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generally  as  patent  medicines,  resulting  in  sales  of  such  for  internal  use  81 
different  articles  in  1,198  calls,  and  for  external  use  45  articles  were  the  basis 
of  680  sales.  Of  patented  and  trade-marked  preparations,  physicians  have 
used  fifteen  different  articles  in  forty-six  orders. 
Several  members  expressed  their  gratification  at  this  favorable  showing 
which  was  greatly  to  the  credit  of  the  physicians  who  had  written  these  pre- 
scriptions, and  were  evidently  not  in  favor  of  secrecy  in  medicinal  prepara- 
tions, but  adhered  to  the  Pharmacopoeia  as  a  code,  and  made  use  of  non- 
pharmacopceial  articles — with  very  few  exceptions — only  in  case  the  formulas 
were  accessible  to  all  pharmacists. 
Mr.  Thompson  inquired  what  number  of  these  preparations  were  his  own 
make,  and  what  number  had  been  purchased  ready  made?  To  this  Mr. 
Mclntyre  replied  that  all  the  articles  denominated  as  officinal  were  his,  as  far  as 
it  was  possible  to  make  them,  except  certain  chemicals,  or  unless'he  might  acci- 
dentally be  out  of  spme  one  when  he  would  have  to  purchase. 
Professor  Maisch  presented  some  specimens  for  the  museum  given  to  him  bv 
our  fellow  member,  Mr.  Charles  A.  Heinitsh,  of  Lancaster,  who  has  had  them 
for  many  years,  and  they  represented  articles  of  trade  now  very  rare,  viz  :  Sir 
James  Murray's  fluid  camphor,  Tutia  or  prepared  tutty  (impure  oxide  of  zinc) 
and  terra  sigillata  with  the  manufacturer's  stamps  still  quite  clearly  marked  on 
them — the  thanks  of  the  College  were  voted  for  them  to  Mr.  Heinitsh. 
To  the  query  what  is  antikamnia,  a  reply  was  given  by  M.  F.  Haussmann 
in  a  paper  read  and  referred  for  publication. 
After  some  further  discussion,  the  meeting  adjourned. 
T.  S.  WIEGAND, 
  Registrar. 
EDITORIAL. 
The  meeting  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  in  New  Orleans, 
will  be  held  in  the  Washington  Artillery  Hall,  where  also  room  has  been 
secured  for  the  exhibition  of  articles  of  pharmaceutical  interest.  The  head- 
quarters of  the  Association  will  be  at  the  St.  Charles  Hotel,  where  ample 
accommodations  will  be  providedTfor  the  visiting  members,  at  the  reduced  rate 
of  $3  per  day.  The  Illinois  Central  Railroad  has  granted  to  the  members 
going  over  their  road  from  either  Chicago  or  St.  Louis,  tickets  for  the  round 
trip  at  a  single  fare.  An  analogous  liberal  concession  has  been  made  from 
Cincinnati  by  the  Queen  and  Crescent  line.  For  other  sections  of  the  country, 
from  which  reduced  fares  could  be  obtained,  the  usual  convention  rates  have 
been  allowed,  being  one  fare  going,  at  the  same  time  obtaining  from  the  ticket 
agent  a  convention  certificate  ;  the  latter  must  be  signed  in  New  Orleans  by  a 
member  of  the  committee,  designated  for  the  purpose,  and  a  return  ticket  over 
the  same  route  may  then  be  purchased  at  one-third  regular  fare.  For 
members  from  the  Eastern  and  Central  Atlantic  States,  desiring  to  travel  in  a 
body,  it  has  been  proposed,  to  leave  Washington  on  Thursday,  April  23,  at 
11. 10  P.M.,  by  way  of  the  Chesapeake  and  Ohio  Railroad  to  Cincinnati,  arriving 
there  Friday  evening  ;  and  then  to  take  the  Queen  and  Crescent  Line,  stopping 
on  the  following  morning  for  a  few  hours  with  the  view  of  visiting  Lookout 
Mountain,  and  reaching  New  Orleans  Sunday  morning  at  8  o'clock. 
The  meeting  promises  to  be  a  large  and  profitable  one  ;  we  have  learned  from 
