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Pharmaceutical  Meeting. 
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A  number  of  errors  have  also  crept  in.  The  melting  point  of  phenolphtha- 
lein  (page- 127)  is  given  as  1500  C,  whereas  it  should  be  2500  C.  The  melting 
point  of  alizarin  is  about  2820  C,  instead  of  215°  C.  (page  23).  The  formula 
for  sodium  hydroxide  (page  223)  is  written  NAOH,  and  potassium  ferricyanide 
(page  142)  is  written  K6FeCyJ;!.  The  value  of  the  book  would  be  much 
enhanced  if  references  to  the  original  literature  were  given. 
The  style  is  generally  clear,  the  type  neat  and  the  paper  of  good  quality. 
Notwithstanding  some  omissions  and  errors,  the  book  contains  much  use- 
ful information  collected  from  various  sources  of  literature,  and  should  find  a 
place  in  every  chemical  library. 
L.  F.  KebleR. 
Proceedings  of  the  Twenty-first  Annuae  Meeting  of  the  Missouri 
Pharmaceutical  Association,  held  in  Jefferson  City,  June  6-9,  1S99. 
The  following  are  the  titles  of  the  papers  read  :  "  Chemical  Pharmacist  or 
Pharmacist's  Chemicals,"  by  J.  F.  Lewellyn  ;  "Commercial  Pharmacy,"  by 
O.  F.  Bausch  ;  "  Contributions,  from  Date  of  Organization,"  by  Ambrose 
Mueller;  "Does  It  Pay  the  Pharmacist  to  Make  Compressed  Tablets?"  by 
Ambrose  Mueller  ;  "Does  the  Attorney-General  Understand  the  Situation  ?  " 
by  Francis  Hemm  ;  "  Financial  Points  for  a  Retail  Druggist,"  by  O.  T.  Claus  ; 
"  How  to  Make  the  Drug  Business  Pay,"  by  Wm.  Mittelbach  ;  "  Glucose  In- 
vestigation," by  C.  M.  T.  Klie  ;  "  How  to  Secure  the  Family  Trade  for  Spices 
and  Flavoring  Extracts, "  by  G.  H.  J.  Andreas  and  Wm.  Mittelbach,  inde- 
pendently ;  "  Report  on  Metric  System,"  by  H.  M.  Whelpley  ;  "Suggestions 
to  Pharmacopceial  Committee,"  by  Francis  Hemm  ;  "  Revision  of  the  Phar- 
macopoeia and  the  Retail  Druggist,"  by  G.  D.  Hinrichs  ;  "  Prescription  Scale 
and  Quantitative  Chemical  Work  of  the  Druggist,"  by  C.  G.  Hinrichs; 
"  Women  in  Pharmacy,"  by  F.  de  Wyl. 
MINUTES  OF  THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  MEETING. 
The  regular  monthly  pharmaceutical  meeting  was  held  Tuesday,  December 
19th,  in  the  Museum  of  the  College,  with  James  T.  Shinn,Ph.M.,  in  the  chair. 
Dr.  A.  R.  L.  Dohme,  of  Baltimore,  was  the  first  speaker  on  the  programme 
and  read  a  highly  instructive  paper  on  "The  History  of  the  Constitution  of 
the  Alkaloids."    (See  page  9.) 
In  introducing  Dr.  Dohme  to  the  audience  the  chairman  alluded  to  the  edu- 
cational advantages  which  he  enjoyed  and  also  to  his  special  interest  in  the 
study  of  the  alkaloids,  both  of  which  qualifications  enabled  him  to  speak  with 
authority  on  the  subject  chosen. 
In  some  preliminary  remarks  on  the  nature  of  his  paper,  Dr.  Dohme  said  it 
would  be  found  to  deal  largely  with  theory,  but  that  this  was  a  feature  due  to 
the  necessity  of  having  theories  concerning  the  alkaloids  before  working  out 
their  constitution. 
The  paper  elicited  considerable  discussion,  and  among  those  taking  part  in  it 
were  the  chairman,  Professors  Moerk  and  Kraemer  and  Messrs.  Kebler,  Hauss- 
mann  and  Boring.  Professor  Moerk  thought  the  address  an  excellent  one  and 
very  opportune  in  one  respect,  as  the  students  of  the  third  year  class,  many 
of  whom  were  present,  are  now  being  instructed  in  organic  chemistry  and  just 
