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Pharmaceutical  Meetings. 
Am.  .lour.  Pharni. 
July,  1906. 
makes  syrup  for  soda  water  by  percolation  and  that  the  yield  is  5 
gallons  in  24  hours.  Mr.  Wilbert  said  that  he  uses  a  pad  of  cotton 
which  is  drawn  down  through  the  neck  of  the  percolator  and  some 
distance  below  the  mouth,  thus  setting  up  capillary  attraction,  and 
thereby  hastening  the  operation. 
Prof.  Henry  Kraemer  exhibited  25  samples  of  crude  drugs  derived 
from  plants  grown  by  the  U.  S.  Department  of  Agriculture.  He 
said  that  the  College  has  a  complete  set  of  the  vegetable  drugs 
thus  far  produced  by  the  Department  and  remarked  that  these  speci- 
mens are  not  only  useful  as  type  specimens,  but  that  in  time  to  come 
they  will  have  a  historical  value. 
Professor  Kraemer,  Philadelphia  member  of  the  Committee  on 
Procter  Monument  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association, 
called  attention  to  the  circular  letter  (see  page  285)  which  has  been 
issued  by  the  association  bearing  on  this  subject,  and  referred  briefly 
to  the  inception  of  the  movement  to  thus  honor  Professor  Procter. 
He  stated  that  the  Committee  are  now  inaugurating  an  active  cam- 
paign for  the  collection  of  funds,  and  said  that  he  was  ready  to 
receive  subscriptions  to  the  monument  fund.  Professor  Kraemer 
said  the  amount  which  the  committee  desires  to  collect  is  $25,000 
and  that  he  had  no  doubt  this  sum  would  be  raised. 
Mr.  Wilbert  said  that  the  subject  was  an  opportune  one.  He 
said  that  it  was  here  in  Philadelphia  where  Procter  labored  morning, 
noon  and  night,  and  that  Philadelphia  druggists  should  seize  this 
opportunity  of  honoring  his  memory,  for  in  honoring  him  they 
would  not  only  be  honoring  themselves,  but  would  help  in  showing 
to  future  generations  what  pharmacy  has  been. 
Several  subscriptions  were  received  at  the  close  of  the  meeting. 
Florence  Yaple, 
Secretary  pro  tern. 
