520  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  {A™"cfober,Ii9oa2rm* 
SECTION  ON  PRACTICAL  PHARMACY  AND  DISPENSING. 
Owing  to  the  resignation  of  the  chairman  of  this  section  elected 
at  the  last  meeting  of  the  Association,  the  chairman's  address  was 
dispensed  with  and  H.  P.  Hynson  presented  an  address  embodying 
the  replies  from  the  members  of  the  Association  on  questions  of 
practical  interest.  The  Enno  Sander  Prize  was  awarded  to  William 
F.  Kaemmerer,  the  presentation  being  made  by  Dr.  Sander.  C. 
Lewis  Diehl  read  the  report  on  the  National  Formulary,  embodying 
the  criticisms  which  he  had  received  from  A.  B.  Stevens,  H.  A.  B. 
Dunning  and  others. 
An  interesting  feature  of  this  section  was  the  re-reading  of  the 
first  paper  ever  read  before  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Associa- 
tion, by  its  author,  Alpheus  P.  Sharp,  Baltimore.  The  paper  was 
entitled  "  The  Strengths  of  Commercial  Muriatic  and  Nitric  Acids 
and  Alcohol,"  and  was  presented  at  the  meeting  held  in  New  York  in 
September,  1855.  A  special  vote  of  thanks  was  tendered  Mr.  Sharp 
for  his  courtesy  in  re-reading  his  paper. 
J.  U.  Lloyd  exhibited  the  Chapman  suppository  mold,  which  was 
invented  by  Dr.  Wm.  B.  Chapman,  Cincinnati,  in  1 864-1865.  He 
originally  used  a  base  consisting  of  cacao  butter  mixed  with  10  per 
cent,  of  Japan  wax. 
H.  A.  B.  Dunning  read  a  paper  on  "Aromatic  Waters  as  a  Cause 
of  Precipitation,"  and  advocated  the  use  of  filter  paper  in  the  prepa- 
ration of  these  waters,  as  the  calcium  phosphate  used  in  their  prepa- 
ration causes  a  precipitation  of  Fowler's  solution,  lime  water,  etc. 
Purified  talcum  is  considered  better  than  the  unpurified  phosphate, 
whereas  the  filter-paper  method  gives  a  clearer  and  stronger  solu- 
tion which  does  not  become  musty. 
Wilbur  L.  Scoville  read  a  paper  on  u  Colognes  and  Toilet 
Waters,"  and  gave  a  number  of  formulas  for  the  preparation  of  these 
together  with  the  cost  of  same.  He  considers  it  a  mistake  to  use 
musk  in  their  preparation  and  advocates  the  use  of  a  fine  quality  of 
Siam  or  vanilla  benzoin.  C.  V.  Emich  had  a  historical  paper  on 
the  practice  of  pharmacy  fifty  years  ago.  Various  pieces  of  apparatus 
and  pharmaceutical  devices  were  shown,  among  which  the  following 
may  be  mentioned :  Wm.  C.  Alpers  described  an  exhibit  of  pre- 
scription and  office  furniture  which  he  has  in  use  in  his  store.  Wal- 
ter S.  Reid,  Baltimore,  as  well  as  W.  F.  Kaemmerer  described  their 
