498  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.    { A"toctoberSrm' 
to  percolate  through  it  to  measure  about  750  c.c.  In  this  percolate 
the  atropine  sulphate  and  the  bromides  of  potassium,  sodium  and 
ammonium  are  dissolved.  The  resulting  solution  is.  then  allowed 
to  percolate  through  the  sugar,  previously  placed  in  a  glass  perco- 
lator, and  sufficient  additional  percolate  from  the  thyme  mixture  is 
subsequently  added  to  make  the  total  quantity  ot  the  resulting 
preparation  1,000  c.c. 
"  Practical  Suggestions  Based  upon  Long  Experience."  By  G.  G. 
C.  Simms.  The  author  called  attention  to  a  number  of  details  and 
general  principles  in  the  practice  of  pharmacy  which  are  frequently 
not  properly  observed. 
"  Echoes  from  the  Compounding  Laboratory,  or  Side-lights  on 
Some  Galenicals."  By  Frank  E.  Fisk.  Quick  methods  were  given 
for  the  preparation  of  tinctura  opii  camphorata,  spiritus  ammonise 
aromaticus,  liquor  ammonii  acetatis,  syrupus  tolutanus. 
"  Solution  of  Peptonate  of  Iron  and  Manganese."  By  H.  A.  B. 
Dunning. 
"  Pharmacy  of  To-day."    By  E.  G.  Eberle. 
"  A  Few  Defects  of  Our  New  Pharmacopoeia."  By  A.  A.  Klein- 
schmidt. 
«  Medicated  Wines  of  the  U.  S.  P.,"  by  M.  I.  Wilbert,  in  which 
the  retention  of  wines  of  potent  drugs  in  the  Pharmacopoeia  and  the 
directions  for  making  the  majority  of  medicinal  wines  by  dilution  of 
fluid  extracts  are  criticised. 
A  paper  suggesting  a  method  of  calling  the  attention  of  physi- 
cians to  the  important  changes  of  the  U.S. P.,  eighth  decennial  re- 
vision, by  George  M.  Beringer. 
"  Soap  Solutions  of  Cresol."    By  C.  S.  N.  Hallberg. 
"Twenty  Prescriptions."    By  Wm.  F.  Kaemmerer. 
«  My  Vade  Mecum."  By  T.  D.  McElhenie.  After  describing  a 
closet  for  the  storing  of  small  articles,  the  author  suggested  the 
burning  of  waste  paper,  excelsior,  hay,  etc.,  by  means  of  an  old- 
fashioned  confectioner's  stove,  instead  of  gas,  as  more  economical. 
"  How  to  Keep  Flaxseed  Free  from  Bugs."  By  Wm.  Mittelbach. 
The  method  proposed  consists  in  placing  a  loosely-corked  vial  of 
chloroform  in  the  bottom  of  the  container. 
"  How  to  Keep  Packages  from  being  Oil-stained  and  Soiled."  By 
the  same  author.  An  inside  thin  waxed  wrapping  paper  was  the 
remedy  suggested. 
