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Reviews. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
June,  1899. 
The  metric  system  received  attention  from  P.  Sauerhering,  and  "That  a 
woman  makes  as  good  a  pharmacist  as  a  man,  providing  she  has  equal  ad- 
vantages "was  discussed  by  Martha  M.James.  The  remaining  papers  were 
of  a  general  practical  trade  character.  We  find  on  page  23,  in  the  Treasurer's 
Report,  a  balance  on  hand  besides  investment  in  Government  bonds. 
Michigan  State  Pharmaceutic ae  Association.  The  sixteenth  annual 
meeting.    Held  at  Port  Huron,  August  2-4,  1898. 
In  the  three  days'  session  of  this  Association  there  is  evidence  in  the  Pro- 
ceedings of  considerable  work  and  intellectual  entertainment.  Several  general 
papers  were  presented,  one,  being  by  Professor  Schlotterbeck,  on  "Tea  Cul- 
ture," which  was  illustrated  with  numerous  lantern  slides.  Another  was  by 
Prof.  A.  B.  Lyons,  on  "Some  Things  a  Botanist  would  see  in  Honolulu." 
There  were  also  given  some  interesting  practical  papers  and  reports.  The  re- 
port of  the  Adulteration  Committee  showed  a  diminution  in  strength  of  chlo- 
rinated lime  in  time;  nine  samples  of  spirit  of  nitrous  ether  yielded  anywhere 
from  0*36  to  1 1  "42  per  cent.  NO;  eight  samples  of  jalap  assayed  between  675 
and  10  33  per  cent,  of  resin ;  eight  samples  of  reduced  iron  contained  between 
7'o  and  64" 25  per  cent,  of  metallic  iron;  six  samples  of  dilute  hydrocyanic 
acid  gave  0*4  to  1*02  per  cent,  of  HCN.  C.  C.  Sherrard  gave  "  Some  Notes  on 
Adulteration  of  Drugs  and  Composition  of  Various  Compounds."  The  author 
examined  samples  of  potassium  iodide,  manganese  dioxide,  tartaric  acid, 
sodium  bicarbonate,  magnesia,  hydrochloric  acid,  copaiba,  beeswax,  port  wine, 
cotton-root  bark,  fish  glue,  creosote,  oleoresin,  cubeb,  potassium  carbonate, 
uterine  powder  for  painful  menstruation,  rough  on  rats,  malt  extracts,  oil  of 
sandal  wood,  apiol  and  colocynth  apples. 
Professor  Lyons  gave  a  paper  on  "The  Chemical  Examination  of  Wines," 
an  excerpt  of  which  is  to  be  found  in  the  Proc.  A.  Ph.  A.,  1898,  p.  412.  A 
number  of  papers  of  general  trade  interest  were  also  read.  The  treasury  of 
this  Association  does  not  show  the  prosperity  of  the  neighboring  associations 
of  Wisconsin  and  Minnesota,  in  spite  of  the  fact  that  the  Proceedings  contains 
advertisements. 
Minnesota  State  Phakmaceuticae  Association.    Fourteenth  annual 
meeting.    St.  Paul,  June  15-16,  1898. 
The  Proceedings  contains  a  number  of  papers  by  Professor  Wulling: 
(1)  On  chemical  microscopy. 
(2)  The  preservation  of  nutmegs,  in  which  the  author  has  employed  mer- 
cury, as  well  as  chloroform  and  other  agents  generally  used. 
(3)  Inferior  mercurial  ointment.  Of  fifteen  samples  purchased  in  retail 
stores  only  one  answered  pharmacopceial  requirements. 
(4)  Powdered  drugs. 
Some  other  valuable  papers  of  general  trade  interest  were  read.  There  is  a 
balance  in  the  hands  of  the  Treasurer,  and  a  few  new  members  were  elected. 
Vermont  State  Pharmaceuticae  Association.  Fifth  annual  meeting. 
Held  at  Montpelier,  October  25-26,  1898. 
One  of  the  interesting  features  of  the  Vermont  meeting  was  an  address  by 
Prof.  A.  B.  Huested,  of  Albany,  N  Y.,  on  "  Pharmacy— Past,  Present  and 
