506  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  {^m'<Syi£arm' 
the  writers  of  the  three  most  valuable  papers  presented  to  the  scientific  section, 
and  further  that  the  recipient  of  the  Bbert  prize  should  not  be  debarred  from 
receiving  one  of  the  Association  prizes. 
Prof.  Whelpley  presented  the  report  of  the  committee  on  revision  of  the 
pharmacopoeia,  saying  that  too  short  a  space  of  time  since  the  publication  had 
elapsed  to  make  any  acceptable  criticisms  or  laudations  of  the  work. 
Prof.  Oldberg  made  a  short  statement  concerning  the  work  of  the  committee 
on  the  International  Pharmaceutical  Congress. 
Prof.  Fennel  presented  a  resolution  appropriating  $1,000  placed  at  the  dis- 
posal of  the  seventh  International  Pharmaceutical  Congress  for  the  compilation, 
publication  and  distribution  of  an  international  pharmacopoeia.  After  consid- 
erable discussion  the  resolution  was  adopted. 
Invitations  were  received  from  Armour  &  Co.  to  visit  their  packing  houses  ; 
from  Merck  &  Co.,  offering  the  hospitalities  of  the  Merck  Building  at  the 
Exposition,  and  from  the  Illinois  College  of  Pharmacy,  to  inspect  their  new 
building  and  laboratories. 
The  Association  then  adjourned  till  9  A.M.,  Saturday,  August  19. 
Section  of  scientific  papers. — The  first  session  of  the  section  was  called  to 
order  by  Prof.  C.  T.  P.  Fennel,  in  Hall  XXII,  of  the  Art  Palace,  on  Tuesday,  at 
3  P.M.,  Prof.  F.  G.  Ryan  acting  as  secretary. 
The  proceedings  were  opened  by  reading  the  chairman's  address,  which 
referred  to  the  progress  made  by  pharmacy  within  the  last  year,  calling 
special  attention  to  American  pharmacy  as  shown  by  the  displays  at  the 
World's  Fair.  He  also  briefly  referred  to  the  publication  of  the  pharma- 
copoeia.   On  motion  of  Prof.  Whelpley,  the  address  was  received  and  referred. 
The  report  of  the  committee  on  the  ephemeral  publication  of  the  new 
remedies  was  called  for.  Prof.  Hallberg,  on  behalf  of  the  committee,  stated 
that  not  until  the  publication  of  the  Proceedings,  was  he  aware  of  the  existence 
of  the  committee  and  that  on  corresponding  with  the  other  members  they 
decided  to  let  the  matter  rest  on  account  of  the  short  time  intervening. 
Nominations  for  the  ensuing  year  being  in  order,  Prof.  Whelpley  nomi- 
nated Prof.  L.  E.  Sayre,  who  in  turn  nominated  C.  M.  Ford,  of  Denver,  for  the 
position  of  Secretary. 
The  reading  of  papers  was  opened  by  Prof.  Sayre  with  an  interesting  paper 
on  Composition  of  Taraxacum  root  at  various  seasons  of  the  year  and 
Prof.  Patch,  Laboratory  Notes.  The  next  paper  as  by  Prof.  Hallberg,  on 
Beef  Extracts,  their  Manufacture,  Composition  and  Therapeutic  Effects 
which  created  quite  a  discussion  on  the  advisability  of  using  names  in  place  of 
number  as  was  the  practice  of  the  association  heretofore  to  designate  the  dif- 
ferent samples.  A  motion  of  Prof.  Good  requested  the  writer  to  use  number 
was  at  last  carried.  Mr.  H.  S.  Wellcome,  of  London,  read  the  next  paper, 
entitled  On  an  Improved  Shape  for  Suppositories  and  Bougies  as  Vehicles 
for  Medication  (see  A.  J.  P.,  p.  433).  After  this  came  Atomic  Weights,  by  Dr. 
Gustavus  Hinrichs,  and  Bougies,  by  Nicholas  Pritzker. 
The  section  then  adjourned  until  8  P.  M. 
Second  Session. — The  section  was  called  to  order  at  8  P.  M.,  and  the  election 
of  officers  for  the  ensuing  year  was  held.  On  motion  of  Prof.  A.  B.  Stevens, 
the  Secretary  was  instructed  to  cast  ballots  for  the  unanimous  election  of  the 
nominees,  Messrs.  Sayre  and  Ford. 
