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such  a  plan  for  drugs  the  virtues  of  which  depend  upon  alkaloids  or  resins. 
The  preparation  of  extracts  for  ftavormgs  for  soda,  water  was  the  subject 
of  a  paper  by  Leo  Eliel ;  the  use  of  fluid  extracts  for  tinctures,  by  T.  S. 
Hotter  ;  an  analysis  of  one  thousand  prescriptions,  by  G.  W.  Sloan ;  phar- 
macopoeial  tests,  by  Prof.  Hurty,  and  papers  on  trade  interests,  by  L.  Ly- 
brand  and  D.  Hilt.  Aug.  Detzer,  of  Fort  Wayne,  was  elected  President* 
and  Emil  Martin  and  J.  R.  Perry,  of  Indianapolis,  were  re-elected  Treas- 
urer and  Secretary.  The  next  meeting  will  convene  at  Lafayette  at  the 
call  of  the  Executive  Committee;  Dav.  Hilt  is  Local  Secretary. 
Iowa. — The  sixth  annual  meeting  took  place  at  Council  Bluffs,  May 
12th,  most  of  the  time  being  occupied  with  routine  business,  and  with  dis- 
cussions on  the  pharmacy  law,  and  the  liquor  law  as  affecting  druggists. 
Several  brief  notes  were  read  by  R.  W.  Crawford,  advocating  {he  use  of 
phosphoric  acid  in  the  place  of  phosphorus  for  liquid  niixtures;  recom" 
mending  the  addition  of  glijcerin  to  extracts  inclined  to  become  hard,  and 
approving,  under  certain  conditions,  the  use  of  gelatin  capsules  for  suppo- 
sitories. To  the  question,  Should  the  pharmacists  support  those  journals 
which  sell  their  colmmis  for  the  use  of  quack  nostrum  advertisements  f  there 
was  an  evasive  answer  given.  Mr.  F.  E.  Houghton  found  a  mixture  of 
equal  parts  of  glycerin  and  water  to  be  an  available  solvent  for  tartrate  of 
iron  and  potassium ,  a  solution  of  10  grains  to  the  fluidounce  keeping  unal- 
tered for  a  month  ;  but  after  10  months  it  contained  considerable  sediment. 
C.  R.  Wallace,  of  Independence  was  elected  President,  E.  L.  Boerner  of 
Iowa  City,  secretary,  and  C.  H.  Ward,  of  Des  Moines,  Treasurer.  Des 
Moines  was  selected  as  the  place  for  the  next  meeting,  to  take  j^lace  on  the 
second  Wednesday  of  February,  1886,  and  A.  H.  Miles  was  elected  local 
Secretary. 
Kansas. — The  sixth  annual  meeting  convened  in  Lawrence  June  10. 
Mr.  Lucius  E.  Sayre,  of  Philadelphia,  a  graduate  of  the  Philadelphia  College 
of  Pharmacy,  who  has  recently  been  elected  Professor  of  Pharmacy  in  the 
new  pharmaceutical  school  connected  with  the  University  of  Kansas,  was 
present  and  read  a  paper  on  pepsin.  Papers  were  also  read  on  the  presence 
of  carbolic  acid  in  commercial  salicylic  acid,  by  H.  W.  Mehl;  on  nitrous 
ether,  by  R.  H.  T.  Nesbit ;  on  morphine  strength  of  laudanum,  by  M. 
Schott,  and  on  fungous  groivths  in  aqueous  solutions,  by  R.  J.  Brown. 
H.  W.  Spangler,  of  Perry,  was  elected  President,  J.  T.  Moore,  of  Law- 
rence, Secretary,  and  C.  D.  Barnes,  of  Abilene,  Treasurer.  Emporia  will 
be  the  next  place  of  meeting  on  the  second  Wednesday  of  June,  1886  ;  the 
local  Secretary  is  D.  W.  Morris. 
Kentucky. — The  eighth  annual  meeting  was  held  at  Danville,  May  20, 
and  was  devoted  to  routine  business  and  the  consideration  of  further  phar- 
maceutical legislation.  Papers  were  read  on  adulterations,  by  H.  W. 
Evans,  on  citrine  ointment,  by  ().  Gier ;  on  explosive  mixtures,  by  E.  C. 
Pfingst,  on  quinine  2nlls,  by  G.  A.  Zwick,  and  on  arsenic,  by  Jeff.  Oxley.  H. 
W.  Evans,  of  Danville,  was  elected  President,  J.  T.  Cook,  of  Harrodsburg, 
Secretary,  and  J.  J.  Brooks,  of  Richmond,  Treasurer. 
The  place  of  the  next  annual  meeting  is  Bowling  Green;  the  time  has 
been  fixed  for  the  first  Wednesday  in  May,  1886.  Wm.  Turner  is  the  local 
Secretary. 
