512  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.     { Aroc{obe^mm' 
saw  or  cold  chisel,  thus  allowing  the  separator  to  be  placed  directly 
in  the  support  without  danger  of  bringing  the  stop-cock  in  contact 
with  the  ring,  as  is  apt  to  occur  when  the  separator  is  inserted  or 
removed  from  the  ordinary  ring. 
Organic  Qualitative  Analysis. 
By  E.  H.  Bartley. 
The  author  gave  a  scheme  for  the  qualitative  separation  of 
organic  compounds.  The  principal  sub-divisions  are  determined  as 
follows :  [a)  Heat  a  portion  of  the  substance  on  a  platinum  foil 
over  the  naked  flame,  first  gently  and  then  at  a  red  heat,  and 
observe  its  behavior,  odor,  etc.  (b)  Heat  a  small  portion  of  the 
solid,  or  of  the  liquid,  in  a  clean,  dry  test-tube. or  matrass,  and  note 
its  behavior,  (c)  Heat  a  small  portion  of  the  solid  or  liquid  with 
dilute  sulphuric  acid  and  observe  any  change  of  color,  effervescence 
or  odor,  (d)  Warm  a  small  portion  of  the  solid  or  of  the  liquid 
with  50  per  cent,  of  sulphuric  acid,  (e)  Warm  (do  not  boil)  with 
strong  sulphuric  acid.  (/)  Heat  to  nearly  boiling  a  fragment  of 
the  substance  with  dilute  Fehling's  solution,  (g)  Heat  a  neutral 
solution  of  the  substance  with  nearly  neutral  ferric  chloride  solu- 
tion, noting  color  produced  or  precipitate  formed,  (h)  Detection 
and  removal  of  water  and  determination  of  ultimate  analysis  by 
application  of  special  tests  as  for  detection  of  hydroxyl,  etc. 
Other  Papers. 
Other  papers  were  presented  as  follows :  "  The  Alkaloids  ot 
Eschscholtzia  Californica  "  and  "  The  Alkaloids  of  Dicentra  Cucul- 
laria,"  by  R.  Fischer. 
SECTION  ON  EDUCATION  AND  LEGISLATION. 
The  Chairman  of  the  section,  E.  G.  Eberle,  presented  an  unusu- 
ally able  and  interesting  address,  which  was  devoted  to  a  review  of 
the  progress  in  education  and  legislation  in  this  country,  and  con- 
tained a  number  of  recommendations  looking  to  the  betterment  of 
pharmacy.  An  interesting  feature  of  the  Section  was  the  report  ot 
the  "  Committee  on  Habitual  Use  of  Narcotics  "  by  the  Chairman, 
H.  P.  Hynson,  which  will  be  published  in  full  in  this  Journal. 
