102  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.     { ^FebruYr^im1' 
laryngeal  complications  are  less  common.  In  a  word,  no  more  powerful  re- 
source than  the  antitoxin  of  diphtheria  has  been  added  to  the  armamentation 
of  the  physician  since  the  discovery  and  introduction  of  vaccination  for  small- 
pox."1 However  doubtful  the  value  of  vaccination  and  use  of  antitoxins 
may  seem  to  some,  the  statistics  which  are  at  hand  regarding  the  successful 
treatment  of  diphtheria  and  stamping  out  of  smallpox  would  indicate  that  it 
is  not  only  sanitary  measures  which  are  valuable,  but  that  the  employment 
of  vaccine  and~antitoxin  that  are  properly  prepared,  sanitarily  preserved  and 
properly  applied  have  in  great  measure  contributed  to  the  notable  reduc- 
tion of  the  mortality  due  to  smallpox  and  diphtheria.  Pharmacists  ought 
to  be  prepared  to  supply  these  remedial  agents  at  a  moment's  notice,  and 
it  is  a  grave  dereliction  of  their  duty  towards  the  medical  profession  and  the 
public  not  to  be  able  to  do  as  required. 
AMERICAN  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION. 
SCIENTIFIC  SECTION. 
The  following  is  a  list  of  the  queries  submitted  by  Committee  on  Scientific 
Papers  : 
(1)  A  paper  on  Urine  and  bacteriological  examinations  by  pharmacists. 
(2)  Cannot  disinfection  of  infected  houses  be  undertaken  by  pharmacists  in 
the  smaller  cities  and  towns  with  profit  to  themselves  ?  A  paper  on  the 
methods  employed  is  desired. 
(3)  To  what  extent  are  official  plasters  employed  in  the  practice  of  Pharmacy 
and  Medicine  ? 
(4)  What  has  been  the  effect  of  Serum  therapy  on  the  practice  of  Pharmacy  ? 
(5)  Official  Aspidium  is  said  to  be  difficult  to  obtain.  What  is  usually  sup- 
plied for  it,  and  what  is  the  medicinal  value  of  the  substitute  ? 
(6)  Is  it  desirable  to  increase  the  strength  of  official  Syrup  of  Hydriodic 
Acid? 
(7)  What  is  the  quality  of  Potassium  Iodide  and  Bromide  usually  found  in 
the  market  ? 
(8)  Give  a  method  of  making  Liquid  Petrolatum  free  from  odor  and  color. 
(9)  Is  it  practicable  to  make  Red  Mercuric  Oxide,  commercially,  entirely 
free  from  Nitric  Acid  or  Nitrates  ? 
(10)  What  effect  has  age  on  Podophyllum,  after  collection,  as  to  the  amount 
of  resin  it  will  yield  ? 
(11)  What  is  the  real  medicinal  value  of  Carthagena  Ipecac  ? 
(12)  Have  favorable  results  been  obtained  by  the  use  of  Acetic  Acid  Fluid 
Extracts  in  medicine  ? 
(13)  Hydrochloric  Acid  sold  as  chemically  pure  is  said  to  often  contain 
Iodine  and  Bromine.    Is  this  a  fact  ? 
(14)  Is  the  U.S. P.  Sulphuric  Acid  test  for  organic  impurities  in  Salicylic 
Acid  and  Sodium  Salicylate  too  rigid  ? 
(15)  Is  Salicylic  Acid  prepared  from  Oil  of  Wintergreen  more  desirable  for 
medicinal  use  than  a  carefully  prepared  synthetic  product  ? 
(16)  Is  the  Oil  of  Cade  usually  found  in  the  market  such  as  the  U.S.P. 
describes  ? 
1  Jour.  Amer.  Med.  Asso.,  December  16, 1899. 
