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scope,  it  may  be  said  to  be  useful  for  the  beginner  who  has  no  opportunity  for 
instruction.  We  consider  it,  however,  far  more  desirable  for  the  analyst,  if  at 
all  possible,  to  obtain  a  course  of  instruction  under  a  competent  instructor 
and  make  for  himself  a  series  of  type  slides  of  urinary  sediments,  etc. 
AMERICAN  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION. 
The  following  circular  has  been  issued  by  the  Section  on  Scientific  Papers  of 
the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  : 
Members  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  are  cordially  invited 
to  present  communications  at  the  meetings  of  this  Section  to  be  held  at  Put-in- 
Bay,  September  4th  to  18th  next.  The  attention  of  contributors  is  respectfully 
directed  to  the  resolution  adopted  at  the  last  meeting,  to  the  effect  that  the 
official  printer  is  requested  to  return  to  the  author  any  paper  or  papers  not 
bearing  the  approval  of  the  Chairman  of  some  Section  of  the  Association. 
The  printing  of  papers  previous  to  their  reading  is  optional  with  the  authors, 
but  no  paper  can  be  received  for  this  purpose  later  than  August  8th. 
Attention  is  also  called  to  the  resolution  of  1895  (Proc,  xliii,  236)  requiring 
that  any  paper,  the  reading  of  which  would  require  fifteen  minutes  or  more,  be 
read  in  abstract. 
The  list  of  queries  here  proposed  is  but  brief,  as  it  appears  that  contributors 
usually  prefer  to  select  their  own  subjects.  Papers  may  be  sent  to  any  member 
of  the  Committee  : 
H.  H.  Rusby,  Chairman,  115  West  Sixty-eighth  Street,  New  York. 
H.  V.  Arny,  Secretary,  107  Streator  Avenue,  Cleveland,  O. 
W.  L.  Scoville,  St.  Botolph  and  Garrison  Streets,  Boston,  Mass. 
(1)  Is  it  practicable  to  provide  an  illustrated  set  of  color-standards  in  the 
U.S.P.? 
(2)  Is  it  practicable  to  provide  a  set  of  odor-standards  in  the  U.S.P.? 
(3)  Methyl  alcohol  corresponds  very  closely  to  ethyl  alcohol  as  a  menstruum 
for  drugs  ;  what  objections  can  be  made  to  its  employment  in  making  solid 
extracts  ? 
(4)  Glycerin  aids  materially  in  preserving  hydrocyanic  acid  and  spirit  of 
nitrous  ether  ;  is  its  use  desirable  from  a  dosimetric  and  therapeutic  point  of 
view  ? 
(5)  Is  it  proper  to  make  belladonna  preparations  from  Scopola  in  the  face  of 
the  present  U.S. P.  definition?  Should  the  U.S. P.  change  its  definition  so  as 
to  sanction  the  use  of  this  rhizome  as  an  alternative  ? 
(6)  Is  physiological  action  requisite  as  a  department  of  pharmaceutical 
research  ? 
(7)  What  is  the  effect  of  the  high  price  of  ipecac  upon  the  quality  of  ipecac 
preparations  supplied  ? 
(8)  Many  imported  drugs,  such  as  opium,  lactucarium  and  saffron,  could  be 
cultivated  in  the  United  States  were  the  question  of  wages  eliminated.  An 
investigation  into  the  feasibility  of  such  culture  on  the  convict  farms  of  several 
States  of  the  Union  is  desired. 
(9)  To  what  extent  are  medicinal  plants  cultivated  in  the  United  States  ? 
(10)  How  can  Syrupus  U.S.P.  be  best  obtained  of  a  uniform  quality  and 
density  without  undue  cost  ? 
