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dent  for  the  current  year  ;  G.  H,  C.  Klie,  of  St.  Louis,  Secretary,  and  Prof. 
Good,  Treasurer. 
Nebraska. — The  fourth  annual  meeting  assembled  at  Omaha,  May  13 
and  14.  A  pajoer  on  syrup  of  the  hypophosphites  of  calcium,  sodium, 
quinine  and  manganese  was  read  by  N.  A.  Kuhn.  Omaha  was  again 
selected  as  the  place  for  holding  the  annual  meeting,  and  the  time  was 
fixed  for  the  second  Tuesday  of  May,  1886.  The  officers  elected  are  H.  D. 
Boyden,  of  Grand  Island,  President;  F.  P.  Zimmer,  of  Grand  Island, 
Secretary  ;  J.  Forsythe,  of  Omaha,  Treasurer,  and  C.  J.  Daubach,  Local 
Secretary. 
New  Jersey. — The  fifteenth  annual  meeting  convened  in  Camden,  May 
20  and  21.  There  are  now  1,191  registered  j)harmacists  in  the  State.  The 
draft  of  an  amended  pharmacy  act  was  carefully  considered  and  referred  to 
a  committee  for  presentation  to  the  Legislature.  Three  or  four  papers  were 
read  urging  to  provide  for  a  good  primary  education  of  those  contemplat- 
ing to  become  apprentices  in  pharmacy.  A  paper  by  Aug.  Drescher  on 
sediment  in  infusion  of  digitalis^  showed  that  the  sediment  contained 
digitalin,  and  it  was  stated  that  such  an  infusion  deprived  of  the  sediment, 
had  on  several  occasions  been  found  to  produce  no  effect,  and  that  the 
flavor  of  cinnamon  might  preferably  be  imparted  by  the  volatile  oil,  instead 
of  the  bark.  Attention  was  also  drawn  to  the  fact  that  in  Europe  the 
leaves  collected  from  plants  grown  on  mountains  have  been  shown  to  be 
more  efficacious  than  those  grown  in  valleys  or  collected  from  cultivated 
plants,  the  latter  being  decidedly  less  hairy.  An  occasional  offensive  odor  of 
simple  syrup  was  traced  by  Aug.  Drescher  to  sulphuretted  hydrogen  pro- 
duced from  the  ultramarine,  which  is  used  for  neutralizing  the  yellow  tint 
of  inferior  grades  of  sugar.  In  a  paper  on  syrup  of  tolu  A.  Drescher  agrees 
with  the  views  of  E.  Claassen,  but  thinks  that  as  a  flavoring  syrup  it  is  a 
failure  and  that  it  should  be  dropped  from  the  Pharmacopoeia  ;  to  obtain 
the  medicinal  eflfects  of  tolu,  it  should  be  given  in  emulsion.  A  paper  on 
incompatibles,  chemical  and  physiological,  by  P.  E.  Hommell,  and  one 
entitled  random  notes,  treating  of  various  practical  subjects,  by  H.  P. 
Reynolds  were  also  read.  The  last  named  paper  gives  the  following  formula 
for  JPulvis  mor2)hi7ue  aeetatis  compositus,  which  has  been  long  prescribed 
in  Plainfield  ;  morphine  acetate  1  gr.,  camphor  2  gr.,  ipecac  4  gr.,  pre- 
cipitated calcium  carbonate  12  gr.,  and  sugar  21  gr.  The  officers  elected  were 
W.  M.  Townley,  of  Newark,  President;  R.  H.  Vansant,  of  Trenton,  Secre- 
tary, and  W.  Rust,  of  New  Brunswick,  Treasurer.  The  Association  will 
mefet  next  in  Newark  on  the  third  Wednesday  of  May,  1886. 
New  York. — The  seventh  annual  meeting  was  held  in  Saratoga,  June 
16,  17  and  18.  The  following  papers  were  read  in  full,  besides  a  number 
which  were  read  by  title  :  on  unofficinal  formulas  by  S.  J.  Bendiner,  mak- 
ing suggestions  for  increasing  those  j^ublished  in  the  New  York  and  Brook- 
lyn formulary  ;  on  .soap  lini^nent  by  W.  P.  De  Forest,  suggesting  a  weaker 
alcohol  as  menstruum  so  as  to  render  the  liniment  more  stable ;  on 
botanical  knowledge  required  by  pharmacy  boards,  by  the  same  author  ;  on 
spirit  of  nitrous  ether  by  Dr.  Eccles ;  on  pharmacy  laws  and  on  the 
merchandise  in  a  pharmacist's  stock  by  A.  C.  Searles  ;  on  the  comparative 
