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American  Pharmaceutical  Association. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
Oct,  1884. 
by  President  Thompson,  was  referred  to  the  Council  to  report  thereon  next 
year. 
A  motion  coming  from  the  Committee  on  Legislation,  that  a  special  Com- 
mittee of  three  be  appointed  to  present  to  Congress  a  bill  granting  a  Com- 
mission to  apothecaries  of  the  army  and  navy,  was  passed. 
A  resolution  had  been  sent  by  Prof.  Prescott.  It  provides  for  appointing 
a  special  Committee  of  three  to  report  upon  the  most  feasible  and  suitable 
legislation  to  secure  a  sufficient  statement  of  the  composition  of  proprietary 
medicines  to  be  put  upon  each  package  of  the  same,  and  upon  the  most 
favorable  and  efficient  action  in  regard  to  this  matter.  Prof.  Prescott  and 
Drs.  Rice  and  Hoffmann  were  appointed  the  Committee. 
The  report  of  the  Committee  on  the  suggestions  by  the  Entertainment 
Committee  was  read.  It  created  considerable  discussion  and  was  finally 
recommitted  to  be  disposed  of  at  the  next  session. 
After  the  reading  and  approval  of  the  minutes  of  the  preceding  sessions 
and  of  the  Council  meeting,  the  last  mentioned  report  somewhat  modified, 
was  again  read,  and  was  then  adopted,  and  Mr.  H.  W.  Atwood,  of  New 
York,  was  elected  Chairman  of  the  Entertainment  Committee  for  the 
ensuing  year. 
The  reading  of  papers  was  then  resumed,  the  first  one  presented  being 
by  Mr.  G.  W.  Kennedy,  on  Cream  of  Tartar  as  sold  by  pharmacists  and  by 
grocers.  Of  14  samples  obtained  from  pharmaceutical  stores  in  13  different 
cities,  only  one  sample  was  found  adulterated,  while  the  remaining  13  con- 
tained no  impurity  except  calcium  tartrate,  which,  however,  reached  12 
per  cent,  in  one  of  the  samples.  Corresponding  with  these  in  purity  were 
6  out  of  the  13  samples  purchased  at  grocery  stores,  the  remainder  being 
adulterated  with  chalk,  alum,  clay  or  starch. 
Amendments  to  the  by-laws  coming  up  under  the  recommendations  of 
President  Thompson  were  agreed  to;  thereby  the  salary  of  the  Permanent 
Secretary  was  increased  to  8750,  and  the  requirement  to  return  the  certifi- 
cate of  membership  by  members  relinquishing  their  connection  with  the 
Association  was  abolished.  Notice  of  an  amendment  was  given  that  the 
Treasurer's  salary  be  increased  to  S600. 
A  paper  written  by  Mr.  H.  B.  Parsons  on  the  Water  of  Hydration  in  Com- 
mercial Sulphate  of  Quinine  showed  that  it  amounted  in 
1.    16  samples  of  an  American  brand  to  13-72  per  cent,  average. 
2  ]84       «       «  «<  «         12-61       "  " 
3.    12      "       "    a  German       "        12*32      "  " 
Fifth  Session,  Friday  Morning,  August  29. 
4.  634 
5.  169 
an  Italian 
14-09 
1436 
it 
10'15 
examined, 
13-84 
The  first  and  third  lots  varied  most;  No.  2  approxi mated  very  closely  to 
6HoO  =  12*53  per  cent.,  while  Nos.  4  and  5  uniformly  contained  about 
7H,0  =  14"45  per  cent.;  not  a  single  sample  contained  over  15  per  cent. 
