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Notes  and  News. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
June,  1906. 
Ever  since  the  establishment  of  the  Section  great  interest  has  been  mani- 
fested in  the  presentation  and  discussion  of  difficult  and  odd  prescriptions. 
The  Committee,  therefore,  have  decided  to  continue  this  work  and  make  the 
participation  in  it  as  broad  and  general  as  possible. 
The  Committee  further  believe  that  a  discussion  of  some  of  the  new  prepara- 
tions of  the  Pharmacopoeia  would  be  of  interest  and  benefit  and  therefore 
invite  pharmacists  to  bring  with  them  to  the  next  meeting  samples  of  the  fol- 
lowing preparations,  coming  from  their  own  laboratories  :  cataplasm  of  kaolin, 
elixir  adjuvans,  elixir  and  glycerite  of  the  phosphates  of  iron,  quinine  and 
strychnine,  antiseptic  solution,  compound  cresol  solution,  compound  solution 
sodium  phosphate,  effervescing  sodium  phosphate,  compound  syrup  of  hypo- 
phosphites,  or  any  other  preparation  not  mentioned 
The  Committee  also  invites  members  most  cordially  to  write  and  present  a 
paper  on  any  subject  that  they  may  select,  relating  to  the  practice  of  phar- 
macy and  dispensing.  Manuscripts  must  be  sent  to  the  chairman  of  the  sec- 
tion at  least  six  weeks  before  the  meeting  in  order  to  have  them  printed  in 
time. 
The  Committee  desire  to  remind  the  members  that  for  the  best  paper  or  col- 
lection of  notes  read  before  this  Section,  Mr.  Enno  Sander  offers  the  yearly 
prize  of  $50.00 
The  Committee  on  Practical  Pharmacy  and  Dispensing  :  Wm.  C.  Alpers, 
Chairman,  New  York  ;  Wm.  O.  Gross,  Associate,  Ind.;  and  H.  A.  B.  Dunning, 
Secretary,  Baltimore,  Md. 
United  States  Pharmacopoeias  Convention. — The  sixth  annual  meet- 
ing of  the  Board  of  Trustees  was  held  at  Washington,  D.  C,  April  28th,  with 
Dr.  J.  H.  Beal,  Chairman,  Charles  E.  Dohme,  Professor  J.  P.  Remington,  Mr. 
S.  A.  D.  Sheppard  and  Dr.  H.  M.  Whelpley  present. 
Progress  was  report  n  a  Spanish  translation  of  the  Pharmacopoeia,  but  no 
date  was  set  for  ite  nee. 
The  by-laws  pro  t  "the  Committee  of  Revision  shall  receive  such 
nominal  compensatio  4heir  services  as  the  board  of  trustees  shall  direct." 
At  a  previous  meeting,  L  .board  had  voted  the  sum  of  $200  for  each  member 
of  the  committee  of  rev  iion.  The  board  decided  that  certain  members  of  the 
committee,  having  perfo  m?d  exceptional  services  in  connection  with  the  work 
of  revision,  should  receive  additional  payments  of  honoraria,  the  list  being  as 
follows:  Charles  Caspari,  Jr.,  V.  Coblentz,  C.  Lewis  Diehl,  Alfred  R.  L. 
Dohme,  Walter  S.  Haines,  C.  S.  N.  Hallberg,  Henry  Kraemer,  Edward 
Kremers,  A.  B.  Lyons,  H.  H.  Rusby,  Samuel  P.  Sadtler,  W.  L.  Scoville,  E.  H. 
Squibb  and  A.  B.  Stevens.  The  by-laws  provide  that  the  members  of  the  board 
of  trustees  shall  not  receive  compensation  for  their  services. 
