202  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy.  {^'^1;$$™- 
increase  of  the  sugar  from  775  Gm.  to  825  Gm.  per  liter  causes 
neither  precipitation  nor  fermentation ;  ( 5 )  that  in  the  definition 
of  ether  the  words  "  not  less  than  96  per  cent.,  by  weight  of  abso- 
lute ether  or  ethyl  oxide  "  should  be  substituted  for  the  words 
"  about  96  per  cent.,  etc.,"  and  that  the  time  limit  of  the  test  for 
aldehyde  should  be  extended;  (6)  that  the  description  of  each  crude 
drug  should  be  followed  by  a  list  of  all  the  official  preparations  into 
which  it  enters;  (7)  that  whenever  an  official  compound  is  made 
and  sold  by  different  manufacturers  under  different  names,  as 
hexamethylenamine,  the  Pharmacopoeia  should  state  that  these  apply 
to  compounds  similar  to  the  official  one;  (8)  that  the  ten  official 
syrups  now  directed  to  be  made  by  the  use  of  fluidextracts  should 
be  made  direct  from  the  drug,  for  the  reason  that  when  made  from 
fluidextracts  from  which  the  precipitates  formed  by  aging  have 
been  removed,  they  do  not  represent  the  full  medicinal  value  of  the 
drug. 
Dr.  C.  S.  Brinton,  chemist  of  the  U.  S.  Food  and  Drug  Inspection 
Laboratory,  Philadelphia,  read  a  paper  on  "  The  Pharmacopoeia  in 
Food  and  Drug  Inspection  Work,"  which  may  appear  in  a  later 
number  of  this  Journal,  and  in  connection  with  the  presentation  of 
which  a  number  of  interesting  specimens  were  exhibited. 
Referring  to  the  subject  of  powdered  asafetida,  Mr.  Boring  said 
that  physicians  have  very  little  idea  of  the  physical  character  of  the 
drug  and  that  when  it  is  ordered  on  a  -prescription  he  selects  the 
tears,  which  are  free  from  impurities,  and  powders  them,  and  that 
furthermore  the  gum  having  the  character  of  an  emulsion,  it  is  not 
difficult  to  effect  its  solution  when  ordered  in  this  form. 
Dr.  Horn,  in  alluding  to  the  subject  of  revision,  said  that  there 
is  one  good  book  on  organic  chemistry — namely,  Beilstein's  Organic 
Chemistry ;  that  it  had  been  gotten  out  well  once,  and  that  it  is 
being  revised  all  the  time,  small  volumes  being  added  from  time  to 
time.  Professor  Kraemer  called  attention  to  the  manner  of  revision 
of  the  Japanese  Pharmacopoeia,  stating  that  while  the  new  Phar- 
macopoeia was  being  considered,  certain  subjects  were  published  as 
addenda  to  the  previous  edition,  thus  permitting  opportunity  for 
criticism  and  revision. 
On  motion  of  Professor  Kraemer  a  unanimous  vote  of  thanks 
was  tendered  the  speakers  of  the  afternoon  for  their  interesting 
and  valuable  papers. 
Florence  Yaple, 
Secretary  pro  tern. 
