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paper  having  started  his  pharmaceutical  career  in  his  employ.  He 
had  practiced  the  sterilization  of  magnesium  citrate  solution  for 
several  3^ears  with  most  satisfactory  results.  In  speaking  of  boilers, 
he  said  that  it  was  better  to  use  one  composed  entirely  of  tin,  or  of 
copper ;  a  tin  boiler  with  a  copper  bottom  would  not  last  so  long,  on 
account  of  galvanic  action.  President  French  gave  some  timely 
caution  about  following  the  law  exactly,  and  the  danger  of  taking- 
advice  to  the  contrary.  He  cited  the  case  of  a  gentleman  who  had 
obtained  the  highest  legal  advice,  even  that  of  the  Attorney-General 
of  the  United  States,  with  reference  to  a  business  procedure  which 
seemed  somewhat  at  variance  with  the  strict  letter  of  the  law.  The 
advice  was  favorable  to  the  enterprise  and  he  acted  accordingly, 
but  later  had  the  mortification  of  having  a  warrant  issued  by  the 
government  for  his  arrest  for  violation  of  the  law.  He  also  referred 
to  the  danger  of  copper  poisoning  in  the  use  of  copper  vessels  by 
the  formation  of  verdigris. 
C.  Mahlon  Kline  then  read  a  paper  which  contained  some  in- 
teresting comments  on  the  Thirty-seventh  Annual  Meeting  of  the 
National  Wholesale  Druggists'  Association.  Professor  C.  B.  Lowe 
spoke  of  the  rapid  deterioration  of  stillingia  on  keeping,  also  of 
buchu  and  the  triangular  gold  signs  put  out  by  Helmbold  in  the 
70's,  on  which  was  represented  the  gathering  of  the  leaves  by 
Plottentots  from  plants  which  looked  like  rushes ;  he  also  spoke  of 
the  high  price  of  ginseng  as  being  no  criterion  of  its  value,  and  of 
the  care  taken  in  India  in  the  cultivation  of  cannabis  indica.  Pro- 
fessor Kraenier  spoke  about  the  increased  cost  of  valuable  indigenous 
drugs  and  that  this  price  would  ultimately  have  to  be  paid  by  the 
people.  He  also  said  that  investigations  were  needed  of  nearly  all 
plant  drugs.  Mr.  J.  W.  England  spoke  approvingly  of  the  work  of 
the  Bureau  of  Plant  Industry  at  Washington;  he  also  referred  to 
the  improvement  of  certain  drugs  by  cultivation,  notably,  cinchona 
bark,  and  he  thought  that  the  standards  might  be  improved  by 
methods  of  cultivation.  Mr.  William  E.  Lee  then  read  an  interest- 
ing paper  on  The  Work  of  the  Thirteenth  Annual  Convention  of 
the  N.  A.  R.  D."  After  which  several  of  those  present  referred  in 
complimentary  manner  to  the  work  of  the  association,  and  that  of 
its  efficient  secretary,  Thos.  H.  Potts.  Professor  Kraemer  said 
that  he  wondered  why  the  word  "  commercial  "  was  so  often  used 
in  referring  to  the  work  of  the  N.  A.  R.  D.,  when  as  a  matter  of 
fact  it  is  in  many  instances  of  the  highest  professional  character  as 
