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The  report  of  the  Committee  on  Membership  showed  a  total  of 
230  new  members  added  since  the  meeting  at  Mackinac  last  year. 
After  the  installation  of  the  officers,  for  the  ensuing  year,  the 
Association  adjourned  to  meet  in  Atlantic  City,  N.  J.,  on  the  first 
Monday  in  September,  1905. 
SCIENTIFIC  SECTION. 
The  Section  on  Scientific  Papers  held  its  first  meeting  in  the 
Banquet  Hall  of  the  Coates  House,  September  8,  1904,  at  2.30  p.m. 
The  chairman,  Prof.  W.  A.  Puckner,  requested  Chas.  E.  Caspari, 
of  St.  Louis,  to  occupy  the  chair  while  he  read  the  recommendation 
of  the  committee  of  the  section  and  presented  his  address. 
The  latter  being  printed  he  was,  on  motion,  granted  permission  to 
present  the  same  by  title. 
The  Committee  on  Ebert  Prize  did  not  make  any  definite  recom- 
mendations. 
The  report  of  the  Committee  on  Drug  Adulterations,  through  its 
chairman,  E.  H.  Gane,  of  New  York,  included  a  number  of  sugges- 
tions and  recommendations  which  if  followed  by  practical  and  scien- 
tific pharmacists  would  tend  to  materially  improve  our  drugs  and 
chemicals. 
The  report  of  the  Committee  on  Thymol  Di-iodide  Preparations, 
appointed  last  year,  was  read  by  Professor  Kremers,  who  gave  a 
resume  of  the  work,  and  the  resulting  figures  as  given  by  three 
independent  workers.  The  resulting  figures  were  then  compared 
with  those  on  the  packages  exhibited  at  Mackinac  Island,  and  were 
found  to  differ  very  materially. 
Considerable  discussion,  as  to  the  proper  course  to  be  pursued  to 
make  amends  to  the  several  firms  who  had  been  wrongfully  accused, 
followed.  It  was  finally  agreed  to  recommend  the  publication  of  the 
report  with  the  ensuing  discussion,  in  full,  in  the  proceedings  of  the 
Association. 
Following  are  the  papers  presented  to  this  section : 
The  Relation  Between  Chemical  Constitution  and  Physiologi- 
cal Action  of  Certain  Organic  Bases. 
By  Prof.  Ernst  Schmidt,  Marburg,  Germany. 
The  above  paper  was  presented  and  read  by  title. 
