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believe  that  this  drug  may  be  most  useful  in  the  treatment  of  hiccups 
of  peripheral  origin.  The  benzyl  benzoate  exerts  its  action  best 
when  given  in  a  20  per  cent,  solution  in  alcohol.  Of  this  solution 
the  patient  is  directed  to  take  from  20  to  40  drops  in  water  or  milk. 
The  author  has  not  found  it  either  convenient  or  advantageous  to 
administer  the  drug  in  suspension  in  various  elixirs  or  syrups,  and 
administration  in  capsules  has  been  found  by  him  in  some  cases  to 
produce  local  irritation,  and  in  others  to  render  the  therapeutic  ac- 
tion too  slow.  To  children  the  solution  can  be  conveniently  admin- 
istered in  sugar,  water  or  milk.  (From  Medical  Record,  New  York, 
Jul.  24,  1920,  98,  No.  4;  through  Jour.  Amer.  Med.  Assoc.,  Aug.  21, 
1920.) 
NEWS  ITEMS  AND  PERSONAL  NOTES. 
Ofi^ickrs  EivKct  of  the  American  Pharmaceuticai,  Associa- 
tion.— The  tellers  report,  that  as  a  result  of  the  mail  vote,  the  fol- 
lowing officers  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  have 
been  elected  for  year  192 1- 192  2  : 
President,  Samuel  L.  Hilton,  Washington,  D.  C. 
First  Vice-President,  Charles  E.  Caspari,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Second  Vice-President,  David  F.  Jones,  Watertown,  S.  D. 
Third  Vice-President,  Hugo  H.  Schaefer,  New  York,  N.  Y. 
Members  of  the  Council  for  three  years,  Henry  M.  Whelpley, 
St.  Louis,  Mo. ;  George  M.  Beringer,  Camden,  N.  J. ;  John  G.  Godding, 
Boston,  Mass. 
Also  that  the  proposition  submitted  to  a  referendum  vote,  to  raise 
the  annual  dues  from  $5.00  to  $7.50  and  to  continue  the  publication 
of  both  the  Journal  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association 
and  the  Year  Book  was  carried  by  a  substantial  majority. 
The  American  Drug  Manufacturers'  Association,  AnnuaIv 
Meeting  and  New  President. — The  next  annual  meeting  of  the 
American  Drug  Manufacturers'  Association  will  be  held  in  New 
York  City,  April  11-14,  1921.  The  headquarters  hotel  will  be  an- 
nounced later. 
