292  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  {AmjuJ°eri^oarm* 
Assays  by  the  Association  to  consist  of  experts  whose  duty  it  will 
be  to  coordinate  the  various  methods  of  biological  assays  and  to 
propose  standard  methods.  President  Rusby  subsequently  appointed 
as  members  of  this  Committee:  E.  M.  Houghton,  Reid  Hunt,  H. 
C.  Wood,  Jr.,  R.  A.  Hatcher,  Torald  Sollmann  and  A.  C.  Crawford. 
The  Ebert  Prize  was  awarded  to  H.  M.  Gordin  for  his  papers 
of  last  year  as  well  as  his  numerous  scientific  papers  to  the 
Association.  The  Committee  on  Drug  Market,  through  the  Chair- 
man, E.  L.  Patch,  presented  a  valuable  report  similar  to  those 
received  by  the  Association  for  some  years  past.  The  officers- 
elect  of  the  Scientific  Section  are  Chairman,  A.  H.  Clark ;  and 
Secretary,  Wm.  O.  Richtmann. 
The  Section  on  Practical  Pharmacy  and  Dispensing  held  three 
sessions.  The  Chairman,  Mr.  Otto  Raubenheimer,  in  his  address 
reminded  the  members  of  the  role  of  eminent  pharmacists, 
chemists,  pharmacognosists  and  scientists  who  were  born  a  hundred 
years  ago  and  said  that  shortly  there  would  be  celebrated  the 
centenary  of  the  discovery  of  the  most  important  alkaloids  and 
that  in  about  ten  years  the  centenary  of  the  oldest  College  of 
Pharmacy  in  the  United  States  would  also  be  celebrated.  He 
also  directed  the  attention  of  pharmacists  to  those  studies  and 
practices  which  would  enable  them  to  keep  abreast  of  the  times 
and  to  possess  the  necessary  pharmaceutical  knowledge  which  would 
assist  them  in  doing  their  share  for  the  protection  of  the  patient. 
One  of  the  interesting  sessions  of  this  section  was  that  devoted 
to  a  "  symposium  on  the  most  important  pharmacopoeias  of  the 
world."  While  the  greatest  benefit  must  accrue  to  those  who  had 
an  opportunity  of  seeing  the  pharmacopoeias  and  examining  them 
as  well  as  participating  in  the  discussions  it  would  be  indeed 
fortunate  if  the  symposium  of  papers  could  be  published  as  a 
separate  pamphlet  or  at  least  together  in  one  number  of  the 
Bulletin  of  the  A.  Ph.  A.  There  were  twenty-five  papers  presented, 
and  one  session  was  devoted  entirely  to  a  comparison  of  the  most 
important  groups  of  galenicals  of  the  more  important  pharma- 
copoeias with  those  of  the  U.  S.  Pharmacopoeia  and  National 
Formulary,  which  was  illustrated  with  specimens.  The  officers- 
elect  of  this  section  for  the  year  1910-11  are:  Chairman,  Carl 
Saalbach  and  Secretary,  P.  Henry  Utech. 
The  Section  on  Education  and  Legislation  held  three  sessions 
and  as  in  the  previous  sections  mentioned  the  interest  was  main- 
