^sSptemberrfiS?1'}    American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  495 
To  obtain  a  solution  of  which  2  c.c.  are  equivalent  to  1  gramme  of  soluble 
ferric  phosphate,  U.S. P.,  1890,  evaporate  on  a  water-bath  at  a  temperature  not 
exceeding  6o°  C.  until  the  solution  measures  500  c.c. 
SELENIUM  IN  COMMERCIAL  SULPHUR. 
By  T.  D.  Reed,  M.D. , 
and 
SULPHUR  PRECIPITATUM. 
By  T.  D.  Reed,  M.D. 
were  then  read  by  title,  received  and  referred  to  the  Publication  Committee. 
It  was  then  moved  to  proceed  with  the  election  of  officers  for  the  Section 
during  the  coming  year.  Mr.  Alpers  withdrew  his  name,  and  the  Secretary  was 
ordered  to  cast  a  unanimous  ballot  for  Prof.  Kremers,  of  Madison,  Wisconsin, 
as  Chairman.  Dr.  A.  B.  Lyons,  of  Chicago,  111.,  was  then  nominated  for  Secre- 
tary ;  nominations  were  closed,  and  the  Secretary  asked  to  ballot  affirmatively 
for  Dr.  Lyons,  who  was  thereafter  declared  elected.  The  election  of  Prof. 
Kremers  to  the  Chairmanship  having  caused  a  vacancy  in  the  Special  Research 
Committee  previously  elected  at  the  session  (for  the  Chairman  of  the  Section 
is  an  ex  officio  member  of  the  said  committee),  Dr.  A.  P>.  Lyons  was  substituted. 
There  being  no  reports  of  committees,  the  newly  elected  officers  were  installed, 
and  a  vote  of  thanks  was  given  the  retiring  officers.  It  was  moved  and  carried 
that  the  Chairman  of  the  Scientific  Section  make  such  arrangements  with  the 
Chairman  of  the  Section  on  Pharmaceutical  Education  and  Legislation  as  to 
obtain  time  to  deal  with  the  unfinished  business  of  the  Scientific  Section.  The 
reading  of  the  minutes  was  dispensed  with,  and  on  motion  the  Section 
adjourned. 
SECTION  ON  PHARMACEUTICAL  LEGISLATION  AND  EDUCATION. 
Chairman  Hallberg  called  the  section  to  order  at  9.45  a.m.,  on  Friday, 
August  27th.  Professor  Whelpley  then  took  the  chair  while  Professor  Hallberg 
delivered  his  address.  The  speaker  recommended  that  the  State  Boards  of 
Pharmacy  be  again  requested  to  send  the  Section  one  or  more  sets  of  the  ques- 
tions which  they  have  asked  applicants  ;  that  the  orthography  and  pronuncia- 
tion of  chemical  terms  as  adopted  by  the  American  Association  for  the 
Advancement  of  Science  be  reported  on  at  the  next  meeting  ;  that  the  feasi- 
bility of  establishing  a  memorial  to  Hager  be  considered ;  that  rules  in  detail 
for  the  conduction  and  working  of  the  Section  on  Pharmaceutical  Education 
and  Legislation  be  presented  at  the  next  meeting  for  consideration  and  adop- 
tion. The  address  was  received  and  referred  to  a  cotntnittee  composed  of 
Messrs.  Prescott,  Parisen  and  Puckner.  The  Secretary  of  the  Section  then 
read  his  report,  which  gave  the  changes  that  have  taken  place  in  pharmacy 
laws  during  the  past  year,  as  well  as  other  measures  which  have  been  pro- 
posed in  the  legislation  of  the  affairs  of  pharmacy.  Statistics  rega  ding  the 
number  of  registered  and  unregistered  pharmacists  in  the  United  States  v\  ere 
also  presented.  These  showed  that  fewer  applicants  are  registered  on  dipl  ma 
every  year.  The  author  said  there  was  a  lack  of  interest  in  the  work  of 
gathering  this  information  by  some  boards  of  pharmacy.  Mr.  Ebert  proposed 
that,  in  order  to  obtain  the  necessary  information,  a  circular  letter  be  sent  to 
the  secretary  of  each  board  of  pharmacy  early  in  the  year.    The  report  was 
