506  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  {A™'ciober,Pi9oirm' 
longed  discussion  on  "  Increasing  the  Prescription  Work."  The 
author  stated  that  he  has  prepared  a  line  of  galenicals  and  with  these 
and  a  number  of  selected  drugs  he  calls  upon  the  physicians  and 
makes  them  aware  of  his  facilities  and  ability  to  compound  prescrip- 
tions and  do  professional  pharmaceutical  work.  William  C.  Ander- 
son pointed  out  that  this  paper  indicated  the  advantage  of  the 
individual  retail  pharmacist  in  approaching  the  physician.  J  N. 
Hurty  stated  that  it  was  science  that  exalts  pharmacy,  and  the  people 
as  well  as  physicians  should  appreciate  that  you  cannot  get  such 
perfect  medicines  as  from  pharmacists.  J.  L.  Lemberger  commended 
the  plan  in  larger  towns  but  said  that  in  smaller  towns  where  the 
physicians  were  personally  known  to  the  pharmacist  it  was  not 
so  practicable. 
Henry  F.  Hassebrook  read  a  paper  on  "  Elixir  Potassii  Bromidi, 
N.F.,"  in  which  he  advised  the  return  to  the  use  of  elixir  adjuvans, 
N.F.,  instead  of  the  aromatic  elixir  of  the  U.S.P.  This  gave  rise  to 
a  discussion  on  the  subject  of  changes  in  the  formulae  in  the  National 
Formulary.  F.  S.  Hereth  said  that  nothing  will  hurt  the  use  of  a 
good  preparation  so  much  as  changing  the  formula  and  that  care 
should  be  exercised  in  making  changes  unless  essential.  Caswell 
A.  Mayo  finally  moved  that  the  Committee  on  N.F.  be  requested  to 
make  no  changes  in  colors  or  flavors  of  the  preparations  contained 
therein. 
E.  A.  Sennewald  read  a  paper  on  "  Keeping  Records  of  Prescrip- 
tions "  and  F.  W.  E.  Stedem  read  a  paper  in  which  he  called  atten- 
tion to  some  of  the  "  Side  Lines  "  that  might  engage  the  attention 
of  the  pharmacist. 
Joseph  W.  England  gave  an  "  Improved  Formula  for  Aromatic 
Spirit  of  Ammonia,"  as  follows : 
Ammonium  carbonate  (in  translucent  pieces),  500  grains  ;  ammonia  water, 
2  fl.  oz  and  7  fl.  dr.  ;  oil  of  lemon,  2%  A.  dr.  ;  oil  of  lavender  flower,  15  min.  ; 
oil  of  nutmeg;  15  min.  ;  oil  of  peppermint,  45  min.  ;  alcohol,  i}4  pints  ;  water, 
q.  s.  to  make  2  pints,  To  the  ammonia  water  add  4^  fl.  oz.  of  distilled  water 
and  in  this  mixture  dissolve  the  ammonium  carbonate  reduced  to  a  moderately 
fine  powder.  To  the  alcohol  add  the  oils,  then  gradually  the  solution  of  am- 
monium carbonate.  Allow  the  liquid  to  stand  24  hours  in  a  cool  place  ;  filter, 
using  a  well  covered  funnel ;  keep  the  product  in  glass  stoppered  bottles  in  a 
cool  place. 
To  this  spirit  oil  of  peppermint  may  be  added  and  employed  to  replace 
"  soda-mint."  It  may  also  be  added  to  the  effervescing  draught  of  a  "  seidlitz 
powder." 
