4Q2  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,    { A™ctoblra9o£m* 
Cedar  Leaf  Oil. 
By  F.  W.  Brandel. 
Artemisia  Oil. 
By  Edward  Kremers. 
Eucalyptus  Oil. 
By  Edward  Kremers. 
The  special  discussion  that  had  been  arranged  for  on  "  The  Assay 
Methods  of  the  U.  S.  P."  was,  on  motion,  extended  to  include  that 
portion  of  the  report  of  the  committee  on  the  revision  of  the  United 
States  Pharmacopoeia  which  related  more  specifically  to  the  assay 
processes. 
This  report  was  read  by  Dr.  Lyons  and  the  subsequent  discussion 
was  participated  in  by  a  number  of  the  members  present. 
A  motion  was  offered  suggesting  that  the  American  Pharmaceuti- 
cal Association  request  that  the  Committee  on  Revision  issue  a 
supplement  to  the  Pharmacopoeia  of  the  United  States  VIII,  con- 
taining such  changes  in  assay  processes  as  are  deemed  important. 
This  motion  was  subsequently  amended  and  the  Secretary  of  the 
Section  was  instructed  to  transmit  to  the  Chairman  of  the  Commit- 
tee on  Revision,  a  synopsis  of  the  suggestions  for  corrections  and 
changes  that  may  be  offered  by  members  of  the  section. 
After  some  additional,  rather  informal,  discussion  on  the  official 
assay  processes  for  essential  oil,  the  section  adjourned. 
The  officers  for  the  ensuing  year  are  :  Chairman,  Reid  Hunt ;  and 
Secretary,  Virgil  Coblentz. 
SECTION  ON  PRACTICAL  PHARMACY  AND  DISPENSING. 
Wm.  C.  Ai<pers,  Chairman.  H.  A.  B.  Dunning,  Secretary. 
The  first  meeting  of  the  Section  on  Practical  Pharmacy  and  Dis- 
pensing was  held  on  the  evening  of  Thursday,  September  6,  1906, 
at  8  o'clock. 
The  address  by  the  chairman  consisted  of  a  study  of  conditions 
in  foreign  countries,  based  on  communications  received  from  United 
States  Consular  agents,  through  the  Secretary  of  State,  Mr.  Elihu 
Root. 
The  replies  emanated  from  all  parts  of  the  world  and  are  a  fair 
indication  of  the  practices,  advantages  as  well  as  the  disadvantages 
of  pharmacists  in  the  several  countries  from  which  replies  were 
received. 
