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were  not  prepared  to  meet  the  demand  for  U.  S.  P.  and  N.  F.  prep- 
arations. He  recounted  some  experiences  that  had  come  to  his 
attention  that  appeared  to  indicate  that  pharmacists  in  his  locality, 
like  pharmacists  in  other  sections,  had  been  remiss  in  their  duty  to 
themselves  and  their  customers,  and  had  not  kept  themselves  posted 
on  the  progress  of  pharmacy  along  the  more  practical  lines. 
He  also  called  attention  to  several  formulas  that  when  followed 
exactly  did  not  give  satisfactory  preparations.  Among  these  he 
enumerated  the  glycerinated  elixir  of  gentian  and  the  cataplasm  of 
kaolin. 
Mr.  Lemberger  recounted  an  experience  that  he  had  had  with  the 
cataplasm  of  kaolin  in  which  the  official  article  did  not  compare 
favorably  with  one  of  the  proprietary  preparations  that  had  been 
used. 
Mr.  Wilbert  called  attention  to  the  fact  that  kaolin  as  found  on 
the  market  differed  widely  not  alone  in  chemical  but  also  in  physical 
properties,  and  that  considerable  care  was  necessary  to  get  a  kaolin 
that  gives  a  satisfactory  preparation  using  the  U.  S.  P.  quantities. 
He  also  suggested  that  it  would  be  practicable  for  the  pharmacist  to 
develop  a  trade  on  any  special  consistency  of  this  cataplasm  that 
was  desired  by  the  physician.  Not  infrequently  a  physician  might 
desire  to  use  such  a  cataplasm  for  a  special  case,  and  it  was  clearly 
within  the  pharmacist's  province  to  offer  any  desired  modification. 
Mr.  T.  D.  McElhenie,  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  recounted  an  experi- 
ence that  he  had  had  with  the  glycerite  of  the  phosphates  of  iron, 
quinine  and  strychnine  of  the  U.  S.  P.  This  preparation,  he  asserts, 
tends  to  precipitate  or  to  form  a  solid  magma.  By  heating  it  will 
redissolve  and  will  mix  readily  with  syrup  to  form  a  clear  and 
apparently  stable  preparation. 
Mr.  M.  I.  Wilbert  presented  a  short  report  on  the  prospective 
exhibit  of  the  Philadelphia  Branch  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical 
Association  at  Atlantic  City,  and,  in  connection  therewith  showed 
several  samples  of  granular  effervescent  salts.  Mr.  Wilbert  said 
that  this  exhibit  had  attracted  more  widespread  attention  among 
physicians  than  among  pharmacists,  but  felt  confident  that  it  would 
be  a  success  in  every  way  and  would  prove  to  be  a  valuable  educa- 
tional feature  and  one  likely  to  be  repeated  in  future  years. 
Prof.  Charles  H.  La  Wall  read  an  interesting  and  highly  practical 
paper  on  "A  Modification  of  Martin's  Butter  Color  Method",  in 
