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j  Am.  Jonr.  Pharm. 
(.  September,  1901. 
"Alcohol  Deodoratum."  By  P.  B.  Hommell.  The  author  concludes  that 
deodorized  alcohol  should  replace  alcohol  in  the  preparation  of  elixirs,  essences 
and  tinctures. 
"  Collinsonia  Canadensis."  By  H.  J.  Dohmann.  The  author  has  isolated  an 
alkaloid  to  which  he  attributes  the  diuretic  action  of  the  drug,  the  resin  being 
irritant. 
"  Condurango."  P.  E.  Hommell.  The  author  says  that  preparations  from 
good,  well-preserved  specimens  would  form  valuable  alteratives,  if  one  or  more 
of  the  recognized  mineral  alteratives  were  also  added. 
"  Liquor  Ammouii  Anisatus."  G.  W.  Parisen  gives  the  formulae  of  the  German 
and  Danish  Pharmacopoeias.  G.  E.  Thurman  proposes  the  formula  :  Oleum 
anisi,  3  parts  ;  aqua  ammoniae,  15  parts  ;  alcohol,  q.  s.  to  make  100  parts. 
"Liniments,  Ointments  and  Plasters."  G.  W.  Parisen  has  observed  in  an 
examination  of  4,000  prescriptions  that  there  were  thirty-eig"ht  liniments,  fifty- 
six  ointments,  but  no  plasters  prescribed. 
"The  Education  of  Apprentices"  was  answered  by  C.  J.  Schudde,  who  said 
that  the  pharmacist  should  take  as  an  apprentice  a  boy  with  sufficient  know- 
ledge of  reading,  writing  and  arithmetic,  and  make  a  business  man  as  well  as  a 
pharmacist  of  him. 
"  Hospital  Dispensaries."  C.  H.  Landell  asserts  that  "  four  out  of  every  ten 
dispensary  patients  can  afford  to  pay  for  their  medicines,  and  to  give  such  per- 
sons free  medicine  is  no  charity  in  the  least." 
The  following  officers  were  elected  for  1901-1902  :  President  , 
James  Foulke  ;  First  Vice-President,  Hermann  J.  Lohmann  ;  Second 
Vice-President,  George  S.  Campbell;  Secretary,  Frank  C.  Stutzlein  ; 
Treasurer,  James  C.  Field.  The  next  meeting  will  be  held  at 
Atlantic  City. 
NEW  YORK  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION.1 
The  twenty-third  annual  meeting  was  held  in  Buffalo,  June  4-8, 
1901.  The  President,  Felix  Hirseman,  in  his  address,  dwelt  upon 
the  accomplishments  of  the  N.A.R.D.  and  upon  the  passage  of  the 
new  pharmacy  law.  The  report  of  the  Secretary,  J.  B.  Todd,  showed 
the  Association  to  be  in  healthy  condition.  The  Treasurer,  T.  W. 
Dalton,  reported  a  creditable  balance.  The  following  papers  were 
presented  : 
"The  Lloyd  Reaction  for  Morphine."  By  Joseph  Mayer.  (See  this  Jour- 
nal, p.  353). 
"  Synthetic  Remedies  as  Poisons."    By  Edward  Klein. 
"  The  Habitat  of  Drugs."    By  Walter  Bryan  (See  Pharm.  Era,  p.  670). 
"  Shop  Notes  and  Dispensing  Hints."    By  W.  A.  Dawson. 
1  Amer.  Drug,  and  Pharm.  Record,  p.  327  ;  Pharm.  Era,  p.  651. 
