538  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  {A^^S^wm.' 
OIL  OF  JUNIPER. 
Hansen  and  Babcock  {Jour.  Amet.  Chem.  Soc,  1906,  p.  1198) 
obtained  from  the  leaves  and  branches  of  Juniperus  communis  o- 1 5 
to  01 8  per  cent,  of  a  bright  yellow  oil,  which  had  a  characteristic 
juniper  odor,  and  gave  d20°  0-8531.  Schimmel  &  Co.  (Report,  April, 
1907)  examined  a  Russian  oil  which  behaved  as  follows :  d15°  0-8675  ; 
aD  -J-  8°  46' ;  ester  no.  11*4;  soluble  in  6  or  more  volumes  90  per 
cent,  alcohol  with  slight  turbidity. 
THE  AMERICAN  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION. 
PHILADELPHIA  BRANCH. 
The  first  stated  meeting  of  the  Philadelphia  Branch  of  the  Ameri- 
can Pharmaceutical  Association,  for  the  season  1907-1908,  was  held 
on  the  evening  of  Tuesday,  October  1,  1907,  at  the  College  of 
Physicians. 
The  programme  for  the  evening  was  a  discussion  of  the  U.S.P. 
and  N.F.  Propaganda. 
For  the  Committee  on  Exhibitions,  the  chairman,  Dr.  H.  C.  Wood, 
Jr.,  reported  that  the  exhibition  of  official  preparations  that  was 
made  under  the  auspices  of  the  local  branch,  at  the  annual  meeting 
of  the  American  Medical  Association,  at  Atlantic  City,  in  June,  was 
generally  acknowledged  to  have  been  an  unqualified  success. 
It  was  generally  conceded  that  the  exhibition  by  the  Philadelphia 
Branch  was  by  far  the  most  attractive,  certainly  the  most  frequented, 
exhibit  in  the  exhibition  hall  at  Atlantic  City.  That  it  was  popu- 
lar and  effective  is  shown  by  the  fact  that  it  was  heartily  praised 
by  the  better  class  of  physicians,  and  as  heartily  and  thoroughly 
condemned  by  the  makers  of  nostrums  and  their  friends. 
Dr.  Wood  recited  some  personal  experiences  that  he  had  had  in 
connection  with  the  exhibition,  and  in  conclusion  said  that  he  felt 
satisfied  that  the  work  that  had  been  inaugurated  by  the  Philadel- 
phia Branch  would  be  taken  up  and  elaborated  on  by  other 
associations. 
The  secretary-treasurer  reported  that,  in  addition  to  the  exhibition 
at  Atlantic  City,  a  number  of  the  preparations  had  also  been  shown 
at  several  of  the  branch  meetings  of  the  Philadelphia  County  Medi- 
cal Society,  and  that  the  whole  collection  had  been  loaned  to  the 
