464  62nd  Annual  Meeting  of  the  A.  P.  A.  {A™-ctJ0™r  SSf** 
by  adding  an  excess  of  Lloyd's  reagent  to  an  aqueous  solution  of 
strychnine  sulfate  was  digested  with  very  dilute  hydrochloric  acid 
containing  a  little  pepsin,  shaking  the  mixture  for  an  hour  and  then 
filtering.  The  filtrate  was  tested  with  Mayer's  and  Wagner's  re- 
agents. Neither  of  these  gave  any  indication  of  the  presence  of  an 
alkaloid.  Hence  in  zntro  pepsin  has  no  disrupting  effect  on  the  pre- 
cipitate. 
Ptyalin  and  Trypsin. — The  precipitate  was  suspended  in  a  very 
dilute  solution  of  ammonia  containing  either  ptyalin  or  trypsin,  and 
the  mixture  repeatedly  shaken  out  with  chloroform.  It  was  found 
that  even  after  ten  successive  treatments  with  chloroform  the  pre- 
cipitate still  retained  some  of  the  strychnine.  Hence  these  enzymes, 
too,  have  no  disrupting  effect  on  the  precipitate. 
Northwestern  University  Schools  of  Pharmacy  and  Dentistry. 
THE  SIXTY-SECOND  ANNUAL  MEETING  OF  THE  AMER- 
ICAN PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION. 
The  1914  meeting  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association 
was  held  in  the  city  of  Detroit  during  the  week  of  August  24-29,  1914, 
and  was,  in  fact,  a  joint  meeting  of  that  Association  with  the  Michi- 
gan State  Pharmaceutical  Association,  the  Michigan  Pharmaceutical 
Travelers'  Association,  the  Conference  of  Pharmaceutical  Faculties 
and  the  National  Association  of  Boards  of  Pharmacy.  More  than 
800  persons  were  registered,  and  the  sessions  of  the  several  associa- 
tions enumerated  and  also  the  scientific  meetings  of  the  several 
sections  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  were  very 
well  attended.  It  was  not  unusual  to  have  four,  and  even  five,  ses- 
sions going  on  at  the  same  time,  so  that  it  would  be  practically  im- 
possible for  any  one  person  to  reflect  the  proceedings  even  in  part, 
and  in  this  report  nothing  more  ambitious  will  be  attempted  than  to 
try  and  reflect  in  outline  the  happenings  of  the  week  as  they  appealed 
to  an  interested  participant. 
The  first  general  session  of  the  Association  was  called  to  order  by 
President  George  M.  Beringer  on  the  afternoon  of  August  24th.  The 
local  committee  had  very  considerately  neglected  to  provide  the 
usual  addresses  of  welcome,  so  that,  contrary  to  established  pre- 
