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made  of  the  entire  State,  and  circular  letters  had  been  sent  out  to 
all  of  the  prominent  wholesale  and  supply  houses,  asking  for  any 
information  on  the  subject.  Many  interesting  and  valuable  replies 
were  received  and  embodied  in  the  report,  which,  when  published, 
will,  no  doubt,  form  a  valuable  addition  to  the  literature  on  the  sub- 
ject of  adulteration. 
The  report  of  the  Committee  on  Botany  was  presented  and  read 
by  the  chairman,  Mr.  C.  H.  La  Wall,  after  which  the  discussion  of 
Mr.  Vanderkleed's  paper  on  suppositories  was  resumed,  where  it 
had  been  interrupted  the  day  before. 
Mr.  C.  H.  La  Wall  then  read  a  paper  on  the  "  Detection  of  Aniline 
Colors  and  Salicylic  Acid  in  Articles  of  Food  and  Drink,"  which 
will  be  published  in  a  later  issue  of  this  Journal,  and  which  outlined 
processes  so  simple  as  to  readily  enable  the  retail  druggist  to  apply 
them.    This  paper  was  also  illustrated  by  means  of  specimens. 
A  paper  which  had  been  contributed  by  Prof.  F.  X.  Moerk  was 
then  read,  entitled  "  Laboratory  Notes,"  in  which  the  author  sug- 
gested some  improvements  in  the  application  of  the  tribromphenol 
reaction  to  the  estimation  of  carbolic  acid,  and  in  which  the  use 
of  oil  of  cassia  was  suggested  as  a  preservative  for  starch  solution 
for  indicator  and  test  purposes.  This  paper  will  appear  in  a  later 
issue  of  this  Journal. 
A  paper,  also  entitled  "  Laboratory  Notes,"  by  Willard  R.  Graham 
(see  page  389),  was  read,  in  which  the  author  gave  some  analytical 
results  of  the  examination  of  a  variety  of  substances  which  had 
come  under  his  notice  recently,  the  most  interesting  of  which  was 
the  statement  that  cappock  oil,  an  oil  obtained  from  Eriodendron 
anfractuosum,  in  quantities  as  low  as  0-5  per  cent,  when  added  to 
pure  olive  oil,  would  give  a  reaction  similar  to  that  obtained  with 
cottonseed  oil  with  Halphen's  test. 
A  very  interesting  paper  contributed  by  Second  Vice-President 
B.  E.  Pritchard,  who  is  also  President  of  the  N.A.R.D.,  was 
then  read  by  the  author.  The  title  was  "  Mental  Myopia,"  and  in  it 
the  author  discussed  trade  conditions  in  his  usual  forceful  and  enter- 
taining style. 
Mr.  L.  L.  Walton,  first  vice-president  of  the  Association,  then 
read  a  carefully  prepared  article,  which  considered  the  advisability 
of  the  retail  druggist  establishing  a  directory  for  nurses. 
The  Nominating  Committee  then  announced  that  they  were  pre- 
pared to  report,  and  submitted  the  following  nominations: 
