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Mix  this  with  the  reserve  and  dissolve  the  pyroxylin  and  camphor 
in  the  mixture.  Finally  add  sufficient  acetone  to  make  the  volume 
100  c.c.  If  not  entirely  clear  set  it  aside  in  a  cool  place  until  it 
becomes  clear  by  settling,  and  then  decant. 
This  product  is  a  clear,  green-colored  liquid,  and  possesses  strong 
vesicant  action.  The  camphor  present  is  not  objectionable,  and  its 
mildly  stimulating  effect  is  rather  an  aid  to  the  action  of  the 
cantharides. 
STYPTIC  COLLODION. 
The  official  formula  for  styptic  collodion  does  not  as  a  rule  yield 
a  clear  solution  of  the  tannic  acid  promptly. 
Experiments  with  the  acetone  have  not  been  satisfactory,  a  diffi- 
culty presenting  itself  which  had  not  been  anticipated  or  yet  satis- 
factorily solved.  While  tannic  acid  is  readily  soluble  in  acetone  to 
theextent  officially  directed  (20  grams  in  100  c.c),  yet  when  pyroxylin 
is  added  to  the  solution  there  is  formed  a  coagulum  which  consists 
of  most  of  the  cotton  associated  with  tannic  acid.  The  experi- 
ments seem  to  indicate  that  acetone  is  not  suited  for  the  preparation 
of  styptic  collodion. 
Samples  of  the  acetone  collodions  produced  by  these  formulas  are 
presented  and  also  samples  of  acetone  collodions  medicated  with 
iodine  and  iodoform  to  the  extent  of  5  per  cent. 
EDUCATION  AND  LEGISLATION  IN  PHARMACY.1 
By  Oscar  Oi^dberg. 
A  year  ago  you  summoned  me  to  perform  the  duties  of  chairman 
of  this  Section.  These  duties,  as  I  understand  them,  consist  chiefly 
in  the  presentation  of  facts  and  conditions  which  more  than  others 
seem  to  require  our  attention.  I  have  endeavored  to  prepare  myself 
for  this  task  by  studying  as  well  as  I  could  the  most  obvious  present 
conditions  and  needs  of  our  profession,  the  laws  under  which  we 
practice  it,  the  manner  in, which  these  laws  are  enforced,  our  stand- 
ards of  education,  and  the  means  by  which  the  necessary  training 
for  the  practice  of  pharmacy  may  be  secured.    It  has  been  a  diffi- 
1  Abstract  of  address  of  the  chairman  of  the  Section  on  Education  and  Legis- 
lation of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  September,  1906.  The 
portion  on  Pharmacy  Laws  will  appear  in  a  later  issue. 
