D^ceiber,  Tgrn""' }  Pharmaceutical  Plant  Society.  "  901 
"Some  Crude  Drug  Adulterations." 
"The  Substitution  of  Sodium  Salts  for  Potassium  Salts  in  Me- 
dicinal Preparations." 
"Proportion  of  Cephaeline  in  the  Market  Quality  of  Emetine 
Hydrochloride." 
"The  Pharmacy  and  Manner  of  Use  of  Tethelin." 
"Non-Secret  Versus  Secret  Remedies." 
"Labeling  Practices." 
Etc.,  etc.,  etc. 
The  item  of  "reading  and  disposal  of  correspondence"  gives  to 
each  member  the  privilege  of  leading  letters  received  by  him  which 
are  of  interest  to  the  members  in  general.  Letters  to  the  Society 
are  read  and  their  disposal  decided  upon. 
The  item  of  "announcement  and  discussion  of  changes  and  pro- 
posed changes  in  products  and  processes"  includes  all  types  of 
processes  in  which  the  pharmaceutical  chemist  has  an  interest, 
such  as  processes  for  the  manufacture  of  products  and  for  the  ana- 
lytical, chemical,  botanical,  physiological  and  physical  control  of 
the  manufacture  of  products.  This  item  affords  a  very  wide  scope 
for  the  activities  of  the  individual  members  and  yields  many  sug- 
gestions for  improvements  in  products  and  processes. 
The  same  is*  true  of  the  item  of  "announcement  and  discussion 
of  new  products  and  processes."  The  new  products  and  processes 
are  discussed  in  detail,  and  the  opinions  of  the  "chemical  brains" 
of  the  Company  are  obtained  upon  these  matters. 
Under  the  item  of  "miscellaneous  announcements,"  such  informa- 
tion as  the  acquisition  of  new  literature,  changes  in  personnel,  the 
activities  of  competitors,  forthcoming  meetings  of  outside  soci- 
eties, inter-departmental  instructions,  etc.,  are  announced  and  dis- 
cussed. This  item  of  the  "order  of  business,"  as  mentioned  be- 
fore, affords  the  opportunity  of  issuing  general  instructions,  thereby 
saving  the  time  which  would  be  required  for  individual  instruction 
and  also  affords  an  opportunity  for  explanations  and  discussions 
of  instructions,  thereby  giving  all  the  members  the  benefit  of  the 
explanations  at  one  time. 
The  principle  purpose  of  the  item  of  "reporting  and  discussing 
of  items  of  daily  work  which  are  of  general  interest"  is  to  give  the 
members  the  IxMiefit  of  the  knowledge  gained  by  each  other  in  their 
daily  work.  This  item  injects  a  great  deal  of  interest  into  the  daily 
work  since  it  is  the  ambition  of  the  members  to  report  at  the  meet- 
