceutical preparations; McKesson & Robbins 

 (Inc.), New York City, 11 medicinal substances; Eli Lilly & Co., 

 Indianapolis, Ind., 10 pharmaceuticals; Dodge & Olcott Co., New 

 York City, 6 medicinal oils; Schieffelin & Co., New York, N. Y., 

 6 pharmaceutical products; Parke, Davis Co., Detroit, Mich., 5 

 medicinal substances ; Armour & Co., Chicago, 111., 2 animal products. 



The disguising of disagreeable medicines is a problem which has 

 long taxed the ingenuity of doctors and pharmacists. With adults 

 the task is comparatively -easy, and is accomplished by sneaking the 

 medicinal substance past the palate, coated with gelatin, sugar, choco- 

 late, etc. But in the case of children it is difficult. By instinct they 

 object to disagreeable medicines, and due to the natural inclination 

 to disintegrate food, usually hold a pill, capsule, or tablet in the 

 mouth until the purpose of the coating is defeated. Dr. Bernard 

 Fantus, professor of pharmacology and therapeutics. College of 

 Medicine, University of Illinois, has devoted a great deal of attention 

 to the matter of candy medication for children, his object being to so 

 incorporate medicinal substances in fats and sugars that they may 

 be dissolved in the mouth as candy without disagreeable taste or odor 

 being detected. Doctor Fantus visited the Museum during the week 

 of the meeting of the Pharmacopoeial Convention, at which time 

 he consented to furnish material to illustrate this form of medication. 

 The specimens donated by him for this purpose consist of 6 colored 

 " fat sugars " used as the base in which to incorporate the medicines, 

 and 43 specimens attractive to children and free from disagreeable 

 odor and taste. 



Many interesting and valuable articles showing the progress and 

 development of medicine and pharmacy were received during the 

 year. The Whitall Tatum Co., Philadelphia, Pa., donated 14 speci- 

 mens consisting of liquid measures, a suppository mold and ma- 

 chine, a tablet mold and machine, an emulsifier, prescription sieve, 

 and pill tile. Mr. W. deC. Eavenel, United States National Museum, 

 contributed an old balance of the type used in drug stores 40 or 50 

 years ago. The National College of Pharmacy, Washington, D. C, 

 through the dean. Dr. H. E. Kalusowski, presented the Museum with 

 a suppository mold made by James Dominic O'Donnell, of Wash- 

 ington, D. C, previous to 1873, which is believed to be the first one 

 ever used for making suppositories by compression. One of the 

 first instruments ever used for throwing a finely divided spray for 

 medical purposes, consisting of a rubber bulb 4 inches long, and a 

 metal bottle 2 inches long with connecting metal parts, was made by 

 Asahel M. Shurtleff, of Codman & Shurtleff, makers of surgical in- 



