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But  the  authors  do  not  consider  that  the  undeniable  reparative 
action  of  the  oil  is  entirely  due  to  the  alkaloids  and  morrhuic  acid, 
since  this  is  attributable  to  three  groups  of  special  agents.  In  the 
first  place  the  oil  acts  by  its  fatty  bodies,  which  are  eminently 
assimilable  in  consequence  of  their  slight  acidity  and  partial  saponifi- 
cation, the  latter  being  due  to  the  influence  of  hepatic  ferments  and 
the  solution  in  the  oil  of  a  certain  quantity  of  biliary  matters  that 
render  emulsification  easy,  especially  under  the  influence  of  the 
pancreatic  juice.  These  fatty  bodies  are  energetic  reconstituents  of 
the  tissues  through  their  richness  in  phosphates,  phosphoglyceric 
acid,  lecithines  and  organically  combined  phosphorus,  the  phos- 
phorus being  presented  to  the  system  under  the  form  in  which  it 
exists  in  milk,  eggs,  the  brain,  legumin,  nuclein,  etc.  Secondly, 
bromine  and  iodine,  which  are  present  in  the  oil  in  minute  quantities 
(0  030  gram  to  0040  gram  of  iodine  per  litre),  contribute  doubtless 
also  to  the  reparative  action.  Lastly,  cod  liver  oil  acts  by  the  mor- 
rhuic acid  it  contains,  as  well  as  by  its  bases,  several  of  which,  butyl- 
amine,  amylamine  and  especially  morrhuine,  excite  the  nervous  sys- 
tem, accelerate  denutrition,  as  indicated  in  the  considerable  increase 
of  urine  and  sweat  excreted,  and  correlatively  augment  the  appetite. 
AMERICAN  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION. 
The  thirty-eighth  annual  meeting  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association 
will  be  held  at  Old  Point  Comfort,  Virginia,  first  session,  Monday,  September 
8,  at  3  P.M. 
Although  I  have  no  official  notice  on  the  subject,  I  understand  that  the 
Virginia  Pharmaceutical  Association  have  postponed  their  meeting  to  the 
same  date,  with  the  intention  of  holding  it  simultaneously  with  that  of  the 
A.  P.  A.  and  at  the  same  place. 
In  view  of  our  convention  being  held  in  such  a  delightful  location  and  one 
so  easily  accessible  from  all  parts  of  the  country,  it  is  hoped  and  expected  that 
we  will  have  one  of  the  largest  meetings  held  for  years. 
Full  information  regarding  hotel  and  railroad  rates  will  be  furnished  our 
members  later  on,  in  the  usual  annual  circulars. 
All  matters  concerning  exhibits,  etc.,  will  be  taken  in  charge  by  the  local 
Secretary,  Mr.  Charles  B.  Dohme.  Any  communications,  in  regard  to  same, 
sent  to  his  address,  cor.  Pratt  and  Howard  Streets,  Baltimore,  Md.,  will  receive 
prompt  attention. 
All  papers  to  be  read  at  the  next  meeting  should  be  forwarded  at  as  early  a 
date  as  possible  to  Prof.  H.  M.  Whelpley,  No.  113  Market  Street,  St.  Louis, 
Secretary  of  Committee  on  Scientific  Papers. 
