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American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  1 Am-  Jour-  Pharm~ 
\  September,  1909. 
Four  Months'  Detail  Work  Among  Physicians. 
By  C.  Osseward. 
The  author  gives  the  outline  of  a  personal  campaign  which  he 
conducted,  detailing  the  physicians  with  certain  goods  and  giving 
one  month  to  each  subject. 
Among  the  other  papers  which  were  presented  may  be  men- 
tioned :  "  Abstracts  from  the  Squibb  Laboratory  Note-Books,"  by 
John  A.  Dunn ;  "  Improved  and  Original  Formulas,"  by  Abraham 
Weinstein;  "  Glyceritum  Iodi,"  by  F.  M.  Apple;  "A  Brief  Sketch 
of  the  Perfume  Industry,"  by  P.  Henry  Utech ;  "  Suggestions  for  the 
Improvement  of  the  National  Formulary,"  by  Otto  E.  Binder; 
"  The  National  Formulary  Elixirs,"  by  Wra  Mittelbach;  "Tincture 
Delphinii  Consolidae,"  by  C.  P.  Wimmer ;  "  A  Point  in  Professional 
Courtesy,"  by  Leonard  A.  Seltzer ;  and  "  Pepsin  and  Pancreatin : 
Their  Chemistry  and  Uses,"  by  B.  Sacks. 
Commercial  Section. 
Mr.  Harry  B.  Mason,  Chairman  of  the  Section,  delivered  his 
address  at  the  opening  meeting  on  Tuesday  afternoon.  A  number 
of  papers  were  presented.  Of  these  we  may  mention  those  by 
C.  Osseward  and  Jacob  Diner  on  "  How  Best  to  Increase  One's 
Prescription  Business."  It  would  be  well  if  these  papers  could  be 
in  the  hands  of  every  retail  pharmacist  in  the  United  States,  as  they 
are  constructive  and  full  of  practical  suggestions. 
The  Chairman  of  the  Section  for  next  year  is  E.  H.  Ladish. 
Historical  Section. 
The  Chairman,  Dr.  John  B.  Bond,  made  a  few  remarks  when 
he  called  upon  the  Historian,  Prof.  Edward  Kremers,  who  presented 
an  interesting  report  of  the  year's  work  and  urged  the  ^establishment 
of  a  library  through  the  exchanges  received  by  the  association  for  its 
proceedings. 
M.  I.  Wilbert  read  a  paper  on  "  A  Contribution  to  the  History 
of  '  Pinkroot'  " 
