660     Detection  of  Cocaine,  Heroine  and  Veronal.  {A^ctJXr  pIpaIr9m' 
sion,  it  was  voted  that  the  Executive  Committee  send  copies  of  this 
paper  to  the  administrative  heads  of  all  colleges  of  pharmacy  with 
the  request  that  steps  be  taken  to  secure  additional  funds  so  that  the 
salaries  paid  to  teachers  in  the  pharmacy  school  can  be  materially 
increased. 
W.  H.  Ziegler  of  South  Carolina  presented  a  paper  on  the  teach- 
ing of  pharmacodynamics  and  related  subjects  in  pharmacy  schools, 
which  was  thoroughly  discussed  by  many  of  the  delegates  present. 
It  was  voted  to  appoint  a  representative  for  the  Conference  on 
the  newly  organized  pharmaceutical  publicity  committee,  represent- 
ing all  the  interests  allied  with  pharmacy  and  to  pay  its  share  of  the 
expenses  of  this  Committee. 
It  was  voted  to  accept  the  invitation  for  the  Conference  to  be 
represented  in  the  National  Drug  Trade  Conference. 
The  following  officers  were  elected  for  the  ensuing  year: 
President :  Wortley  F.  Rudd  of  Richmond,  Va. 
Vice-President:  Julius  A.  Koch  of  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 
Secretary-Treasurer :  Theodore  J.  Bradley  of  Boston,  Mass. 
Chairman  of  the  Executive  Committee :  Henry  Kraemer  of  Ann 
Arbor,  Mich. 
Members  of  the  Executive  Committee :  Charles  B.  Jordan  of  Lafay- 
ette, Ind.,  Julius  W.  Sturmer  of  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  Rufus  A. 
Lyman  of  Lincoln,  Neb. 
Member  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Syllabus  Committee,  E.  Fullerton 
Cook  of  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
THE  DETECTION  AND  ESTIMATION  OF  COCAINE, 
HEROINE,  AND  VERONAL  IN  VISCERA.1 
By  P.  A.  Ellis  Richards,  F.I.C. 
The  viscera  usually  examined  in  cases  of  suspected  narcotic 
poisoning  are  the  liver,  spleen,  kidney,  brain,  stomach,  and  intestines, 
together  with  the  contents  of  the  last  two,  the  urine,  and,  occasion- 
ally, the  blood.  In  cases  where  a  portion  only  of  any  organ,  such 
as  the  liver,  is  submitted,  the  total  weight  of  the  latter  should  be 
ascertained  from  the  pathologist  carrying  out  the  post-mortem  ex- 
amination, in  order  that  in  the  event  of  a  poison  being  found  the 
1  Reprinted  from  The  Analyst,  June,  1919. 
