^'ocu!'iSi"'°'}  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  517 
•can  be  readily  obtained,  and  agreeing  with  the  view  previously  expressed,  that  its 
substitution  for  Filix  mas  should  be  recognized  by  the  Pharmacopoeia. 
Mr.  S.  L.  Coffin's  paper  on  the  exhaustion  oj  lupulin  by  aromatic  spirit  of  ammonia 
■reports  that  the  menstruum  proposed  does  not  appear  to  be  superior  to  alcohol, 
either  in  the  quality  or  therapeutic  properties  of  tke  preparation. 
In  a  communication  by  Mr.  C.  M.  Miller  on  Cologne  water,  the  adoption  by  the 
Pharmacopoeia  of  a  formula  for  such  a  preparation  was  urged,  but  no  formula  was 
proposed. 
The  final  report  of  the  Committee  on  the  Centennial  Fund  was  read  by  the  Chair 
man  and  accepted,  when  the  Association  adjourned. 
Fourth  Session,  Thursday  Afternoon,  Sept.  i6th — Vice-President  Schafer  pre- 
'sided.  The  minutes  of  the  preceding  session  were  read  and  approved.  The  amend- 
ments to  the  by-laws  relating  to  the  formation  of  the  Nominating  Committee  were 
discussed  at  length,  and  after  repeated  votings  and  ballotings  on  motions  pertaining 
thereto,  not  adopted. 
The  sixteen  applicants,  announced  before,  were  duly  elected. 
The  Auditing  Committee  reported  the  accounts  of  the  Treasurer  and  of  the 
Committee  on  the  Publication  of  the  Pharmacopoeia  report  to  be  correct. 
The  report  of  the  Committee  on  the  President's  Address,  read  at  the  third  ses- 
sion, was  considered,  and  the  Executive  Committee  (Council)  empowered  to  employ 
a  suitable  person  for  preparing  an  Index  of  the  Proceedings  for  the  last  decade. 
Resolutions  favoring  the  repeal  of  the  stamp  tax  on  med'cines,  perfumery,  etc., 
were,  after  considerable  discussion,  laid  on  the  table. 
A  paper  by  Prof.  Lloyd  on  I^ptandrin  (see  page  489)  was  read  5  it  was  accom- 
panied by  numerous  handsome  s[)ecimens  of  the  product  described. 
Dr.  Power  read  a  paper  on  the  ^volatile  oil  of  Asarum  Canadense,  giying  its 
chemical  composition,  etc.  We  hope  to  find  room  in  our  next  number  for  publish- 
ang  this  essay.    A  vote  of  thanks  was  tendered  to  the  author. 
The  Executive  Cominittee  reported  the  names  of  eight  applicants  for  member- 
^ihip,  who  were  subsequently  elected. 
The  report  of  the  committee  on  the  next  annual  meeting  was  called  up, and  after 
a  lengthy  discussion  it  was  finally  decided  to  meet  next  year  in  Kansas  City,  Mo., 
on  the  third  Tuesday  of  August.  The  date  wa^  subsrquently  reconsidered  and  the 
Fourth  Tuesday  of  August  adopted  as  the  time  of  the  next  meeting. 
Fifth  Session,  Friday  Morning,  Sept.  lyih. — After  the  reading  and  approval  of 
the  minutes  of  the  preceding  session,  Mr.  A.  G.  Vogelcr  read  a  paper  on  syrup  oj 
liquorice  root,  advocating  its  preparation  by  exhausting  eight  tr.)yoances  of  the  cut 
Toot  by  a  mixture  of  one  ounce  ammonia  water  and  48  ounces  water,  agitating  the 
percolate  with  four  drachms  of  magnesium  carbonate,  filtering,  evaporating  to  16 
iluidounces,  straining,  and  dissolving  in  the  liquid  48  troyounces  of  sugir.^ 
The  resolution  favoring  the  repeal  of  the  stamp  tax  was  taken  from  the  table  and 
then  passed  after  inserting  the  words  "  except  proprietary  medicines." 
Mr.  R.  W.  Gardner  read  a  lengthy  paper  on  Elixirs  and  their  preparation^  and 
exhibited  a  number  of  samples.  The  paper  contains  a  large  number  of  formulas 
^or  preparations  which,  in  our  opinion,  are  far  better  prescribed  by  physicians,  as 
needed,  perhaps  with  the  aid  of  one  or  two  pleasant  vehicles  that  might  be  made 
officinal,  but  under  a  more  appropriate  name  than  "  elixir." 
Mr.  Louis  Dohme  contributed  a  lengthy  paper  entitled  observations  on  some  oj 
dhe  iron  preparations,  in  which  modifications  for  certain  processes  are  proposed,  with 
the  view  ©f  attaining  greater  accuracy  in  the  results, 
A  paper  by  Mr.  Chas.  Caspari,  Jr.,  on  Pyrophosphate  of  Iron  was  read,  recom- 
mending the  substitution  of  sodium  citrate  for  ammonium  citrate  as  yielding  a 
stable  and  uniformly  soluble  compound.  Seven  fluidounces  of  solution  of  tersul- 
phate  of  iron  are  precipitated  by  2,242  grains  of  crystallized  pyrophosphate  of  iron 
at  a  temperature  of  so^'F.,  the  washed  precipitate  is  dissolved  with  the  aid  of  2  troy- 
•ounces  of  citric  acid  and  the  solution  neutralized  by  the  addition  of  720  grains,  or  a 
There  is  evidently  a  clerical  error  in  the  figures*— Editor  A.  J  Ph. 
