5 16  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  {AnoctSber,IiflSm' 
said  that  superior  training  made  better  students,  and  that  the  student 
of  slender  means  was  usually  the  one  most  benefited  by  securing  a 
high  character  of  preliminary  education. 
Pharmaceutical  Testing  as  a  Part  of  the  College  Course. 
By  L.  E.  Sayre. 
In  discussing  the  subject  relating  to  the  testing  of  pharmaceutical 
chemicals,  the  author  referred  especially  to  those  chemical  salts  and 
preparations  which  are  liable  to  adulteration,  as,  for  example,  potas- 
sium iodide,  potassium  bromide,  syrup  of  the  iodide  of  iron,  sweet 
spirit  of  nitre,  etc.  He  referred  to  the  fact  that  the  United  States 
Pharmacopoeia  in  its  text  gave  explicit  directions  for  testing  these 
chemicals.  The  question  arises  how  shall  this  material  be  utilized 
in  educational  work.  The  author  contended  that  it  should  be  made 
a  special  course,  the  preparation  for  which  should  be  a  training  in 
qualitative  and  quantitative  analysis,  such  as  is  given  ordinarily  in 
college  courses. 
Lantern  Slides. 
By  Otto  A.  Wall. 
An  abstract  of  this  paper  was  presented  by  H.  M.  Whelpley. 
The  paper  is  devoted  to  the  consideration  of  the  preparation  as  well 
as  use  of  lantern  slides  for  illustrative  purposes. 
Use  and  Abuse  of  Proprietary  Medicines. 
By  M.  I.  Wilbert. 
The  author  referred  to  the  growing  use  and  consequent  abuse  of 
proprietary  medicines  by  American  physicians,  and  says  that  in 
looking  over  the  advertising  pages  of  medical  journals  the  medical 
preparations  advertised  in  them  may  be  classified  under  one  or  the 
other  of  the  following  headings : 
(1)  Proprietary  articles,  or  compounds  having  their  therapeutic 
uses,  and  the  doses  in  which  they  are  to  be  taken,  prominently  dis- 
played on  the  label  or  the  reading  matter  that  accompanies  the 
package. 
(2)  Proprietary  articles  that,  in  addition  to  the  points  enumerated 
above,  are  also  advertised  in  the  lay  journals,  and  are  designed  par- 
ticularly for  popular  use. 
