442  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  {^ptembe^S" 
recent  newspaper  criticisms  on  substitution  in  the  drug  business.  He 
pointed  out  that  instead  of  holding  the  retail  pharmacist  responsible 
for  the  impurity  of  phenacetin  and  similar  products,  we  should  en- 
deavor to  learn  the  origin  of  such  adulteration  where  it  exists.  The 
chairman  wisely  stated  that  "  the  Association  should  most  positively 
place  its  stamp  of  disapproval  upon  all  forms  of  substitution  and 
with  equal  positiveness  against  sensational  and  uncalled-for  attacks 
and  unseemly  advertisements  reflecting  upon  the  morality  and  stand- 
ing of  the  pharmacists  as  a  body." 
The  chairman  appointed  the  following  committee  on  Enno  Sander 
prize :  Lewis  C.  Hopp,  Charles  Holzhauer  and  Leo  Eliel.  C.  Louis 
Diehl,  chairman  of  the  committee  on  National  Formulary,  submitted 
a  provisional  report  and  said  that  the  new  edition  would  appear  simul- 
taneously with  the  new  U.  S.  Pharmacopoeia.  The  following  officers 
were  elected  for  the  ensuing  year  :  William  H.  Burke,  chairman  ; 
Edsel  A.  Ruddiman,  secretary  ;  Jean  Gordon,  Wm.  Mittelbach  and 
D.  F.  Jones,  associates. 
Mr.  Ebert  exhibited  a  duplex  almond  grater  as  being  useful  in 
grating  opium  after  it  has  been  dried  and  cut  in  pieces.  George 
F.  Payne  exhibited  a  so-called  "bottle  dropper"  for  prescription 
work.    The  following  papers  were  presented  : 
A  Permanent  Syrup  of  Hydriodic  Acid. 
By  Otto  Raubenheimer. 
The  author  proposed  the  following  formula :  Potassium  iodide,  i6-6 
gm.;  potassium  hypophosphite,  0*5  gm.;  glycerin,  125-0  c.c;  aqua 
destillata,  50  c.c.  Dissolve  in  a  250  c.c.  prescription  bottle  and  add 
to  it  the  following  solution:  acid  tartaric,  15-0  gm.;  and  alcohol 
dilute  50-0  c.c.  Mix  and  put  on  ice  or  in  ice  water  for  two  or  three 
hours.  Meanwhile  prepare  in  either  hot  or  cold  way  a  syrup  of 
white  rock  candy  5000 ;  and  aqua  destillata  q.  s.  ad.  700  o  c.c. 
Strain  through  flannel.  If  prepared  warm  the  syrup  must  be  cooled. 
Into  this  syrup,  by  means  of  a  long  stem  and  covered  glass  funnel 
and  a  white  filter  paper,  filter  the  solution  of  hydriodic  acid,  being 
careful  to  disturb  the  precipitated  potassium  bitartrate  as  little  as 
possible  in  the  bottom  of  the  prescription  bottle.  After  all  the 
liquid  is  filtered  add  25  c.c.  of  distilled  water  into  the  prescription 
bottle,  shake  well  and  pour  into  the  filter.  When  the  liquid  is  all 
filtered  then  remove  filter  and  add  of  distilled  water  a  sufficient 
