THE ALUMNI JOURNAL. 



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Irish moss. A general description for 

 the manufacture of Tablet Triturates will 

 be incorporated. It is recommended that 

 for hypodemic tablets cane sugar be used 

 as a basis. Elixir Paraldehyde will be 

 increased to 20 per cent. Changes are 

 also made in Elixir Cliloroformi camp., 

 Misturae Chloroformi et Opii, Eiquor 

 Magnesii Citratis, Syrupus Codeina Sul- 

 phatis, Elixir Rhamnus Purshiana. 

 A plan that has met with considerable 

 success in the Kentuck}^ Pharmaceutical 

 Association (and commented upon in the 

 last issue of The Alumni Journal) was 

 recommended for adoption in the various 

 State Associations for the purpose of 

 making the National Formulary a book 

 of use in presenting among physicians. 

 The Committee on the Revision of the 

 United States Pharmacopoeia of the As- 

 sociation recommended to the Committee 

 on Revision the incorporation of the 

 ■doses of patent remedies into subsequent 

 issues and urged that means be devised 

 for securing definite knowledge from the 

 recipe files of pharmacists throughout the 

 country, the value of each preparation, 

 drug or chemical therein incorporated as 

 to the amount employed in medicine and 

 pharmacy. The work of the Committee 

 on Revision as well as the suggestions 

 were recommended by the Association. 



The Committee on President's address 

 recommended the adoption and printing 

 of 5,000 copies of the "Observation 

 Sheet" prepared by E. L. Patch. The 

 points considered on the sheet are hereby 

 given : 



OBSERVATION SHEET. 



The object of this sheet is to encourage mem- 

 bers to make note of all experiences in dispens- 

 ing, manufacturing, testing and selling that 

 might otherwise be forgotten. Preserved they 

 would be of value for future reference and 

 published they would be of great assistance to 

 the profession at large. 



Will you kindly make use of these sheets and 

 send a duplicate of all filled out to the chairman 

 of the Scientific Section. 



THE PRESCRIPTION. 



1. A prescription received calling for thera- 

 peutic incompatibiles (medicaments opposed to 

 each other in action). 



2. A prescription received calling for chemi- 

 cal incompatibiles. (A precipitate, a ; change 

 of color, b ; effervesence, c ; caused by chemical 

 action). 



3. Physical incompatibiles. (A precipiate 

 owing to change in character of solvent, a ; a 

 separation, b. 



4. A difficult pill mass. 5. An unsatis- 

 factory ointment. 6. An excessive dose. 7. 

 Dangerous abbreviation. 8. Peculiar compo- 

 sition. Copy of — attached. How the trouble 

 was treated and result, 



THE STORE. 



1. New remedies called for during the month 

 of — and times employed. 



2. Obsolete, unmarketable or peculiar pro- 

 ducts called for. 



THE LABORATORY. 



A. 



Experienced difi&culty in securing satis- 

 factory products in using U. S. P. (a), Nat. 

 Form, {b), published in — formula for — 



I. Fluid Extract of — ; 2. Tincture of — 

 3. Syrup of—: 4, Elixir of—; 5. Plaster of— 

 6. Ointment of—; 7. Extract of—; 8. — 

 9. — ; 10. Chemical Product. 



Character of trouble and how remedied. 



1. Noticed the following errors in the U. S. 

 P. («), Dispensatory [b), description of — 



2. Had the following difficulty in applying 

 the U. S, P. test for — 



3. Found the following product had become 

 unsalable from having changed as stated. Had 

 been in stock for — and was stored — 



It was moved by H. M. Whitney that 

 the American Pharmaceutical Association 

 condemns the supplying of medicines by 

 manufacturing houses to physicians for 

 the purpose of dispening them and that 

 members refrain from dealing with such 

 houses. This notice was heartily en- 

 dorsed. 



Prof. Oldberg, chairman of the com- 

 mittee on International Congress informed 

 the council of the status of the publication 

 of these proceedings. It was therefore 



