38'o  Sixty-fourth  Annual  Session  A.  M.  AssoAAm^^^m- 
We  are  desirous  of  having  at  all  times  on  hand  a  clear,  saturated 
solution  of  camphor  in  distilled  water  and  we  obtain  it  by  apply- 
ing the  pharmacopceial  method  for  making  chloroform  water  to 
the  preparation  of  our  camphor  water.    To  put  it  concretely: 
Camphor  (in  small  pieces)   8.0  grams. 
Distilled  water   ad  iooo.o  c.c. 
We  make  four  litres  at  a  time.  When  our  dispensing  bottle 
needs  replenishing  we  simply  fill  it  from  the  stock  bottle,  first  tying 
a  piece  of  sterile  gauze  over  the  mouth  of  the  stock  container  to 
prevent  the  camphor  from  going  over.  This  water  remains  clear 
indefinitely. 
That  camphor  water  made  by  this  method  contains  at  all  times 
camphor  to  the  point  of  saturation  can  readily  be  determined  by 
mixing  an  equal  part  of  it  with  a  50  per  cent,  solution  of  magnesium 
sulphate  when  a  rather  copious  precipitate  of  camphor  makes  its 
appearance. 
THE  SIXTY-FOURTH  ANNUAL  SESSION  OF  THE 
AMERICAN  MEDICAL  ASSOCIATION. 
The  meeting  of  the  American  Medical  Association  for  191 3  held 
in  the  city  of  Minneapolis,  June  17,  18,  19  and  20,  was  more  suc- 
cessful and  much  better  attended  than  had  been  anticipated,  either 
by  the  officers  of  the  Association  or  by  the  members  of  the  several 
local  committees.  The  registration  of  members  aggregated  3200 
and  this,  with  the  rather  novel  arrangement  of  having  all  of  the 
meetings  held  on  the  University  campus,  insured  a  liberal  attend- 
ance at  all  of  the  sessions  of  the  fifteen  sections  of  the  Association. 
The  programme  of  the  scientific  work  of  the  several  sections 
was  well  up  to  the  high  standard  previously  established,  and  the 
list  of  papers  with  abstracts  required  a  book  of  168  pages  to  present. 
As  had  been  foreshadowed  by  the  interest  previously  evidenced, 
the  subject  of  medical  education  was  freely  discussed,  both  in  and 
out  of  meetings.  The  report  of  the  Council  on  Medical  Education 
presented  a  rather  comprehensive  survey  of  the  work  of  the  Council 
during  recent  years  and  called  particular  attention  to  the  fact  that 
from  a  total  of  166  medical  schools  in  the  Lnited  States  in  1904, 
the  total  number  has  been  reduced  to  about  no  at  the  end  of  the 
present  college  session,  despite  the  fact  that  several  state  univer- 
