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Correspondence. 
I  Am.  Jour.  Pliarm 
1       April,  1911. 
AMERICAN  CHEMICAL  SOCIETY. 
Division  of  Pharmaceutical  Ciieaustrv. 
The  Division  of  Pharmaceutical  Chemistry  of  the  Am- 
erican Chemical  Society  held  its  Minneapolis  meeting  in 
the  Chemistry  Building  of  the  University  of  Minnesota  on 
December  29.  The  address  of  Prof.  A.  B.  Stevens  (Chairman) 
upon  Pharmacopoeial  Standardization  was  especially  interesting  and 
timely,  since  Prof.  Stevens  is  a  member  of  the  Committee  of 
Revision  of  the  Pharmacopoeia,  and  Chairman  of  the  Sub-Com- 
mittee on  Proximate  Assays.  The  address  outlined  the  work  being 
done  by  the  Sub-Committee  mentioned  and  made  clear  the  thor- 
oughness and  carefulness  with  which  the  Pharmacopoeia  is  being- 
revised.  The  new  and  improved  methods  of  committee  work  were 
also  explained. 
The  Report  of  the  Committee  on  Quantitative  Methods  gave 
a  resume  of  the  analysis  of  Mercury  Salts  by  six  different  methods. 
The  Committee  has  done  valuable  work  and  is  being  continued. 
The  Report,  although  merely  a  report  of  progress,  was  ordered 
published  in  order  that  the  greatest  benefit  may  be  obtained  from 
the  work  of  the  Committee. 
The  papers  read  at  the  meeting  were  as  follows :  A.  B.  Stevens, 
Citro-Compounds  of  Iron ;  E.  R.  Miller  and  G.  H.  Marsh,  Camphor 
in  Oil  of  Sassafras;  L.  E.  Sayre,  Assay  of  Gelsemium;  F.  Klein, 
Rapid  Determination  of  Sulphuric  Acid  with  the  Porous  Clay 
Crucible ;  E.  Kremers,  Chemical  Problems  Suggested  by  the  Cul- 
tivation of  Medicinal  Plants,  (i)  Stramonium. 
The  following  officers  were  elected  for  the  ensuing  year :  Chair- 
man, B.  L.  Murray ;  Vice-Chairman,  A.  D.  Thorburn ;  Secretary, 
F.  R.  Eldred.  Members  of  Executive  Committee :  A.  B.  Stevens, 
L.  F.  Kebler. 
B.  L.  Murray. 
Chairman. 
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