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Editorial. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharni. 
July,  1902. 
of  ammonia  for  twelve  hours,  when  20  c.c.  of  water  is  added  and  the 
whole  allowed  to  separate.  Seventy-five  cubic  centimeters  of  the 
chloroformic  solution  are  filtered  (=15  grammes  bark)  and  from 
the  filtrate  about  two-thirds  of  the  chloroform  are  distilled  off.  The 
remainder  is  transferred  into  a  separator,  and  the  flask  washed  with 
5  c.c.  of  chloroform,  and  the  alkaloids  are  shaken  out  with  dilute 
hydrochloric  acid.  They  can  now  be  estimated  by  weighing  and 
by  trituration.  The  mean  molecular  weight  of  the  alkaloids  is  found 
to  be  147- 5. — Chem.  and  Drug.,  May  17,  1902. 
EDITORIAL. 
THE  AMERICAN  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION. 
The  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  enters  upon  the  work 
connected  with  the  celebration  of  its  fiftieth  anniversary  with  un- 
usual enthusiasm  upon  the  part  of  the  members  and  with  a  more 
or  less  marked  manifestation  of  interest  by  the  pharmacists  through- 
out this  country.  During  the  past  year  the  pharmaceutical  and 
drug  journals  have  published  numerous  articles  containing  sugges- 
tions intended  to  benefit  this  association  in  adding  to  its  member- 
ship and  usefulness. 
The  presidents  of  the  various  state  pharmaceutical  associations 
are  calling  attention  this  year  in  their  addresses  to  the  coming 
jubilee  meeting  of  this  parent  association.  This  is  seed  sown  in 
places  where  it  is  likely  to  bear  fruit. 
Mr.  Cliffe,  President  of  the  Pennsylvania  Pharmaceutical  Asso- 
ciation, well  said  that,  "  At  Philadelphia,  commencing  on  Septem- 
ber 8th  next,  there  will  be  held  the  fiftieth  anniversary  of  the 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  the  parent  of  all  pharmaceu- 
tical bodies  in  the  United  States.  If  the  aims  and  purposes  of  this 
organization  could  be  reduced  to  a  single  phrase,  it  would  probably 
be  nearly  correct  to  say  that  they  were  to  make  better  pharmacists 
for  pharmacy.  For  fifty  years  this  association  has  gone  steadily  on 
in  its  alio  ted  work,  leaving  in  its  trail  only  that  which  reflects 
honor,  profit  and  glory  on  American  pharmacy  and  American 
pharmacists  participating  in  its  deliberations.  There  is  no  entrance 
fee  charged,  and  the  yearly  dues  of  $5  are  more  than  returned  to 
its  members  through  the  publication  of  an  annual  report  of  its 
proceedings,  which  is  a  complete  collation  of  the  advances  in  phar- 
