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was  given  in  the  Report  on  the  Revision  of  the  U.S. P.  at  the  1898 
meeting.1  This  covers'it  all,  and  I  have  had  no  reason  to  change 
my  mind.  It  would  certainly  be  of  great  value  to  all  interested 
branches  if  such  a  thing  could  be  brought  about.  And  possibly, 
if  sufficient  funds  could  be  had  to  establish  such  a  laboratory, 
means  could  be  obtained  by  a  system  of  charges,  fees  and  published 
information  to  those  who  contributed  to  its  establishment  to  main- 
tain it. 
The  establishment  of  such  a  laboratory  would  go  far  in  placing 
pharmacy  on  the  road  to  that  higher  plane  we  are  striving  for. 
It  would  seem  to  me  that  by  a  united  effort  on  part  of  the 
A.Ph.A.,  sufficient  pressure  could  be  brought  to  bear  on  Congress 
to  aid  in  its  establishment. 
South  Bend,  Ind.  Leo  Eliel. 
Dear  Sir  : — Absence  must  be  my  excuse  for  not  promptly  an- 
swering yours  of  the  4th,  respecting  the  establishment  by  the 
A.Ph.A.,  of  a  research  laboratory  as  a  memorial  to  the  late  Professor 
Procter. 
To  properly  equip,  build  and  endow  such  an  institution  would,  in 
my  judgment,  require  about  two  hundred  thousand  dollars  ($200,000) 
— say  building  and  ground,  $25,000,  apparatus  and  furniture,  in- 
cluding books,  $5,coo,  leaving  $170,000  to  be  invested  at  3  per 
cent.,  yielding  an  annual  income  of  $5,100.  I  do  not  believe  any- 
thing approaching  this  sum  can  be  obtained. 
1  In  the  Report  of  the  Committee  on  Revision  of  the  U.S. P.  of  the  A.Ph.A  , 
it  is  stated  that  : 
"Your  Committee  further  recommends  the  establishment  of  a  scientific 
laboratory,  employing  chemists  and  pharmacologists  by  the  year,  to  carry  on 
investigations  on  the  lines  indicated  by  the  National  Committee.  Such  a 
laboratory  would  be  of  great  benefit  to  the  pharmacists  and  physicians  of  this 
country,  as  well  as  a  great  credit. 
"  It  is  the  opinion  of  this  Committee  that  a  laboratory  with  all  the  modern 
equipments  on  a  fairly  large  scale  should  be  established  at  Washington,  where 
the  assistance  of  the  Government  chemists,  library  and  facilities  could  be 
had  ;  such  laboratory  to  have  facilities  for  the  working  of  four  or  more  chem- 
ists under  the  guidance  of  one  of  them  as  director,  and  for  the  working  of  one 
pharmacologist,  who  should  have  a  separate  but  adjoining  room  to  the  chemi- 
cal laboratory,  and  work  conjointly  with  them  under  the  guidance  of  the  gen- 
eral director.  If  the  Revision  Committee  has  not  sufficient  money  at  its  dis- 
posal and  cannot  obtain  it,  no  doubt  the  pharmacists  and  manufacturing 
establishments  of  the  country  will  make  up  the  deficiency." — [See  Proc. 
A.Ph.A.,  1898,  p.  225.— Ed.] 
