Am.  Jour.  Pharm.  I 
February,  1&13.  J 
Eleventh  Int.  Phar.  Congress. 
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3.  The  estimation  of  the  value  of  coca-leaf. 
4.  The  importance  of  bacteriology  to  students  of  Pharmacy. 
5.  What  is  the  function  of  hydro-cyanogen  in  the  organism  of 
plants  ? 
6.  Quantitative  investigations  about  the  influence  of  poisonous 
materials  on  plants. 
7.  In  how  far  do  chemical  data  assist  the  botanist  in  systematic 
classification  of  the  different  kinds  of  plants? 
8.  What  are  the  functions  of  tannin  in  the  vegetable  organism? 
9.  The  function  of  latex  in  Hevea  Brasiliensis  and  other  plants 
producing  india-rubber. 
10.  The  occurrence  of  saponins  in  the  vegetable  kingdom. 
11.  The  physiological  measurement  of  the  value  of  Folio  digitalis, 
Semen  strophanthi,  etc. 
12.  The  influence  of  enzymes  on  the  activity  of  drugs,  during 
collection  and  drying. 
SECTION    5  :  EROMATOLOGY. 
Committee:  Prof.  Dr.  H.  P.  Wijsman,  President,  Dr.  A.  Lam, 
Vice-President,  and  Dr.  A.  van  Raalte,  Secretary. 
1st  Subsection:  Chemistry  of  Foods:  Dr.  A.  Lam,  President, 
Dr.  J.  D.  Filippo,  Dr.  H.  van  Gulik,  Dr.  G.  Romijn,  Dr.  J.  J.  van 
Eck,  Dr.  F.  H.  van  der  Laan,  Dr.  A.  J.  Swaving,  and  Dr.  G. 
Voerman. 
2nd  Subsection:  Biology  of  Foods  Prof.  Dr.  G.  van  Iterson,  Jr., 
President,  Prof.  Dr.  C.  Eykman,  Dr.  Ch.  Ali  Cohen,  Dr.  C.  W. 
Broers,  F.  F.  Bruijning,  Jr.,  and  B.  A.  van  Ketel. 
Subjects  Introduced  for  Discussion  in  the  Meeting  of  the 
Complete  Section. 
1.  Which  is  to  be  preferred:  to  make  up  lists  of  colouring  ma- 
terials and  preservatives,  the  use  of  which  is  permitted  to  the  exclu- 
sion of  all  others  ;  or  to  make  up  lists  of  prohibited  colouring  mate- 
rials and  preservatives? 
2.  The  influence  of  government  control  on  the  price  of  foods. 
3.  Quantitative  determination  of  sugar  in  jams,  etc.,  by  means 
of  chemical  and  biological  methods. 
4.  The  analysis  of  drinking-water  in  places  near  the  sea  coast 
and,  in  general,  in  places  with  a  saline  soil. 
5.  Description  of  the  ideal  "  baby-food." 
6.  The  grading  of  flour  according  to  different  methods,  for  in- 
