44-6  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  \AS^SS^^im' 
Section  on  Practical  Pharmacy  and  Dispensing. 
Mr.  Leonard  A.  Seltzer,  Chairman  of  the  Section,  in  his  address 
said :  Perhaps  one  of  the  most  important  works  fostered  by  the  asso- 
ciation this  year  is  the  revision  of  the  Formulary.  There  seems  to 
be  a  feeling  that  since  the  Formulary  has  become  a  national  standard 
it  should  confine  itself  as  much  as  possible  to  strictly  medicinal 
preparations,  leaving  all  minor  formulas,  as  those  of  toilet  prepara- 
tions and  other  recipes,  to  pharmacists  themselves. 
There  are  some  important  problems  still  unsolved,  as,  for  in- 
stance, the  standardization  of  coloring  substances.  It  is  to  be  hoped 
that  some  one  in  the  association,  even  if  not  a  member  of  the  com- 
mittee, will  be  able  to  suggest  a  plan  for  solving  this  difficulty. 
Work  has  also  been  done  on  making  pleasant  flavoring  elixirs, 
and  this  suggests  the  fact  that  although  many  of  the  operations 
which,  owing  to  the  advances  in  scientific  work  along  pharmaceu- 
tical lines,  are  not  feasible  for  the  dispensing  pharmacist  to  attempt, 
he  can  still  practice  his  art.  In  fact  it  is  rather  by  excelling  in  his 
art  than  in  any  other  way  that  the  dispensing  pharmacist  can  distin- 
guish himself  in  the  eyes  of  the  laity  as  well  as  the  profession.  The 
pendulum  is  swinging  back  almost  to  where  it  was  of  old  when  the 
art  was  the  most  important  part  of  pharmaceutical  knowledge  and 
practice. 
Along  the  line  of  the  investigation  by  pharmacists  of  color  stand- 
ards and  flavor  elixirs  should  go  the  combinations  of  odors.  In 
how  many  shops  is  otto  of  rose  almost  the  only  available  means  of 
scenting  such  preparations  as  need  it  ?  To  what  extent  is  the  knowl- 
edge of  combining  and  producing  odors  common  among  pharma- 
cists? This  knowledge  is  valuable  and  within  the  reach  of  all,  and 
work  along  this  line  is  suggested. 
The  following  officers  were  elected :  Chairman,  Otto  Rauben- 
heimer;  Secretary,  Erich  H.  Ladish;  Associate,  W.  R.  White. 
The  following  are  abstracts  of  some  of  the  papers  which  were 
presented : 
Some  Further  Work  on  Fluidglycerates. 
By  George  M.  Beringer. 
The  author  submitted  new  formulae  for  fluidglycerates  of  nux 
vomica,  red  rose,  and  sanguinaria,  and  gave  the  results  of  his  experi- 
ments upon  a  few  fluidglycerates  in  which  an  alkali  is  used  to  assist 
the  extraction. 
