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Editorial, — Obituary, 
i  Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
I      Man,  1880. 
Referring  to  his  paper  on  the  use  of  tincture  of  quillaia  for  the  same  purpose  (see 
this  journal,  Jan  ,  p.  41),  the  author  reviewed  the  literature  of  senegin  or  polygalic 
acid,  and  stated  that  its  emulsifying  power  was  equal  to  that  of  saponin.  Using 
half  an  ounce  of  water,  5  minims  of  tincture  of  senega  will  emulsionize  of  fixed 
oils  5SS,  ol  terebinthinas  Tr^xx,  copaiba  ^^s,  oleores.  filicis  ^'1,  chloroform  TT^^x.  For 
emulsifying  resins,  tincture  of  senega  is  not  as  useful  as  acacia  or  tragacanth.  Tinct. 
tola  V(\^^o,  tinct.  senegas  TrL2o,  and  water  q.  s.  ad  51,  make  a  good  emulsion,  but 
the  quantity  of  tincture  is  large. 
Mr.  Greenish  regarded  the  introduction  of  tincture  of  senega  as  an  emulsifying 
agent  as  inadmissable.    Mr.  Gerrard  regarded  it  admissable  for  emulsifying  tar. 
At  the  next  meeting,  Prof.  Redwood  will  read  a  paper  on  dialyzed  iron  and  other 
analogous  iron  preparations. 
EDITORIAL  DEPARTMENT. 
State  Pharmceutical  Associations  We  have  repeatedly  urged  upon  our  readers, 
in  ditl'erent  sections  of  the  country,  the  importance  of  uniting  in  the  organization  of 
State  Pharmaceutical  Associations.  Many  of  the  States  bordering  on  the  Atlantic 
have  such  organizations  5  several  are  in  existence  in  the  valleys  of  the  Mississippi 
and  Ohio  ;  an  organization  has  been  effected  in  Texas,  and,  several  years  ago,  one 
was  formed  in  California.  We  are  pleased  to  be  able  to  give,  in  the  present  num- 
ber, an  account  of  the  formation  of  another  State  society,  that  of  Iowa,  which 
commences  its  existence  with  the  respectable  number  of  250  members  and  with  the 
demand  for  a  pharmacy  law.  The  Iowa  State  Pharmaceutical  Association  thus 
makes  a  proud  record  for  itself  at  the  very  start,  and  we  doubt  not  it  will  maintain 
it  in  the  future.  From  the  accounts  received  the  transactions  were  characterized  by 
an  earnestness  of  purpose,  which  deserves  and  insures  success. 
Along  the  eastern,  southern  and  northern  borders  of  the  United  States,  as  well  as 
in  the  interior,  there  are  still  a  nnmber  of  States  in  which  such  associations  have  no 
existence  5  we  trust  that  the  gathering  at  Indianapolis  last  September  will  have  sown 
the  seeds,  and  that  their  speedy  germination  will  be  stimulated  by  the  example  set 
by  the  druggists  and  pharmacists  of  Iowa. 
OBITUARY. 
Adolphus  Frederick  Haselden  died  in  London  February  4.  The  deceased 
has  rendered  valuable  service  to  pharmacy,  and  more  especially  to  the  Pharmaceu- 
tical Society  of  Great  Britain,  of  whicli  body  he  was  vicepresident  from  1869  to 
1871,  when,  on  the  resignation  of  Mr.  Sandford,  he  was  elected  president,  in  which 
capacity  he  served  until  1873.  Mr.  Haselden  joined  the  Pharmaceutical  Society  as 
an  associate  at  its  commencement,  in  1841,  and  as  a  pharmaceutical  chemist  in 
1865,  and  has  been  one  of  the  examiners,  with  the  exception  of  a  short  interval, 
from  1864  to  1877,  His  contributions  to  pharmaceutical  literature  were  character- 
ized by  being  eminently  practical  and  frequently  marked  by  brightness  and  piquancy^ 
A  number  of  his  papers  will  be  found  in  previous  volumes  of  this  journal. 
