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Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
Jan.,  1889. 
thought  such  was  not  the  case.  Prof.  Maisch  stated  that  the  experiments 
upon  the  subject  made  by  preparing  infusions,  tinctures  and  extracts  failed 
to  show  any  specially  poisonous  properties,  and  Professor  Sayre  had  been 
unable  to  find  in  the  plant  any  deleterious  principle  ;  but  the  physiological 
experiments  had  been  made  upon  carnivorous  and  omnivorous  and  not 
with  herbivorous  animals.  The  American  loco  weeds  were  species  of  the 
genera  astragalus  and  oxytropis,  and  were  botanically  closely  rlated  to  the 
shrubs  of  Western  Asia  yielding  tragacanth. 
Mr.  G.  M.  Beringer  read  a  paper  upon  the  Hungarian  Daisy,  an  im- 
portation of  which  had  been  made  into  New  York,  and  which  was  likely 
to  be  used  as  an  adulteration  of  the  insect  powder.  Prof.  Maisch  sug- 
gested that  since  the  microscope  seemed  to  afford  no  reliable  criterion 
for  the  detection  of  such  an  adulteration  in  insect  powder,  the  percentage 
of  alcoholic  extract  and  of  ash,  as  determined  by  Mr.  Beringer,  might  be 
made  available  for  this  purpose. 
The  papers  read,  having  been  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Publication, 
there  being  no  further  business,  the  meeting  adjourned. 
T.  S.  Wiegand, 
Registrar. 
PROCEEDINGS  OF  STATE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSO- 
CIATIONS. 
The  following  printed  Proceedings  have  been  received  of  meetings  which 
have  been  previously  reported  in  the  last  volume  of  the  Journal : 
Illinois.— -Pp.  207.    See  November  number,  1888,  p.  587. 
Massachusetts—  Pp.  225.    See  July  number,  1888,  p.  377. 
Minnesota. — Pp.  140.    See  August  number,  1888,  p.  425. 
Missouri—  Pp.  238.    See  August  number,  1888,  p.  426. 
South  Dakota  — Pp.  82.    See  November  number,  1888,  p.  587. 
Wisconsin. — Pp.  72.  The  meeting  was  held  at  Palmyra  Springs,  August 
7-10th,  president  Pulford  in  the  chair.  The  president's  address,  the  reports 
of  officers  and  various  committees,  and  eight  essays  on  different  subjects 
claimed  the  attention  of  the  meeting.  The  officers  for  the  present  year  are 
J.  C.  Huber,  Fond  du  Lac,  president;  H.  Rollman,  Chilton,  and  F.  W.  Isham, 
Elkhorn,  vice-presidents;  E.  B.  Heimstreet,  Janesville,  permanent  secre- 
tary; W.  P.  Clarke,  Milton,  treasurer;  W.  M.  Edwards,  Portage,  local  sec- 
retary. The  tenth  annual  meeting  will  be  held  at  Portage  during  the  sec- 
ond week  in  August  next,  commencing  Tuesday  and  lasting  three  days. 
EDITORIAL  DEPARTMENT. 
The  new  volume  of  the  Journal,  commencing  with  the  present  number,  bears 
upon  its  title  page — in  addition  to  the  names  of  the  members  of  the  Pub- 
lishing Committee,  under  whose  supervision  the  Journal  has  been  issued 
since  the  death  of  Professor  Procter  in  February,  1874 — also  the  names  of  a 
