434  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.    {Am- Jour- pha«*. 
August,  1889. 
ous  impurities  by  shaking  with  ether,  evaporating  and  extracting  the 
crystalline  residue  with  absolute  alcohol. 
A  cA/oro-derivative,  probably  C26H32N3C10,  is  obtained  in  colorless 
needles,  when  the  alcoholic  extract  from  the  yellow  precipitate  referred 
to  above  is  evaporated,  the  residue  boiled  with  water  to  remove 
inorganic  compounds,  and  recrystallized  from  alcohol  with  addition  of 
animal  charcoal.  It  melts  at  220*5°,  and  is  not  changed  when  warmed 
with  silver  nitrate  solution.  It  forms  salts  with  the  halogen  acids  ; 
the  hydrobromide,  C26H32N3C10,  3HBr,  crystallizes  from  methyl  alco- 
hol in  colorless  prisms,  and  has  an  intensely  bitter  taste. 
When  anhydroecgonine  is  heated  at  270°  with  hydrochlor- 
ic acid,  methyl  chloride,  hydrocarbons,  ammonia,  methyl  - 
amine,  and  resinous  products  are  formed  together  with  two 
basic  compounds,  both  of  which  are  volatile  with  steam.  These  two 
bases  can  be  separated  by  dissolving  in  hydrochloric  acid  and  treating 
with  sodium  nitrite.  One  yields  a  nitroso-compound  which,  on  de- 
composing with  hydrochloric  acid,  is  converted  into  a  crystalline 
hydrochloride.  The  other  base  is  not  acted  on,  and  is  obtained  un- 
changed when  the  solution  is  made  alkaline  and  distilled  ;  it  yields  a 
sparingly  soluble  aurochloride  melting  at  212°.  A  distillate,  smelling 
strongly  of  pyridine,  is  obtained  when  the  bases  are  evaporated  with 
hydrochloric  acid,  and  the  residue  distilled  with  zinc-dust.  The  dis- 
tillate contains  a  hydrocarbon  and  two  new  bases  which  can  be  separ- 
ated by  means  of  their  aurochlorides.  The  more  readily  soluble  salt 
melts  at  108°;  the  other  contains  46*96  per  cent,  of  gold,  and  does 
not  melt  when  heated  at  280°. 
AMERICAN  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION. 
The  thirty-seventh  annual  meeting  convened  in  Odd  Fellows'  Hall  in  the 
city  of  San  Francisco  on  the  afternoon  of  Monday,  June  24th.  President  M. 
W.  Alexander,  of  St.  Louis,  occupied  the  chair  and  called  the  meeting  to  order. 
After  prayer  offered  by  Eev.  W.  H.  Scudder,  Mayor  Pond  was  introduced  and 
extended  a  cordial  welcome  to  the  members  on  behalf  of  the  pharmacists  and 
citizens  of  San  Francisco  and  of  the  Pacific  Coast,  to  which  Mr.  Ebert,  of 
Chicago,  responded.  Dr.  Melvin,  president  of  the  California  College  of  Phar- 
macy, next  addressed  the  meeting,  expressing  the  gratification  of  the  pharma- 
cists of  the  Pacific  Coast  that  the  frequently  extended  invitation  had  at  last 
been  accepted,  and  giving  a  hearty  welcome  to  the  visitors  present.  After  a 
brief  response  by  the  President,  Mr.  Alexander  read  the  annual  address,  refer- 
ring to  the  qualifications  for  membership,  the  work  by  sections,  the  financial 
