5o 
Pharmaceutical  Meeting. 
r  A.m.  Jour.  Pharm, 
1.    January,  1902. 
December  17th.  Dr.  R.  V.  Mattison,  vice-president  of  the  college, 
presided. 
The  first  speaker  was  Joseph  L.  Lemberger,  Lebanon,  Pa.,  who 
has  been  Treasurer  of  the  Pennsylvania  Pharmaceutical  Association 
for  more  than  25  years  and  who  read  a  paper  on  "  The  Origin, 
History  and  Influence  of  State  Pharmaceutical  Associations  "  (see 
page  7).  At  the  conclusion  of  the  reading  of  the  paper  the  chair- 
man said  that  he  thought  that  all  pharmacists  who  were  alive  to 
their  interests  became  members  of  their  respective  pharmaceutical 
associations  as  soon  as  they  could.  Mr.  Lemberger  further  stated 
that  he  believed  that  good  legislation  could  be  secured  if  the  many 
pharmacists  in  Pennsylvania  and  other  States  could  be  organized  and 
their  influence  brought  to  bear  upon  their  legislators.  (See  Professor 
Beal's  paper  in  this  Journal,  1901,  p.  69.) 
The  next  paper  was  on  "  The  Sugar-coated  Pill,"  by  William  R. 
Warner,  Jr.,  and  was  read  in  the  absence  of  the  author  by  Charles 
H.  La  Wall  (see  page  32).  Mr.  Thomas  S.  Wiegand  then  followed 
with  a  paper  on  the  same  subject  (see  page  33).  These  papers 
proved  to  be  of  historical  interest  and  were  discussed  by  Messrs. 
Shinn,  Lemberger,  Remington,  Lowe,  Boring,  Mclntyre,  Wiegand, 
Kraemer  and  the  chairman.  The  discussion  brought  out  the  follow- 
ing facts:  That  the  first  sugar-coated  pills  sold  in  this  country  were 
imported  from  France  and  were  manufactured  by  Gamier  Lumoreaux 
&  Co.  Mr.  Mclntyre  stated  that  the  late  William  R.  Warner  was 
the  first  to  make  sugar-coated  pills  in  the  United  States  ;  that  these 
were  made  at  Mr.  Warner's  store  at  Second  Street  and  Girard 
Avenue.  Subsequent  to  this  various  firms  began  their  manufacture. 
Among  the  earliest  of  these  were  Bullock  &  Crenshaw,  Philadelphia; 
Tilden  &  Co.,  of  New  London,  N.  Y.;  and  Henry  Thayer  &  Co.,  of 
Cambridgeport,  Mass.  Professor  Remington  alluded  to  the  method 
used  by  Messrs.  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.  in  imparting  a  gloss  to  their 
pills,  which  was  simply  to  roll  them  backward  and  forward  over  a 
table  coated  with  paraffin.  Mr.  Wiegand  said  this  is  in  principle 
similar  to  that  pursued  some  thirty  years  ago :  some  confectioners 
made  a  secret  of  a  material  composed  of  wax,  parafifin,  and  oil  of 
almond,  which  gave  no  better  results  than  wax  alone  with  a  few 
pieces  of  best  quality  of  French  chalk.  It  is  to  be  noted,  however, 
that  none  of  these  substances  will  be  efficacious  unless  the  sugar 
coat  is  sufficiently  fine  before  the  attrition  with  the  wax  and  talcum. 
