360       Meetings  of  State  Pharmaceutical  Associations.    { juiy'igg^s*''" 
MEETINGS  OF  STATE  PHAEMACEUTICAL 
ASSOCIATIONS. 
With  few  exceptions  all  the  State  Pharmaceutical  Associations  have  held 
their  annual  meetings,  most  of  which  have  been  well  attended.  As  might 
have  been  expected,  the  local  conditions  of  pharmacy  and  the  trade  inter- 
ests formed  conspicuous  subjects  for  discussion,  and  among  the  latter  the 
retailing  of  proprietary  medicines  at  reduced  prices  was  not  unfrequently 
alluded  to  ;  but  no  suggestions  were  made  at  any  one  of  the  meetings,  we 
believe,  combatting  that  evil,  which  has  done  more  than  any  other  factor 
to  lessen  the  scientilic  interest  of  pharmacists,  and  to  degrade  the  practice 
of  pharmacy  to  the  level  of  mere  buying  and  selling.  It  is  to  be  noted  that 
a  number  of  j^apers  were  read  counselling  greater  discrimination  than  here- 
tofore in  the  selection  of  apprentices,  in  regard  to  their  educational  attain- 
ments and  other  qualifications  ;  for  the  present  these  essays  must  be  neces- 
sarily suggestive  merely  ;  but  it  is  to  be  hoped  that  before  long,  ways  will 
be  found  for  putting  into  practice  that  which  is  theoretically  conceded  to 
be  necessary  and  proper. 
In  the  following  we  propose  to  give  a  brief  account  of  the  transactions  at 
the  various  meetings,  with  a  synopsis  of  some  of  the  papers  having  scien- 
tific or  practical  interest. 
Alabama.— The  fourth  annual  meeting  was  held  at  Anniston,  May  5th, 
and  was  mainly  devoted  to  routine  business.  A.  L.  Stollenwerck,  of  Bir- 
mingham, was  elected  President;  P.  C.  Candidus,  of  Mobile,  Secretary, 
and  E.  P.  Gait,  of  Selma,  Treasurer.  The  next  meeting  will  be  held  in 
Birmingham,  on  the  second  Tuesday  of  May,  1886. 
CoNNPXTK  UT. — The  ninth  annual  meeting  was  Iield  at  Hartford,  Feb- 
ruary 3.d.  Papers  on  sodium  salicylate,  by  C.  H.  Whittlesey,  and  on  syrup 
of  orange,  by  S.  F.  Guernsey,  were  read.  The  association  will  meet  next 
year  at  New  Haven,  on  the  first  Tuesday  of  February.  The  President  for 
the  current  year  is  J.  K.  Williams,  of  Hartford  ;  Secretary,  F.  Wilcox,  of 
Waterbury;  Treasurer,  G.  P.  Chandler,  of  Hartford,  and  Local  Secretary, 
Bomanta  Wells,  of  New  Haven. 
Geohuia.— The  tenth  annual  meeting  assembled  at  Atlanta,  April  14th. 
Among  the  papers  read  was  one  by  B.  H.  I^and,  on  the  medicinal  plants 
of  Georgia;  one  by  O.  Butler,  on  a  cheap  disinfectant  for  the  sick  room, 
and  one  by  Th.  Schumann,  on  the  manufacture  of  chemicals  by  pharma- 
cists. Several  prizes  were  awarded  for  essays  read  and  for  preparations 
made.  H.  G.  Hutchinson  was  elected  President;  W.  S.  Parks,  Secretary, 
and  T.  L.  Massenburg,  Treasurer. 
Indiana. — The  fourth  annual  meeting  was  held  at  Indianapolis,  May 
12th  and  13th.  Among  the  papers  read  was  one  by  Prof.  B.  B.  Warder,  on 
qualitative  analysis  iviihout  using  sulphuretted  hydrogen  ;  in  this  scheme 
an  excess  of  ammonium  sulphide  is  used  in  the  beginning  for  separating 
arsenic  and  allied  metals  in  solution,  the  precipitate  being  treated  with 
cold  diluted  hydrochloric  acid,  which  leaves  mercury,  lead  and  allied  met- 
als undissolved,  while  iron  and  aluminium  enter  in  solution.  A  paper  by 
Jos.  K.  Lilly,  on  standardizing  pharmaceutical  preparations^  advocates 
