442  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  { '^"ptember^mT' 
by  Hy.  P.  Hynson,  who  commented  on  some  of  the  shortcomings  of 
the  commercial  courses  taught  in  colleges  of  pharmacy.  Several 
additional  papers  along  the  same  lines  were  presented,  one  by 
Ambrose  Hunsberger  on  Simplified  Accurate  Alethods  of  Record- 
ing Charge  Sales,  and  one  by  E.  Fullerton  Cook  on  the  Cost  of 
Conducting  Drug  Business. 
Window  Displays  were  discussed  by  B.  E.  Pritchard,  who  com- 
mented on  the  practices  of  one  of  the  large  drug  concerns  in 
Pittsburgh;  and  in  a  paper  along  similar  lines  by  OttO'  Rauben- 
heimer,  who  discussed  Pharmaceutical  Window  Displays  and  com- 
miented  adversely  on  some  of  the  objectionable  displays  that  he 
has  observed  from  time  to  time. 
C.  M.  Ford  presented  some  comments  on  the  trend  of  modern 
pharmacy,  and  incidentally  described  a  system  of  drug-store  in- 
spection that  is  being  introduced  in  the  City  of  Denver. 
SECTION  ON  PRACTICAL  PHARMACY  AND  DISPENSING. 
The  Section  on  Practical  Pharmacy  and  Dispensing,  with  Louis 
Saalbach  of  Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  as  Chairman,  also  held  two  sessions, 
at  which  a  number  of  practical  pharmaceutical  problems  were 
discussed. 
The  Color  of  Tincture  of  Iron  Citro-Chloride  was  discussed  by 
Otto  Raubenheimer,  who  exhibited  a  number  of  samples  comparing 
the  National  Formulary  product  with  samples  made  according  to 
other  formulas. 
A  Few  Questions  Suggested  hy  Comparison  of  the  National 
Pharmacopoeias  was  the  title  of  a  paper  by  Oscar  Oldberg.  This 
paper,  in  the  absence  of  the  author,  was  read  by  the  Secretary  of 
the  Section.  Oldberg  discussed  the  desirability  of  establishing  a 
Section  on  the  Pharmacopoeia  so  that  matters  relating  to  the 
Pharmacopoeia  could  be  discussed  without  interfering  with  other 
more  or  less  diverting  papers. 
Infusion  of  Digitalis  was  discussed  by  Chas.  M.  Ford  and  J. 
Leon  Lascoff.  Both  of  these  authors  pointed  out  the  need  for 
making  this  preparation  extemporaneously  from  a  good  quality, 
of  leaf.  The  discussion  following  the  reading  of  these  papers 
was  spirited  and  at  times  acrimonious,  evidencing  considerable  varia- 
tion of  opinion  as  tO'  the  objects  sought  to  be  attained  by  the 
addition  of  alcohol  to  the  infusion.  There  was  also  some  difiference 
of  opinion  regarding  the  preferable  method  of  keeping  digitalis. 
