464  Pharmaceutical  Associations.         { \nepti mbe?^™' 
this  one  is  that  gross  fraud  was  intended.  One  sample  purchased  as  tincture 
of  iodine  turned  out  to  be  fluid  extract  of  wild  cherry  bark,  an  inexcusable 
blunder  on  the  part  of  the  seller. 
"  Assays  of  thirty  samples  of  tincture  of  opium  were  contained  in  the  same 
report.  The  pharmacopceial  standard  for  this  requires  1  '3  to  1*5  per  cent,  of 
morphine.  The  samples  submitted  showed  a  variation  in  strength  ranging 
from  0  35  to  i'6,  the  lowest  being  one-quarter  the  U.S. P.  strength  and  the 
highest  slightly  above  it.  Of  the  thirty  samples,  only  six  were  up  to  the  mini- 
mum standard  of  the  Pharmacopoeia,  and  but  one  sample  slightly  exceeded 
the  maximum.  The  average  strength  of  the  thirty  samples  was  1*05,  but  this 
average  was  largely  produced  by  eight  specimens,  which  were  below  one-half 
U.S. P.  strength. 
''That  so  important  a  preparation  as  tincture  of  opium  should  be  sold  of 
such  inferior  quality  is  a  scandal  to  our  profession  and  a  gross  injustice  and 
menace  to  the  public." 
NORTH  CAROLINA  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION.1 
The  twenty-second  annual  meeting  was  held  at  Winston-Salem, 
on  June  1 8th.  The  President,  R.  H.  Jordan,  in  his  address  made  a 
special  plea  for  efforts  to  increase  the  membership.  At  the  organi- 
zation of  the  Association  in  1880  its  membership  roll  was  112,  to. 
day  147,  showing  that  the  increase  is  only  32  per  cent,  lor  the 
twenty-one  years,  or  about  one  and  two-third  members  annually. 
While  it  is  understood  that  death  and  retirement  from  business  were 
factors  that  reduced  the  percentage  largely,  the  increase  is  inexcu- 
sably small  as  compared  with  the  enrollment  of  registered  pharma- 
cists, which  at  the  same  time  was  282,  and  to-day  530,  nearly 
double.  He  also  called  attention  to  the  gradual  decline  of  interest 
in  scientific  and  practical  papers  and  discussion,  a  condition  which 
is  deplored  by  the  leaders  in  other  pharmaceutical  associations,  both 
State  and  local,  besides  the  North  Carolina  body. 
The  following  officers  were  elected  :  President,  E.  W.  O'Hanlon : 
Vice  Presidents,  Henry  T.  Hicks,  W.  A.  Leslie,  G.  K.Grantham, 
Secretary,  A.  J.  Cook,  Fayetteville  ;  Executive  Committee,  B.  B. 
Owens,  G.  R.  Wooten,  J.  M.  Scott,  W.  H.  Macnair ;  Local  Secre- 
tary, C.  G.  Branhan,  New  Bern. 
OHIO  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION. 
The  twenty-third  annual  meeting  was  held  at  Dayton,  O.,  July 
16th. 
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