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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. R. 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, IIL, 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, eapsule, 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. Ravenel, 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- 
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