Pharmacen  tic  a  I  Meeting. 
(  Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
I    February,  1901. 
page  66).  The  value  of  this  paper  is  evidenced  by  the  fact,  as  stated 
by  the  speaker,  that  the  methods  outlined  by  him  have  been  practi- 
cally applied  in  securing  pharmaceutical  legislation  in  Ohio.  The 
paper  is  one  which  is  deserving  the  reading  of  every  pharmacist  of  the 
United  States,  as  it  shows  the  value  of  individual  effort,  in  a  most 
forcible  manner,  in  securing  beneficial  legislation,  In  commenting 
upon  the  paper,  Mr.  Kline  said  that  he  heartily  endorsed  what  had 
been  said  by  Professor  Beal  and  that  he  was  convinced  that  no  one 
could  gather  together  more  common  sense  concerning  the  manner 
of  securing  pharmaceutical  legislation  than  was  done  by  the  speaker. 
Mr.  Cliffe  likewise  said  that  he  had  never  heard  a  more  succinct 
statement  of  the  methods  to  be  employed  for  securing  desirable 
legislation  than  was  brought  out  in  the  paper  by  Professor  Beal. 
He  said  that  he  had  known  the  motion  to  refer  a  bill  to  a  committee 
for  amendment  to  be  useful  in  defeating  a  bad  bill,  as  well  as  being 
an  epitaph  for  a  good  bill,  as  brought  out  by  Professor  Beal.  Mr. 
Cliffe  referred  to  the  proposed  pharmacy  law  for  the  State  of  Penn- 
sylvania and  said  that  it  differed  from  the  old  one  in  certain 
respects,  in  that  it  (a)  required  all  stores  to  have  a  license  which 
must  be  renewed  annually  ;  (b)  the  registration  of  apprentices  at  a 
nominal  fee,  which  would  serve  to  establish  their  identity  ;  {c)  regis- 
tration in  two  grades  ;  (d)  an  improvement  in  the  clause  relating  to 
poisons.  Mr.  Cliffe  further  suggested  to  those  present  that  they 
speak  of  this  meeting  to  proprietors  and  others  in  their  respective 
neighborhoods,  urging  them  to  support  the  proposed  law.  Professor 
Remington  commended  very  highly  Professor  Beal's  labors  for  secur- 
ing desirable  legislation  and  said  that  he  was  glad  that  the  paper 
was  so  unanimously  endorsed  by  the  meeting.  A  special  vote  of 
thanks  was  given  Professor  Beal  for  his  valuable  paper  and  for  the 
efforts  hj  had  made  in  coming  so  far  to  present  it  at  this  meeting. 
An  exceptionally  valuable  paper  and  one  having  special  interest 
at  this  time,  on  account  of  the  revision  of  the  U.S. P.,  on  "  The 
Chemistry  of  Ipecacuanha,"  by  Dr.  B.  H.  Paul  and  A.  J.  Cownley, 
London,  was  presented  on  behalf  of  the  authors  by  Professor 
Kraemer  (see  page  57). 
Mr.  M.  I.  Wilbert  gave  very  interesting  papers  on  "  The  Use  of 
X-Rays  in  Detecting  the  Adulterations  in  Drugs  "  and  "  The  Produc- 
tion of  Nitric  Acid  from  Atmospheric  Nitrogen,"  both  of  which  he 
demonstrated  by  means  of  electrical  apparatus  supplied  by  Messrs. 
