Am.  Jour.  Pbarm.  ) 
Nov.  1, 1874.  J 
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541 
Professor  Maisch  exhibited  so-called  American  opium — the  Wilson  fraud- 
proven  by  Mr.  Ebert  to  contain  no  opium,  but  to  be  probably  extract  of  let- 
tuce. 
Dr.  W.  H.  Pile  briefly  described  the  process  for  preparing  bromide  of  ammo- 
nium, as  reported  by  him  to  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  The 
ammonia  must  not  be  poured  down  the  same  funnel  as  the  bromine,  but  should 
be  carefully  distributed  over  the  surface  of  the  water,  at  the  bottom  of  which 
the  bromine  is  kept,  otherwise  reaction  might  take  place  with  dangerous 
rapidity.  In  answer  to  a  question  by  Prof.  Maisch3  he  stated  that  no  bromide 
of  nitrogen  was  produced. 
Observations  were  made  upon  water  air  pumps  and  various  instruments  for 
producing  a  partial  vacuum. 
Robert  England  exhibited  some  pictures  photographed  by  the  sun's  rays, 
the  natural  colors  of  the  object  being  fixed  to  some  extent. 
Upon  inquiry  it  was  stated  that  sulphate  of  cinchonidia  seems  to  be  used 
largely,  and  the  good  reports  of  its  merits  substantiated.  Adjourned. 
William  McIntyre,  Registrar. 
The  Michigan  Pharmaceutical  Association  held  a  meeting  at  St.  Andrew's 
Hall,  Detroit,  October  22„  to  consider  the  report  of  the  Committee  on  Consti- 
tution and  By-laws,  which  were  taken  up  by  sections,  discussed  and  adopted* 
An  animated  discussion  took  place  in  relation  to  section  12,  which  was  finally 
adopted  in  the  following  amended  form  : 
"Section  12. — The  adulteration  of  drugs  and  medicines,  or  the  habitual  retail- 
ing of  intoxicating  liquors  by  the  glass  as  a  beverage,  shall  be  deemed  a  mis- 
demeanor, and  subject  the  members  guilty  of  the  same  to  have  their  names 
stricken  from  the  roll  of  membership," 
The  clause  referring  to  the  retailing  of  liquors  by  the  glass  appears  to  have 
been  objected  to  by  some  members. 
After  the  adoption  of  the  By-lays,  the  draft  of  a  law  to  regulate  the  sale  of 
medicines  and  poisons  was  submitted  and  approved,  the  bill  being  similar  to  the 
one  which  was  before  the  Legislature  of  Michigan  at  its  last  session. 
A  number  of  queries  were  read,  to  be  investigated  by  the  members,  after 
which  the  following  officers  were  elected  for  the  ensuing  year  :  President,  Prof. 
S.  H.  Douglass,  Ann  Arbor  ;  Yice-President,  S.  H.  Wagner,  Muskegon  ;  Cor- 
responding Secretary,  Paul  Plessner,  of  Detroit;  Recording  Secretary,  James 
Yernor,  of  Detroit;  Treasurer,  S.  M.  Sackett,  of  Monroe;  Auditor,  B.  D„ 
Northrop,  of  Detroit. 
The  Standing  Committees  were  announced  and  the  following  delegates  to  the 
next  meeting  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  appointed  :  S.  M. 
Sackett,  Monroe;  P.  Plessner,  Detroit;  0.  Eberbach,  Ann  Arbor;  F.  Yon 
Walthausen,  East  Saginaw  ;  and  James  Yernor,  Detroit. 
The  association  then  adjourned  to  meet  again  in  Detroit,  on  the  third 
Wednesday  of  October,  1875. 
