Am.  Jour.  Pharm. ) 
December,  1920.  ) 
Pharmaceutical  Plant  Society. 
903 
of  products  was  announced;  its  method  of  manufacture  and  stand- 
ardization was  discussed. 
Miscellaneous  announcements:  Several  inter-departmental  in- 
structions. Meetings  of  the  American  Chemical  Society,  the  Amer- 
ican Pharmaceutical  Association  and  Franklin  Institute  were  an- 
nounced; and  also  subjects  to  be  considered  at  the  meetings.  The 
acquisition  of  several  scientific  books  was  announced. 
Reporting  and  discussion  of  items  of  daily  work  of  general  inter- 
est: A  large  number  of  such  items  were  reported  and  discussed. 
Among  the  items  might  be  mentioned:  "The  application  of  emul- 
sions of  liquid  petrolatum  to  the  production  of  lipovaccines;"  "The 
absence  of  Oil  of  Savin  from  the  market;"  "The  size  of  samples  sub- 
mitted to  the  Analytical  Department;"  "Kieselguhr  and  Fuller's 
Earth  as  adsorbents  of  alkaloids;"  "Some  criticisms  of  U.  S.  P. 
tests;"  "Conservation  in  the  use  of  crucibles;"  "Results  of  experi- 
ments on  optimum  temperature  of  drying  (a  product  marketed  by 
the  Company)  in  order  to  hasten  its  manufacture;"  "Traces  of  lead 
in  zinc  oxide  and  their  effect  on  the  human  economy;"  "A  white 
product  can  be  obtained  by  recrystallizing  (a  product  marketed 
by  the  Company)  from  alcohol;"  "Results  of  experiments  to  hasten 
drying  of  (a  product  marketed  by  the  Company)  by  substituting 
other  diluents  for  that  now  employed;"  "The  preparation  and  uses 
of  Ammonium-Ricinol-Sulphonate;"  "The  deterioration  noted  upon 
compression  of  rennin  tablets  and  measures  required  for  the  manu- 
facture of  standardized  rennin  tablets." 
Election  of  officers:    Not  in  order. 
Announcement  of  chief  business  of  next  meeting:  Papers  on 
"The  Manufacture  and  Pharmaceutical  Uses  of  Cephaeline,"  and 
"The  Determination  of  Chloral  Hydrate  in  (a  Product  Marketed 
by  the  Company),"  were  announced.  The  subject  of  "Methods  of 
Hastening  the  Washing  of  (a  Product  Marketed  by  the  Company)" 
was  announced  for  discussion. 
Adjournment:    Meeting  adjourned  at  5.05  p.m. 
Conclusions :  The  aims  and  purposes  of  this  Society  have  been 
amply  fulfilled;  the  members  have  received  the  combined  experience 
of  the  entire  membership;  the  interest  of  the  members  has  been 
enlisted  in  the  solution  of  difficult  technical  and  scientific  problems; 
the  members  have  received  instruction  in  many  subjects,  allied  to 
the  work,  with  which  they  would  not  otherwise  have  come  into 
contact;  the  quality  of  the  chemical  work  of  members  has  been  im- 
