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Dihydrocarvone  is  representative  of  the  former  class  and  pulegone  of  the 
latter. 
Terpadienones,  ketodihydrocymenes,  C10H14O. 
There  are  possible  fourteen  a-ketones  and  fourteen  /3-ketones  of  this  class. 
Carvol,  envarcol  and  isocarvol  are  members  of  this  group. 
Phenols,  C10H13OH.    Carvacrol  and  thymol  are  these. 
The  above  review  shows  the  complexity  of  the  cases  of  isomerism  to  be  ex- 
pected from  this  class  of  bodies.  The  author  recommended  some  such  system 
of  nomenclature  as  that  recently  suggested  by  Baeyer. 
The  contribution  also  embodied  some  original  work  with  the  derivatives  of 
menthol  b}-  means  of  which  the  secondary  alcohol  group  was  shown  to  be  in 
ortho  position  to  the  carbon  atom  in  connection  with  the  propyl  group. 
Do  the  so-called  elegant  preparations  of  cod-liver  oil,  from  which  the  oil  has 
been  removed,  possess  any  therapeutic  value?  Henry  A.  Stearns  and.  F.  B. 
Stewart  each  submitted  a  paper  intended  to  answer  this  query. 
The  paper  on  Examination  of  preparations  of  cod-liver  oil  for  alkaloids  of 
cod-liver  oil,  by  J.  O.  Schlotterbeck,  possibly  belongs  with  the  two  above-men- 
tioned contributions,  but,  as  it  was  not  printed  in  time  for  the  meeting,  we  have 
been  unable  to  obtain  a  copy. 
Officers  of  this  section  : 
Chairman,  A.  R.  L.  Dohme,  Baltimore,  Md. 
Secretary,  Geo.  B.  Kauffman,  Columbus,  O. 
Associate,  to  be  selected  b»y  these  two. 
SECTION  ON  EDUCATION  AND  LEGISLATION. 
First  Session  Friday,  September  7,  i8g^,  10  A.  M. — The  chairman,  R.  G. 
Eccles,  delivered  his  annual  address,  which  was  moved  to  be  referred  to  the 
Publication  Committee,  and  that  a  committee  of  three  be  appointed  to  consider 
the  recommendations  contained  therein. 
REPORT  OF  COMMITTEE  ON  RESOLUTION  OFFERED  BY  PROF.  C.  S.  N.  HALL- 
BERG,  AT  CHICAGO,  AUGUST  17,  1893. 
"At  the  meeting  of  the  Section  on  Pharmaceutical  Education  and  legislation 
in  Chicago  last  year,  the  undersigned  were  appointed  a  committee  to  consider 
and  report  on  the  following  resolution  : 
'  Resolved,  That  the  following  conditions  shall  determine  what  constitutes 
recognized  Colleges  of  Pharmacy,  that  is,  the  requirements  for  graduation  are: 
.(1)  Age,  21  years  ;  (2)  Experience  in  pharmacy  four  years,  including  time  at 
college  ;  (3)  Two  courses  of  at  least  six  months  each,  extending  over  more 
than  one  year.'    See  1893  Proceedings,  page  277. 
"As  soon  as  the  Committee  began  to  consider  carefully  the  character  and  full 
scope  of  this  resolution,  they  realized  that  action  upon  it  might  be  very  far- 
reaching  in  its  effects,  upon  both  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  and 
the  Pharmaceutical  Schools  of  the  country. 
"  They  therefore  requested  that  they  might  have  a  year  in  which  to  consider 
the  matter  before  making  their  report.  And  now  that  they  are  about  to  present 
that  report,  they  confess  to  a  feeling  of  deeper  anxiety  concerning  the  matter 
