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scopical  study  of  crystals,  by  means  of  the  polarizing  device,  the 
detection  of  deteriorated  drugs  and  a  consideration  of  the  practical 
application  of  these  several  subjects. 
Before  adjourning  to  the  laboratory,  where  the  practical  work 
was  to  be  undertaken,  Mr.  William  Mclntyre,  as  President  of  the 
Philadelphia  Branch  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association, 
expressed  the  thanks  of  the  members  present,  to  Prof.  Kraemer 
for  the  interesting  and  really  enjoyable  evening  that  he  had  pro- 
vided, and  also  expressed  the  hope  that  this  was  but  the  first  of  a 
long  series  of  such  meetings  in  which  the  members  who*  knew  but 
little  of  any  one  subject  could  come  and  listen  to,  and  see  demon- 
strations by  men  who  were  expert  and  learned  in  their  particular 
branches.  He  expressed  the  belief  that  if  the  pharmacist  of  to-day 
would  enlarge  on  his  field  of  knowledge  in  the  sciences  relating  to 
his  calling  he  would  be  not  alone  a  better  but  also  a  more  successful 
pharmacist. 
Following  the  adjournment  of  the  more  formal  meeting  the  mem- 
bers proceeded  to  the  laboratory  where  the  embryo  microscopists 
examined  drug  specimens  and  prepared  microscopic  slides  until 
a  late  hour,  and  many  of  them,  near  midnight,  appeared  to  be  loath 
to  leave  the  glimpse  of  the,  to  them,  new  world  of  the  infinitely  small 
that  had  been  revealed,  to  at  least  some  of  them,  for  the  first  time 
on  this  memorable  evening. 
The  second  of  the  post-graduate  demonstrations  given  under 
the  auspices  of  the  Philadelphia  Branch  of  the  American  Pharma- 
ceutical Association  will  be  held  in  the  hall  of  the  Medico- 
Chirurgical  College  of  Pharmacy  and  will  be  devoted  to  a  con- 
sideration of  "  Clinical  Laboratory  Work  as  a  Possibility  for  Future  , 
Pharmacists." 
The  other  lectures  are  as  follows : 
January  19,  1909 :  Pharmacodynamics,  Practical  Tests  for  the 
Efficiency  of  Drugs.  At  the  H.  K.  Mulford  Co.'s  Laboratory,  428 
S.  13th  St. 
February  16,  1909 :  The  Transformation  of  Elements  and  Modern 
Theories  of  Matter.    At  the  Central  High  School. 
March  16,  1909:  Assay  Processes,  Their  Uses  and  Practical  Value. 
At  the  Temple  College  of  Pharmacy. 
April  20,  1909:  Botany  as  a  Hobby  and  a  Useful  Science  for 
Pharmacists.    At  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy. 
M.  I.  WlLBERT. 
