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THE ALUMNI JOURNAL. 



In the scientific section the following 

 is a list of the titles of papers presented at 

 this riieeting. Those of sufficient value 

 to the readers of The Alumni Journal 

 will be incorporated either as a whole or 

 in abstract in the subsequent issues of 

 The Journal : 



1. Saw Jfalmetto {Sabal Serrulata) '^ . Marion 



Dixon. 



2. Examination of Preparations of Cod Liver 



Oil for Alkaloids of Cod Liver Oil. J- 

 O. Schlotterbeck. 



3. Therapeutic Value of so called Elegant Pre- 



parations of Cod Liver Oil. F. E. 

 Stewart. 



4. Advance Sheets of an Analytical Com- 



panion to the U. S. Pharm. J. B. Nagel- 

 voort. 



5. On Powdered Extracts. C. S. N. Hallberg. 



6. Notes on the Behavior of Ferratin and 



Albuminate of Iron with Artificial Gas- 

 tric Juice. J. O. Schlotterbeck and S. 

 R. Boyce. 



7. Pharmaceutical Bacteriology. R.G. Eccles. 



8. A Critique Upon Criticisms of the National 



Formulary. L. F. Stevens. 



9. The Opium Poppy in North Carolina. 



Gerald McCarthy, Botanist, Exp. Agri- 

 cultural Station. 



10. Rhus Toxicodendron. H, M. Whelpley. 



11. "Some Pharmaceutical Uses of Acetone, " 



and "The Solubility of Canada Balsam 

 in Alcohol." J. E. Morrison. 



12. Papers from the University of Michigan, a. 



Examination of Kola, C. O. Topping, 

 b. Reduced Iron, G. C. Steventon. c. 

 White Castile Soaps, Samuel R. Knox, 

 d. Glycerin of the Market, J. L. Te- 

 garden, e. Experimental Work on the 

 Solvent Power of Alcoholic Menstrua, L. 



D. Havenhill. f. A Microscopical Study 

 of Cicuta maculata, F. Lyle Robertson. 



13. Comparison of Methods of Testing Pepsin. 



E. H. Bartley, 



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14. Laboratory Notes. E. L. Patch. 



15. Grain Weight. A Study of Wheat. J. U. 



Lloyd. 



16. Analytical Alkaloidal Chemistry. Lyman F- 



Kebler. 



17. The Names of Medicinal Plants of Commer- 



cial Value. William Simpson. 



18. OfiScial Process for Spirit Nitrous Ether. 



Chas. M. Ford. 



19. Elegant Preparations of Cod Liver Oil, 



Henry A. Stearns. 



20. Futher Notes on Taraxacum Root. L. E. 



Sayre. 



21. Improved Working Formula, No. 27 Na- 



tional Formulary. Samuel C. Davis. 



22. Allegation in Pharmaceutical Calculations. 



T. D. Reed. 



23. Additional Experiments with Datura Stra- 



monium. Alfred R. L. Dohme. 

 24 Hydrocymenes and Derivatives. Edward 

 Kramers. 



25. Oil of Cloves. C. P. T. Fennell. 



26. Microscopical and Chemical Examination 



of Cloves. Henry Kraemer. 



27. Quantitative Determination of Some Sub- 



stances in Aqueous Solution by the Re- 

 fractomer. W. F. Edwards. 



28. Testing for Arsenic of the U. S. P. J. B. 



Nagelvoort. 



29. What is the Quality of Reduced Iron dis- 



pensed by Pharmacists? Alfred R. L. 

 Dohme. 



30. The Relation of Hydrastine and Berberine 



to one another and their mode of Com- 

 bination in the drug. Alfred P. L. 

 Dohme- 



31. Relative Value of Two Kinds of Ipecac 



Root. Alfred R. L- Dohme. 



32. The Use of Isobutylic Alcohol for the De- 



tection of Morphine and Codeine. J. 

 B. Nagelvoort. 



33. A Method for the Estimation of Mono and 



Bicarbonate of Sodium. W. T. Wen- 

 zell. 



34. Dioneea Muscipula Ellis, (Venus Fly Trap.) 



Jas. D. Nutt. 



In the matters that came up at the 

 General vSession of the Association we 

 find again much reason for encourage- 

 ment. The Committee on National 

 Formulary, of which C. lyCwis Diehl is 

 Chairman, has been hard at work during 

 the past year. In order that the work 

 may be a companion to the Pharma- 

 copoeia titles of such preparations as may 

 be considered advantages as Elixir 

 Aromatica will have added to them the 

 title U. S. P. Elixir Cinchona is to be 

 made from the alkaloid. Elixir Bis- 

 muth! will contain citrate of bismuth and 

 ammonia only. Mucilage of Acacia will 

 be employed in place of the mucilage of 



