478  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.    { ^'ocSberS^' 
the  iodine  and  chlorine  being  combined  as  citro-salts,  double  salts 
are  formed,  one  of  which  is  a  haloid  salt  and  the  other  the  citrate  of 
iron. 
The  chairman  remarked  that  this  paper  involved  a  theoretical 
problem,  the  investigation  of  which  should  be  continued  in  the 
Scientific  Section. 
Tincture,  of  Iodine. 
By  Charles  H.  La  Wall. 
The  author  carried  on  a  series  of  experiments  to  determine  the 
keeping  qualities  of  this  tincture  under  varying  conditions.  He 
found  that  a  tincture  of  alcohol  and  iodine  deteriorates  rapidly 
either  in  light  or  darkness ;  that  the  tincture  made  according  to  the 
official  method  keeps  well  under  nearly  all  conditions,  and  that 
when  sodium  chloride  was  used  to  prevent  the  loss  of  free  iodine 
instead  of  potassium  iodide,  the  preparation  was  not  quite  as  stable 
as  when  made  according  to  the  official  process. 
Quality  in  Dispensing. 
By  Wilbur  L.  Scoville. 
After  stating  that  there  is  "  a  new  atmosphere  in  pharmacy  and 
a  new  outlook,"  the  author  said  that  physicians  are  becoming 
acquainted  with  the  legal  medical  standards,  and  that  this  acquaint- 
ance "  must  be  ripened  into  friendship."  One  of  the  ways  to 
accomplish  this  is  by  strict  attention  to  quality.  Then,  too,  it  must 
be  remembered  that  the  semi-secret  remedies  which  the  National 
Formulary  was  designed  to  replace  owed  their  popularity  and  also 
their  success  to  their  artistic  qualities — those  qualities  that  appeal 
to  the  eye  and  the  palate.  In  conclusion,  the  author  said  :  "  Physi- 
cians are  ready  to  take  up  National  Formulary  and  U.  S.  Pharma- 
copceial  preparations,  but  they  must  not  be  disappointed  in  them. 
They  have  been  educated  to  scepticism  regarding  the  pharmacist's 
ability  to  satisfy  them,  but  pharmacists  can  and  must  prove  their 
ability  to  please.  The  times  demand  artistic  as  well  as  therapeutic 
results.  The  preparations  that  win  must  show  both.  Only  such 
will  hold  their  own.  And  if  physicians  find  both  results  in  the 
preparations  that  they  shall  try  from  their  druggists,  they  will  stick 
to  them." 
