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Progress  in  Pharmacy. 
( Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
I  September,  1905. 
contended  that  the  best  way  to  combat,  and  ultimately  to  eliminate, 
the  present  abuses  in  this  connection  was  by  publicity.  Dr.  Billings, 
it  appears,  is  in  favor  of  holding  special  society  meetings  to  consider 
the  evils  of  prescribing  remedies  of  unknown  composition  and  also 
believes  that  the  utmost  publicity  should  be  given  these  proceed- 
ings, in  order  to  educate  the  profession  to  a  due  realization  of  the 
dangers  that  are  involved.  The  paper  was  discussed  by  Drs.  Musser, 
Moore,  Walsh,  Stengel  and  others. 
At  the  close  of  the  discussion  Dr.  Alfred  Stengel,  of  Philadelphia, 
presented  a  set  of  resolutions  calling  attention  to  the  prevailing 
abuses  in  connection  with  secret  or  semi-secret  nostrums  and  en- 
dorsing the  action  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Association  in 
creating  the  Council  on  Pharmacy  and  Chemistry. 
In  the  House  of  Delegates  the  action  of  the  Board  of  Trustees 
in  relation  to  the  Council  on  Pharmacy  and  Chemistry  was  com- 
mended and  the  work  that  the  Council  itself  has  done  was  endorsed. 
(your.  Am.  Med.  Assoc.,  July  2 2d,  page  276.) 
Acetanilid  Mixtures.— -The  Council  on  Pharmacy  and  Chemistry  of 
the  American  Medical  Association,  through  its  sub-committee  on 
chemistry,  has  published  an  official  report  on  acetanilid  mixtures. 
{Jour.  Am.  Med.  Assoc.,  June  3d,  page  1790.) 
The  direct  object  in  making  the  investigation  was  to  ascertain  the 
percentage  proportion  of  acetanilid  contained  in  each  of  the  several 
preparations  examined.  Diluents  and  other  constituents  than  those 
mentioned  in  the  report  were  not  determined.  The  substances  re- 
ported on,  and  their  percentage  content  of  the  substances  mentioned, 
were : 
Ammonal. — Acetanilid,  50;  sodium  bicarbonate,  25  ;  ammonium 
carbonate,  20. 
Antikamnia. — Acetanilid,  68  ;  caffeine,  5  ;  citric  acid,  5  ;  sodium 
bicarbonate,  20. 
PJienalgin. — Acetanilid,  57  ;  sodium  bicarbonate,  29  ;  ammonium 
carbonate,  10. 
Salacetin. — Acetanilid,  43;  sodium  bicarbonate,  21;  sodium  sali- 
cylate, 20. 
Kohlefs  Headache  Powder. — Acetanilid,  76;  caffeine,  22. 
Orangeine. — Acetanilid,  43  ;  sodium  bicarbonate,  18;  caffeine,  10. 
That  manufacturers  of  these  compounds  may,  and  actually  do, 
vary  the  composition  of  these  several  mixtures  was  also  evidenced 
