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The  Identification  of  Tinctures  by  Chemical  Means. 
By  Frederic  E.  Niece. 
The  author  called  attention  to  the  desirability  of  having  chemical 
means  of  identifying  tinctures,  and  submitted  qualitative  tests  for  the 
identification  of  a  number  of  official  tinctures. 
SCOPOLA  VERSUS  BELLADONNA. 
By  A.  R.  L.  Dohme. 
The  author  gave  several  reasons  why  he  considers  that  scopola 
should  be  used  indiscriminately  for  belladonna. 
The  Food  Value  of  Predigested  Foods. 
By  A.  R.  L.  Dohme  and  H.  Engelhardt. 
The  authors  criticized  the  method  and  results  of  the  chemists  of 
the  Council  on  Pharmacy  and  Chemistry  as  published  in  the  Jour- 
nal of  the  American  Medical  Association  for  May  11,  1907. 
The  following  are  the  newly  elected  officers  of  the  Section  : 
chairman,  Virgil  Coblentz  ;  secretary,  Charles  E.  Vanderkleed  ; 
associate,  Joseph  Feil. 
COMMERCIAL  SECTION. 
H.  D.  Knisely,  chairman  ;  Charles  H.  Avery,  secretary  ;  associate  chair- 
men :  J.  R.  Francis,  Charlotte  E.  Stimpson  and  William  C.  Powell. 
The  sessions  of  this  Section  were  held  on  Thursday,  simultane- 
ously with  those  of  the  Scientific  Section. 
The  chairman  reviewed  the  conditions  of  the  past  year,  and  said, 
among  other  things,  that  the  Indianapolis  injunction  decree  would 
in  his  opinion  make  no  material  change  in  business. 
After  the  presentation  of  the  secretary's  report,  the  following  sub- 
jects were  taken  up : 
The  Science  of  Commerce  as  Applied  to  Pharmacy.  Henry  P. 
Hynson. 
How  to  Make  a  Drug  Store  Attractive  and  Advertise  Side  Lines. 
William  Mittelbach. 
A  Preachment  on  the  Inventory.    Harry  B.  Mason. 
Mr.  Mason  contended  "  that  the  day  has  come  when  the  American 
pharmacist  must  do  business  in  accordance  with  twentieth  century 
methods."  This,  he  said,  "  is  simply  the  lesson  of  evolutionary 
science."  He  then  pointed  out  that  "  the  inventory  forms  the  very 
basis  of  the  structure,"  and  gave  directions  as  to  the  manner  of 
procedure. 
