io8 THE ALUMNI JOURNAL. 



Tablet Triturates ; Are they a Safe Dissolve the phosphate of iron in the water, 



Form of Medication ^ " quinine and strychnine in the alcohol, mix the 



^rvu « z. A • i- r -ni- two solutions, shake, add the syrup and lastly 



The y^r/ta;zi-aj Association of Pharma- ^, ,.,..' .^ , . ■; 



the aromatic elixir. Set aside a short time, and 



Cists met at Hot Springs, June 5-7. The giter if necessary. 



reports read indicated an encouraging Xhe Missouri Pharmaceutical Associa- 

 state of affairs on all sides. A number tion held its annual meeting at Excelsior 

 of Associations met about the middle of Springs. Among the papers read were 

 June. The /wfl'/a^/a Pharmaceutical As- the following : "The Practical Value of 

 sociation met at Evansville. The follow- a Drug Journal." by A. N. Doerschuk ; 

 ing papers were read : ':The New Phar- "Aromatic Syrup of Uquorice," by H. 

 macopoeia," Leo EHel ; "The Alcohol S. Hassebrock ; "Report of the Research 

 Molecule," J. N. Hurty. Several valu- Committee B of the U.S. P. Committee," ' 

 able and interesting reports were read, by Charles O. Curtman ; "Fifty Observa- 

 and Prof. Louis Diehl, of Loui.sville, Ky., tions for Pharmaci.sts," by H. M. Whel- 

 addressed the meeting on the subject of piey ; "The Practical Value of a Drug 

 the National Formulary. He outlined Journal," by Ambrose Mueller ; "Some 

 the history of this publication, and Incompatible, Explosive and Question- 

 related how a plan had been devised by able Prescriptions," by James Good ; 

 the Kentucky Pharmaceutical Associa- "Report on Cantharides," by A. Bran- 

 tion to make the use of the Formulary denberger ; "Report on Volatile Oils," 

 more popular among druggists of that by C. C. Hamilton; "What is a 

 State. This plan consisted in having Poison ?" by A. N. Doerschuk ; "A Few 

 members make preparations in strict ac- Paragraphs on Pharmacy from an Intro- 

 cordance with the Formulary and present duction of Liebig's Chemistry, Published 

 them at the meeting of the K. P. A. ; in Heidelberg. Germany, 1843," by Am- 

 these were to be examined by a commit- brose Mueller; "A Medicinal Dyna- 

 tee and then presented and explained by meter," by H. M. Whelpley; " Doses for 

 this committee, at a meeting of the Ken- Pharmacists," by the same. An abstract 

 tucky Medical Association. The sugges- of the paper on "Potassium Iodide and 

 tion had been carried out to the letter, Bromide of the Market, etc, " is 

 some 65 to 70 members having submitted published under "The Most Recent 

 samples. When presented at the meet- Workr Another valuable paper was 

 ing of the Medical Association, they at- the "Report of the Committee on U- S. 

 tracted more attention than any thing else Pharmacopoeia," by C O. Curtman. 

 on the programme. The writer has the honor to report the 



The Mirmesota Pharmaceutical Asso- following in regard to the United States 



ciation convened at Lake Minnetonka. Pharmacopoeia : 



A number of papers were read being The committee elected by the national 



principally reports. C T. Heller read a convention for revising the Pharmaco- 



paper on "Elixir Phosphate of Iron, pceia, held in Washington, D. C, in May. 



Quinine and Strychnine." 1890, has during the past year completed 



The formula is as follows : the work of the seventh revision intrusted 



Phosphate of Iron, U. S. P 256 grs. to it, and in August, 1893, the first cop- 

 Quinine (alkaloid) 64 'I igg qJ tl^g ^Qj-l. ^gj.^ exhibited at the 



Strychnine (alkaloid) 1% " 



Alcohol - 2 fl. oz. meeting of the American Pharmaceutical 



Water 2 '' Association at Chicago, and an edition of 



Aromatic Elixir, q. s. ad x6 " 8,200 copies was placed upon the market. 



