102  American  Pharinacciitical  Association.  J  Am  Jour.  Pkarm. 
\    February,  1909. 
Druggist  (1909,  p.  379).  Mr.  Thum  also  showed  ampullae  with 
sterile  solutions  which  he  had  prepared. 
The  Secretary  called  attention  to  a  number  of  specimens  which  had 
been  presented  to  the  college.  A  specimen  of  spruce  and  spruce 
gum  from  Maine  by  Mr.  M.  I.  Wilbert;  a  candy  from  a  cactus  of 
Mexico  by  A.  L.  Guerra  :  cassia  chips  from  Prof.  Charles  H.  La 
Wall. 
Henry  Kraemer.  Secretary. 
THE   PHILADELPHIA   BRANCH   OF   THE  AMERICAN 
PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION. 
.  A  PROMISING  INNOVATION. 
The  many  members  and  friends  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical 
Association  who  took  part  in  the  first,  or  initial  demonstration  in  the 
post-graduate  course  for  local  pharmacists  will  long  remember  the 
treat  that  was  given  them,  by  Professor  Kraemer  and  his  assistants, 
in  connection  with  the  possibilities  of  the  compound  microscope, 
for  study,  for  diversion  and  for  practical  application  to  the  many 
problems  that  arise  in  connection  with  the  everyday  business  of  the 
retail  druggist. 
This  first  demonstration,  in  the  course  of  the  Philadelphia  Branch 
of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  was  given  in  the 
Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  on  the  evening  of  Tuesday,  No- 
vember 17,  1908,  and  was  attended  by  upwards  of  75  members  and 
friends  of  the  local  branch. 
The  demonstration  was  both  didactic  and  practical.  The  first 
portion,  somewhat  in  the  nature  of  a  "  Conversatione  "  was  held 
in  the  Lecture  Hall  and  was  profusely  illustrated  by  means  of 
apparatus,  specimens  and  projections  on  the  screen  by  means  of  a 
microscope  attachment  to  the  projecting  lantern. 
This  portion  of  the  demonstration  included  an  outline  of  the 
methods  necessary  for  the  "  Preparation  of  crude  drugs  for  examina- 
tion," the  "  Micro-measurement  of  characteristic  elements,"  the 
"  Study  of  a  few  drugs  and  spices,"  the  "  Examination  and  detection 
of  some  common  adulterants,"  the  practical  demonstration  of  struc- 
tural characteristics  of  a  number  of  drugs,  such  as  belladonna, 
hyoscyamus,  apocynum,  ginger,  nux  vomica  and  others,  the  micro- 
