Am'£vr'i9ihoarm'}     Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy.  251 
Others  taking  part  in  the  discussion  of  this  subject  were  Pro- 
fessor Remington  and  Messrs.  Boring  and  Poley. 
A  paper  on  "  Echinacea  and  a  Spurious  Root  That  Appeared  in 
the  Fall  of  1909  "  by  John  Moser,  Jr.,  P.D.,  was  presented  in  abstract 
by  Professor  Kraemer,  the  author  not  being  present  (see  p.  224). 
Mr.  Toplis  called  attention  to  a  method  which  he  has  been  using 
in  the  making  of  syrup  of  ferrous  iodide,  in  which  the  bright  iron 
wire  of  the  official  formula  is  replaced  by  reduced  iron,  the  syrup 
being  of  a  beautiful  green  color.  He  stated  that  the  reaction  is 
very  prompt,  the  time  required  for  the  combination  of  iron  and  iodine 
in  quantities  to  give  500  c.c.  of  syrup  being  eight  minutes,  the  rise 
in  temperature  during  the  reaction  being  180  C„  and  that  the  entire 
process  may  be  completed  within  one  hour.  In  order  to  overcome 
the  generation  of  an  excessive  amount  of  heat  in  the  making  of  larger 
quantities  of  syrup,  Mr.  Toplis  suggested  that  a  flask  of  ample  pro- 
portions be  used,  that  all  of  the  iodine  be  added  to  the  water  first, 
and  that  the  iron  be  added  in  small  successive  portions  with  vigorous 
agitation  after  each  addition,  which  method,  it  was  claimed,  provides 
for  the  dissipation  of  the  heat  as  rapidly  as  it  is  generated. 
The  chairman  directed  attention  to  books,  manuscripts,  pharma- 
ceutical journals,  including  bound  volumes  of  the  American  Jour- 
nal of  Pharmacy  from  1854  to  1877,  and  some  specimens  of  drugs 
and  pharmaceutical  preparations,  which  belonged  to  our  late  fellow 
member,  J.  B.  Moore.  Professor  Kraemer  stated  that  Mr.  Francis 
B.  Hays,  of  New  York,  had  written  him  stating  that  he  had  obtained 
through  the  kindness  of  Mr.  Moore's  daughter,  Mrs.  H.  H.  Wat- 
kins,  and  son,  Rev.  J.  J.  Joyce  Moore,  both  of  Philadelphia,  letters 
of  the  late  Albert  E.  Ebert  and  Prof.  John  M.  Maisch  for  the  His- 
torical Section  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  and  also 
that  they  would  be  glad  to  make  a  similar  disposal  of  the  remainder 
of  their  father's  pharmaceutical  collection,  and  that,  accordingly,  he 
had  procured  the  collection  for  the  College.  Of  the  books  the  follow- 
ing may  be  mentioned  as  of  special  interest :  Richerand's  Elements 
of  Physiology,  English  translation,  1823  ;  The  American  Dispensa- 
tory, by  John  Redman  Coxe,  M.D.,  183 1  ;  Jourdan's  Pharmacopoeia 
Universalis,  English  translation,  1833 ;  Notes  of  Lectures  on  the 
Theory  and  Practice  of  Medicine  delivered  at  Jefferson  Medical 
College  by  John  Eberle,  M.D.,  1834;  New  Conversations  on  Chemis- 
try by  Thomas  P.  Jones,  M.D.,  1839 ;  Dial  of  the  Seasons  by  Thomas 
