362       Meetings  of  State  Pharmaceutical  Associations.   { juiy^'iSs^^"* 
Louisiana.— The  third  annual  meeting  was  held  at  New  Orleans,  May 
27.  Five  papers  were  read,  one  being  on  the  use  of  the  microscope,  and 
another  on  unofflcinal  formulas.  Mr.  Chas,  Mohr,  of  Mobile,  was  elected 
an  honorary  member.  The  officers  for  the  current  year  are  :  A.  R.  Finlay, 
President,  L.  C.  Chalin,  Secretary,  and  J.  B.  Lavigne,  Treasurer.  The 
next  meeting  will  again  be  held  in  New  Orleans,  on  the  third  Wednesday 
of  April,  1886. 
Maryland. — The  third  annual  meeting  was  held  at  Hagerstown,  May 
12  and  13.    No  report  of  the  transactions  has  been  received. 
Massachusetts. — The  fourth  annual  meeting  convened  in  Pittsfield, 
June  3  and  4.  The  following  papers  were  read  :  Books  and  methods  of 
study  for  pharmacists^  by  Prof.  E.  L.  Patch,  neiv  chemicals  and  pharma- 
ceutical x>reparations,  hy  F.  A.  Davidson  ;  tinting  of  morphine  salts,  with 
an  aniline  color  for  the  purpose  of  preventing  their  being  mistaken  for 
quinine,  by  W.  C.  Durkee  ;  incompatibility  in  prescription,  by  Prof.  Mar- 
koe  ;  on  the  safe  of  ojnates  to  habitual  op>ium  eaters,  by  W.  W.  Hill,  who 
urged  that  the  sale  be  discouraged  ;  test  for  oleomargarin,  by  W.  W.  Bart- 
lett,  recommending  Hehner's  method  and  limiting  the  maximum  amount 
of  fatty  acids  of  pure  butter  to  90  per  cent ;  on  tincture  of  ginger,  by  S.  A. 
D.  Sheppard,  arriving  at  the  result  that  a  tincture  or  fluid  extract,  having 
the  full  medicinal  effect  of  ginger  cannot  be  prepared  so  as  to  mix  with 
water  without  precipitation  ;  pharmaceutical  notes,  by  J.  W.  Colcord. 
Discussions  were  also  had  on  several  practical  questions. 
The  present  officers  are  F.  M.  Pease,  of  Lee,  President,  J.  W.  Colcord,  of 
Lynn,  Secretary,  and  F.  H.  Buller,  of  Lowell,  Treasurer.  The  Association 
adjourned  to  meet  in  Boston  on  the  first  AVednesday  of  June,  1886,  Henry 
Canning  acting  as  local  Secretary. 
Minnesota. — The  annual  meeting  M  as  adjourned  from  the  9th  to  the 
16th  and  17tli  of  June,  so  as  to  take  place  in  the  same  week  in  which  the 
State  Medical  Association  convened  in  St.  Paul. 
Mississippi.— The  second  annual  meeting  was  held  at  Natchez,  May  19th. 
After  considerable  discussion  a  committee  was  appointed  for  preparing  a 
law  which  is  to  be  presented  to  the  next  Legislature  for  enactment.  Dr.  J. 
B.  Bond  read  a  paper  on  tinting  morphine,  with  the  view  of  preventing  its 
being  mistaken  for  quinine.  The  officers  for  the  present  year  are  J.  P. 
Finlay,  of  Greenville,  President ;  H.  F.  West,  of  Fayette,  Secretary,  and 
W.  R.  Bunning,  of  Natchez,  Treasurer.  The  next  meeting  will  be  held  at 
Jackson  on  the  third  Tuesday  of  May,  1886. 
Missouri — The  seventh  annual  meeting  took  place  at  Sweet  Springs, 
June  16  and  17,  when  papers  were  read  by  Prof.  Curtman  on  tests  for 
purity  of  quinine  ;  by  Prof.  Wall  on  how  to  study  drugs ;  by  G.  H.  C.  Klie 
on  the  advantages  oi  making  tinctures  by  percolation,  and  another  entitled 
miscellaneous  [notes ;  by  Prof.  Good  on  authoritative  non-official  formulas', 
hy  F.  G.  Kerr  on  syrup  of  tolu,  and  by  Dr.  Bond  on  tinting  morphine. 
Dr.  Bond  w^as  elected  an  honorary  member.  A  movement  was  inaugurated 
aiming  at  interstate  meetings  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Associations  of  Iowa, 
Kansas,  Missouri  and  Nebraska. 
The  next  meeting  will  again  be  held  at  Sweet  Springs,  the  time  being 
the  third  Tuesday  of  June,  1886.    A.  T.  Fleischman,  of  Sedalia,  is  Presi- 
