494  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  {^cfober.S"130' 
on  Membership.  Upon  the  conclusion  of  the  report  Mr.  W.  S.  Thompson,  of 
Washington,  D.  C,  moved  that,  in  recognition  of  the  faithful  services  of  Mr. 
Kennedy  to  the  Association,  suitable  resolutions  be  drawn  and  the  same 
engrossed  and  presented  to  Mr.  Kennedy.  C.  A.  Mayo,  of  New  York  City, 
suggested  that  also  a  gold  medal  be  made  and  presented  to  Mr.  Kennedy.  The 
motion  was  unanimously  carried  and  a  committee  consisting  of  Messrs.  W.  S. 
Thompson,  S.  A.  D.  Sheppard  and  J.  M.  Good  was  appointed  to  carry  out  the 
wishes  of  the  Association. 
The  Treasurer,  S.  A.  D.  Sheppard,  then  read  his  report,  which  showed  the 
total  amount  of  disbursements  to  be  16,897.25,  the  total  amount  of  receipts  to 
be  $9,546.35,  leaving  cash  on  hand  of  $2,649.10. 
C.  Lewis  Diehl  presented  a  preliminary  report  as  "  Reporter  on  the  Progress 
of  Pharmacy. ' '  The  following  committees  also  presented  their  reports  :  That  on 
National  Legislation,  through  its  Chairman,  F.  E.  Stewart ;  on  National  Formu- 
lary, by  C.  Lewis  Diehl,  Chairman  ;  Charles  Caspari,  Jr.,  presented  his  report  as 
Secretary.  The  Committee  on  Nominations  presented  the  names  of  the  following, 
who  were  duly  elected  officers  of  the  Association  for  the  ensuing  year  :  A.  B. 
Prescott,  Ann  Arbor,  President  ;  L.  C.  Hopp,  Cleveland,  First  Vice-Presi- 
dent ;  W.  L.  Dewoody,  Pine  Bluff,  Second  Vice-President ;  H.  R.  Gray,  Mon- 
treal, Third  Vice-President ;  Chas.  Caspari,  Jr.,  Baltimore,  Secretary  ;  S.  A.  D. 
Sheppard,  of  Boston,  Treasurer;  C.  Lewis  Diehl,  of  Louisville,  "Reporter 
on  the  Progress  of  Pharmacy;"  Members  of  Council,  C.  E.  Dohme,  H.  M. 
Whelpley  and  L.  Eliel. 
The  Committee  on  Time  and  Place  of  Meeting  reported,  through  the  Chair- 
man, S.  A.  D.  Sheppard,  in  favor  of  Richmond,  Va.,  and  the  month  of  May, 
1900,  immediately  after  the  adjournment  of  the  meeting  of  the  Pharmacopoeia 
Revision  Committee,  to  be  held  in  Washington  on  the  first  Monday  in  May. 
The  Committee  on  Prizes  announced  the  following  awards  :  Ebert  Prize 
awarded  to  Henry  Kraemer,  for  his  paper  on  "The  Qualitative  Examination 
of  Powdered  Vegetable  Drugs."  The  general  prizes  of  the  Association  were 
awarded  as  follows  :  First  prize  to  H.  M.  Gordin  and  A.  B.  Prescott, 
for  their  paper  upon  "  Certain  Alkaloidal  Periodides  and  the  Volumetric  Esti- 
mation of  Alkaloids  as  Higher  Periodides;"  second  prize  to  J.  U.  Lloyd,  for 
paper  upon  "Standards  for  White  and  Black  Mustard  Seeds  ;"  third  prize  to 
Wm.  A.  Puckner,  for  a  paper  upon  "The  Standardization  of  Volumetric  Acid 
and  Alkali."  There  was  no  award  of  the  Hager  Memorial  Prize.  The  Maisch 
Memorial  Prize  was  awarded  to  Henry  Kraemer,  for  his  paper  upon  "The 
Qualitative  Examination  of  Powdered  Vegetable  Drugs." 
At  the  third  general  session  the  report  of  the  Committee  on  Pharmacy  and 
Dispensing  was  read  by  the  Chairman,  H.  P.  Hyuson. 
The  following  suggestions  and  notes  were  received  by  this  Committee  :  E. 
R.  Selzer  advised  the  addition  of  oil  of  cinnamon  directly  to  the  compound 
chalk  powder,  in  proper  proportion,  to  take  the  place  of  the  oil  in  the  cinna- 
mon water  of  the  U.S. P.  He  is  of  the  opinion  that  the  presence  of  the  oil  will 
prevent  fermentation  in  the  powder,  which  sometimes  occurs  when  it  is  not  prop- 
erly dried.  Wm.  Mittelbach  was  of  the  opinion  that  the  compound  tincture  of 
gentian  should  be  allowed  to  stand  at  least  a  year,  and  to  undergo  varying  tem- 
peratures before  being  filtered.  This  procedure  will  prevent  the  usual  precipi- 
tate forming  after  filtration.    He  also  considered  the  formula  for  soap  liniment 
