488  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  {AlocioberPi9oa4m 
Sodium  Bicarbonate  in  Iodometric  Determinations. 
By  W.  A.  Puckner. 
The  author  asserts  that  by  using  dilute  solutions  of  sodium  bicar- 
bonate, saturated  with  carbon  dioxide,  more  reliable  results  are 
obtained,  in  the  volumetric  estimation  of  phosphites  by  oxidation 
with  iodine  in  presence  of  sodium  bicarbonate. 
After  the  installation  of  the  newly-elected  officers,  E.  H.  Gane, 
New  York,  Chairman,  and  Chas.  E.  Caspari,  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  Secre- 
tary, the  section  adjourned. 
SECTION  ON  EDUCATION  AND  LEGISLATION. 
The  first  session  of  the  Section  on  Education  and  Legislation  was 
called  to  order  by  the  chairman,  H.  B.  Mason,  in  the  club- room  of 
the  Coates  House,  on  Wednesday  morning,  September  7,  1904. 
J.  O.  Schlotterbeck  was  requested  to  take  the  chair  while  the 
chairman  read  his  address. 
This  address  contains  quite  an  exhaustive  review  of  the  present 
status  of  education  and  legislation  directly  affecting  pharmacists. 
Some  exception  being  taken  to  the  statement  that  the  Illinois 
anti-cocaine  law  was  a  success,  the  chairman  willingly  accepted  the 
correction  and  agreed  to  omit  the  reference  to  the  Illinois  law  from 
his  address. 
Following  the  chairman's  address  the  secretary  of  the  section, 
Wm.  L.  Cliffe,  of  Philadelphia,  presented  a  resume  of  legislation 
that  had  been  attempted  or  perfected  during  the  past  year  in  the 
several  States  and  Territories. 
The  next  order  of  business  was  the  presentation  of  the  final  draft 
of  an  "  Anti-Narcotic  Law,"  by  the  committee  appointed  last  year; 
this  consisted  of  James  H.  Beal,  C.  S.  N.  Hallberg  and  E.  G.  Eberle. 
After  some  discussion  the  draft  as  amended  was  endorsed  by  the 
section. 
The  present  officers  were  renominated. 
The  following  papers  were  then  presented : 
The  Consolidation  of  the  New  York  College  of  Pharmacy  with 
Columbia  University. 
By  H.  H.  Rusby. 
This  paper  was  read  by  title  and  referred  to  the  Publication  Com- 
mittee. 
