482  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  {^£mber,hM9™' 
The  following  papers  were  read  by  title  : 
STANDARDIZATION  OF  VOLUMETRIC  ACID  AND  ALKALI. 
By  W.  A.  Puckner. 
ASSAY  OF  SPIRIT  OF  NITROUS  ETHER  AND  AMYL  NITRITE. 
By  R.  Fischer  and  J.  A.  Anderson. 
DECOMPOSITION  OF  IODOFORM  BY  LIGHT. 
By  E.  C.  W.  Kooke. 
DEODORIZED  TINCTURE  OF  OPIUM. 
By  K.  L,.  Patch. 
SPECIFIC  GRAVITY  OF  SOLUTIONS  OF  CITRIC  ACID. 
By  A.  B.  I^yons. 
STERILIZATION  OF  INFANT'S  FOODS. 
By  O.  W.  Krueger. 
GLASS  FLOWER  MODELS. 
By  H.  Benden. 
ARACHIS  OIL. 
By  J.  W.  Thomas. 
BEBEES  AND  NOTES  ON  ESTIMATING  EUCALYPTOL. 
By  I,yman  F.  Kebler. 
Before  adjourning  at  the  morning  session,  J.  U.  Lloyd  made  a  few  remarks 
relative  to  the  loss  of  the  Association,  and  particularly  of  the  Scientific  Section, 
in  the  death  of  Prof.  Henry  Trimble.  The  speaker  and  others  followed,  pay- 
ing their  tributes  to  his  memory.  It  was  moved  that  the  Secretary  of  the  Sec- 
tion at  this  time  convey  the  sympathies  and  condolence  of  the  Scientific  Section 
of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  to  the  widow  and  children  of  Prof. 
Trimble  in  this  their  hour  of  bereavement. 
Upon  adjourning  at  the  afternoon  session,  the  newly-elected  officers  were 
installed.  Henry  H.  Rusby,  Chairman,  and  H.  V.  Arny,  Secretary.  Prof. 
Prescott  was  reappointed  Chairman  of  the  Research  Committee. 
In  the  evening,  Prof.  Wm.  Simon  delivered  a  lecture  on  "  Liquid  Air,"  which 
was  illustrated  with  experiments  and  diagram  illustrating  its  manufacture. 
The  changes  induced  in  some  common  substances  when  put  into  the  liquid  air, 
were  striking,  as  paraffin,  ice,  rubber  band,  piece  of  beef  becoming  brittle  ; 
albumin  of  egg  crystallizing ;  a  mercury  hammer  was  employed  to  drive  tacks 
in  a  board  ;  alcohol  changed  to  a  mass  of  white  crystals  ;  change  in  color  of 
red  mercuric  iodide  and  potassium  bichromate  crystals ;  copper,  however,  re- 
mains malleable,  and  copper  sulphate  does  not  change  in  color.  The  lecturer 
employed  various  other  interesting  experiments,  illustrating  the  properties  of 
liquid  air,  and  closed  with  some  remarks  on  the  future  of  this  substance. 
SECTION  ON  EDUCATION  AND  LEGISLATION. 
On  Friday  morning  the  Section  on  Education  and  Legislation  held  its  first 
meeting.    The  first  thing  in  order  was  the  reading  of  the  Chairman's  (J.  O. 
