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4.  Prescriptions  and  Prescription  Compounding,  by  Mr.  H.  Martin 
Johnson. 
5.  Report  of  the  Committee  on  Adulteration,  by  Professor  Gustav 
Bachman. 
6.  Fractional  Percolation,  by  Mr.  O.  J.  Blosmo. 
7.  (a)  The  1916  Results  of  Medicinal  Plant  Cultivation  for  Educa- 
cational  Purposes  at  the  College  of  Pharmacy,  Univer- 
sity of  Minnesota. 
(b)  A  New  Source  of  Supply  for  Ergot. 
(c)  Some  Notes  on  Digitalis  with  Special  Reference  to  Digitalis 
hitea. 
(d)  The  Journal  and  the  Year  Book  of  the  American  Pharma- 
ceutical Association,  by  E.  L.  Newcomb. 
8.  Report  of  Committee  on  College  of  Pharmacy,  by  Chairman  A.  J. 
Kline. 
In  addition  to  the  above,  a  paper  on  "  The  Prescription  Counter," 
by  Mr.  R.  Bartelson,  was  read  at  the  Thursday  morning  session,  at 
which  time  the  usual  historical  paper  by  Dean  Wulling,  of  the  Col- 
lege of  Pharmacy,  University  of  Minnesota,  was  also  presented. 
The  report  of  the  committee  on  adulteration  by  Professor  Gustav 
Bachman  elicited  favorable  comment.  The  report  showed  that  the 
general  quality  of  the  drugs  and  medicines  reported  upon  was  some- 
what higher  than  the  reports  heretofore  indicated. 
The  paper  on  "A  New  Source  of  Supply  for  Ergot,"  by  Secre- 
tary Newcomb,  was  accompanied  by  an  exhibit  consisting  of  differ- 
ent samples  of  waste  cereals  containing  from  seventeen  to  eighteen 
per  cent,  of  select  ergot.  This  ergot,  the  speaker  stated,  was  the 
equal  in  pharmaceutical  quality  to  that  which  is  imported  from 
Spain  and  Russia.  It  has  not  come  into  general  use  on  account  of 
the  difficulty  in  mechanically  separating  it  from  the  cereal.  Me- 
chanical processes  have  been  used  so  as  to  concentrate  the  mixture 
to  nearly  fifty  per  cent,  ergot  strength. 
New  Officers  for  1917-18. 
The  following  officers,  having  been  duly  nominated,  were  elected 
to  serve  the  association  for  the  coming  year:  Louis  J.  Aberwald, 
president;  Charles  MacGregor,  Detroit,  vice-president;  Edward  A. 
Grochau,  Duluth,  second  vice-president;  W.  C.  Haney,  Marshall, 
third  vice-president;  E.  L.  Newcomb,  secretary;  R.  J.  Messing, 
treasurer ;  J.  F.  Danek,  member  of  the  executive  committee. 
