556  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  i ^m.  Jour,  pbarm. 
\   November,  1908. 
It  is  also  respectfully  submitted  that  these  advertisements  are 
purposely  written  in  a  style  intended  to  create  false  impressions,  and 
are  paid  for  to  produce  the  belief  that  such  recipes  are  not  advertise- 
ments. It  is  submitted  as  unquestioned  fact  that  these  recipes  do 
abundantly  mislead  and  betray  your  confiding  readers. 
The  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  with  fifty-six  years  of 
devoted  and  unselfish  service  to  the  cause  of  humanity  earnestly 
appeals  to  American  Journalism  to  carefully  consider  this  matter, 
and,  in  behalf  of  diseased  mankind,  begs  it  to  take  such  effective 
steps  as  will  prevent  the  further  practice  of  what  is  believed  to 
be  opposed  to  the  best  interest  of  society  and  the  integrity  of  the 
press. 
Historical  Section. 
The  opening  meeting  of  this  section  was  held  on  Thursday  even- 
ing when  Professor  Whelpley  gave  an  illustrated  lecture  on  "  Past 
Meetings  and  Past  Members."  The  regular  session  was  held  on 
Friday  morning  with  the  Chairman,  E.  V.  Howell,  and  E.  G.  Eberle, 
Secretary,  both  in  their  places.  In  his  extemporaneous  address  the 
Chairman  emphasized  the  importance  of  getting  people  interested  in 
making  collections  for  this  section  and  furnishing  information  to 
the  Historian  as  to  where  books  and  collections  may  be  found. 
He  furnished  titles  of  over  400  books  treating  of  Botany  and  Materia 
Medica.  He  also  donated  to  the  section  a  copy  of  Wm.  Turner's 
book  on  names  of  herbs  published  in  1548  and  with  a  collection  of 
synonyms  in  use  prior  to  1653.  Mr.  Howell  exhibited  poppy 
capsules  grown  in  North  Carolina  which  yielded  an  opium  contain- 
ing 6  per  cent  of  morphine ;  specimens  from  the  "  Pinehurst  Tea 
Gardens  "  at  Summerville,  S.  C.  and  wools  and  cloths  dyed  by  the 
natives  of  North  Carolina  with  vegetable  dyes. 
A  number  of  other  specimens  were  presented,  including  the  pro- 
grams of  the  Philadelphia  Branch  of  the  Association  and  badges 
used  by  the  earlier  officers  of  the  Association  by  Henry  Kraemer, 
and  a  written  translation  of  the  "  Neue  Hannoverische  Pharmakopce 
in  das  Deutsche  ubersetzt  (Gronau,  1842)  which  had  been  purchased 
of  a  book-dealer  in  St.  Louis  by  M.  I.  Wilbert  while  on  his  way 
to  the  meeting. 
The  following  papers  were  read : 
An  Interesting  Pharmacopoeia  and  Some  Hospital  Formularies. — 
By  M.  I.  Wilbert.    In  connection  with  this  paper  the  author  pre- 
