496  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  {AloGtobei-,Pi906*m' 
The  Pharmacist's  Birth-right. 
By  Louis  Schulze. 
Commercial  Possibilities  of  Local  Branches. 
By  M.  I.  Wilbert. 
Machine-made  vs.  Hand  made  Soluble  Elastic  Capsules. 
By  A.  M.  Hance. 
Commercial  Ethics;  True  Success  in  Pharmacy. 
By  George  C.  Bartells. 
The  officers  for  the  ensuing  year  are:  Chairman,  H.  D.  Knisely ; 
Secretary,  Charles  H.  Avery ;  Associates,  W.  C.  Powell,  Charlotte 
E.  Stinson,  J.  R.  Francis. 
SECTION  ON  HISTORICAL  PHARMACY. 
John  F.  Hancock,  Chairman.  C.  S.  N.  Hau,bERG,  Secretary, 
Edw.  Kremers,  Historian. 
The  first  session  of  this  section  was  called  to  order  on  the  morning 
of  September  7,  1906,  by  John  F.  Hancock,  the  chairman. 
The  address  of  the  chairman  contained  several  suggestions  for 
the  future  conduct  of  the  section  that  were  referred  to  the  officers 
for  the  ensuing  year. 
The  annual  report  of  the  historian  contained  a  detailed  account  of 
what  had  been  accomplished  during  the  past  year  and  recommended 
that  the  exhibition  in  connection  with  the  meetings  of  the  American 
Medical  Association,  which  had  been  inaugurated  in  connection 
with  the  meeting  of  the  American  Medical  Association  in  Boston, 
during  the  past  Summer,  be  continued. 
Original  Papers. 
Among  the  contributions  presented  were  : — 
An  Early  Forerunner  of  the  National  Formulary. 
By  M.  I.  Wilbert. 
A  Collection  of  Interesting  Historical  Material,  including 
a  Prescription  Book  used  in  Raleigh,  N.  C, 
during  the  Civil  War. 
By  E.  V.  Howell. 
The  prescription  book  constitutes  an  interesting  reminder  of  con- 
ditions and  practices  during  the  Civil  War.    The  prevailing  prices 
for  prescriptions  being  from  two  to  ten  dollars,  the  latter  being  the 
price  asked  for  1 2  pills  containing  24  grains  of  quinine  sulphate. 
