EXAMINATION QUESTIONS

Examination Questions Not Made Public.-The following states do not give permission for the publication of the examination questions: Kentucky, Michigan, Kansas, Vermont, Utah.

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BOARD OF PHARMACY OF MISSOURI. THEORETICAL PHARMACY.-(Registered Pharmacist.) swer the first six (6) questions and any four (4) of the others. 1. Write in both Latin and English the meaning of each of the following abbreviations: (a) Bis die, (b) Coch. parv., (c) D.t.d. No. iv., (d) Ferv., (e) Omn. hor.

2. In a solution of Potass. Brom. (1⁄2 oz. Av. to the fl.oz. water) state: (a) What per cent solution of the salt it is, and (b) how many grains of the salt to a teaspoonful.

3. Give the per cent of the active constituent of each of the following: (a) Aq. Ammon. fortior, (b) Spirits of Nitroglycerine, (c) Tr. Nux Vomica, (d) Paregoric.

4. Give the official process of making (a) Chlorine Water, (b) Fowler's Solution, (c) Aqua Calcis, (d) Donovan's Solution. 5. Name the constituents of each of the following: (a) Emuls. Chloroform, (b) Basham's Mixture, (c) Ungt. Rosae, (d) Citrine Ointment.

6. (a) How is the official Syrup of Iodide of Iron made? (b) Is the iron in a ferrous or ferric state? How do you know? (c) How should it be kept? (d) What is its medical property and dose?

7. (a) What is the difference between the commercial oil of Turpentine and the rectified? (b) In what official preparation is the rectified oil used?

8. Why is Petroleum Benzin used in making the official Deodorized Tincture of Opium?

9. Name five official preparations where the pharmacopoeia directs an essay to be made. Do you in your store apply these tests? If not, how do you know they are correct?

10. State: (a) How Phenol is liquified. (b) How do you keep it in a liquid state at the ordinary temperature?

11. Is a mixture of Lead Acetate and Zinc Sulphate incompatible? If so, what kind of an incompatibility is it? (b) Does the prescriber intend it so? If he does, why does he? 12. (a) Name the ingredients of Glycerine Suppositories. (b) What is the base of most suppositories, and the difference in weight between a rectal and a vaginal suppository?

13. Name the ingredients of (a) Antiseptic Solution, (b) Dobell's Solution, (c) Lugol's Solution, (d) Dewee's Mixture. 14. Why does effervescence take place when Sod. Bicarb. is mixed with Syrup of Ipecac? State the chemical reaction. 15.

What occurs, (a) when Camphor and Chloral Hydrate are mixed (b) When Potass. Chlorate is heated? (c) When a ferric solution is mixed with Aq. Ammonia?

MATERIA MEDICA AND BOTANY.-(Registered Pharmacist.) Answer the first six (6) questions and any four (4) of the others.

1. State in brief the relation between Materia Medica and Botany.

2. (a) Name five crude drugs obtained from the vegetable and five from the mineral kingdoms. (b) Name 1 official preparation of each of them.

3. Male Fern: (a) Give its official title, (b) its active constituent, (c) its medical property and U. S P. dose.

4. Pepsin: (a) Describe it and give its source, (b) Its uses and dose, (c) Name two preparations into which it enters, (d) its best solvent and preservative.

5. Define the following terms: (a) Astringent, (b) Cardiac Sedative, (c) Narcotic, (d) Sudorific, (e) Escharotic.

6. Give briefly the official outline for making an opium assay, and the per cent of morphine it should contain to conform to U. S. P. requirements.

7. Define the following and name an official example of each: (a) Gum, (b) Resin, (c) Gum Resin, (d) Oleo. Resin, (e) Volatile oil.

8. Name the best solvent for each of the following: (a) Guaiac, (b) Acacia, (c) Tragacanth, (d) Asafoetida, (e) Myrrha. 9. Define the following botanical terms: (a) Dioecious, (b) Fertile, (c) Sterile, (d) Ovule, (e) Stamens.

10. Define the following terms, relating to a leaf: (a) Cordate, (b) Ovate, (c) Serrate, (d) Undulate, (e) Compound. 11. Give the source and use of each of the following: (a) Saccharum, (b) Saccharum Lactis, (c) Mel., (d) Manna, (e) Glu

cose.

12. Aconitum: (a) Give its official title and source, (b) a physiological test, (c) three official preparations of it, (d) the medical properties and dose of the U. S. P. Tincture.

13. Give the common name of the following: (a) Acetphenetidin, (b) Benzosulphinidum, (c) Hexamethylenamine, (d) Sulphonmethane, (e) Sulphonethylmethane.

14. (a) Name four official Petroleum derivatives. for what purpose each one of them is used.

(b) State

13. Animal drugs -name two each obtained from: (a) Insecta, (b) Mammalia. (c) Fishes, (d) Internal organs of animals, (e) From the glands of animals.

PHARMACEUTICAL CHEMISTRY. (Registered Pharmacist.) Answer the first six (6) questions and any four (4) of the others.

1. What is the difference chemically between the red and the

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(a) AL3S0; (b) Na C,H,0%; (c) KSCN; (d) Bi3N03; (e) H2O.

How is Ferrous Chloride converted into Ferric Chloride? When Solution of Iron Sulphate is added to Ammonia Water, what takes place? State the complete chemical reaction, if any? 14.

The pharmacopoeia describes freshly prepared Iron CarbonAs seen in the average ate as being of a greenish-brown Color. store, it is of a brick color. What chemical change, if any, has it undergone?

15. Give in short the tests ordinarily used for determining the presence of sugar and albumen in urine.

TOXICOLOGY AND POSOLOGY. (Registered Pharmacist.) Answer the first six (6) questions and any four (4) of the others. 1. State what is meant by the term: (a) Toxicology, (b) Posology.

2. What sized dose does the pharmacopoeia name? What do you understand by the terms minimum and maximum when applied to dose?

What is the dose of Phosphorus, and how would you incorporate same into a pill mass with iron and quinine?

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Define the following terms: (a) Escharotic, (b) Rubifacient, (c) Diaphoretic, (d) Antacid, (e) Evacuent. 9. Translate the following prefixes and suffixes into English applying each one to some word, (a) Penta, (b) -ic and -ous, (c) Tetra, (d) Sub, (e) Sesqui.

10. How would you dispense Potass. Permanganate in pill form? What excipient would you use?

11. How would you dispense a volatile oil prescribed in pill form? State the excipient to be used. How, if prescribed in capsules?

12. State dose and medical properties of each of the following: (a) Acetphenetidin, (b) Phenol, (c) Sulphonmethane, (d) Zine Phosphide, (e) Sulphonethylmethane.

13. State average dose of each of the following: (a) Terpine Hydrate, (b) Strychnine Sulphate, (c) Hyoscine Hydromate, (d) Spartine Sulphate.

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14. What is the state law governing the sale of Cocaine? State briefly the proposed national legislation to regulate the sale of habit-forming drugs.

PHOBROL, A NEW DISINFECTANT.-Phobrol is a 50 per cent solution of chlorometacresol in potassium ricinoleate. With distilled water it gives perfectly clear dilutions, and with tap water the amount of turbidity in aqueous mixtures is proportional to the hardness of the water. Phobrol has only a slight odor, and is stated to be at least two and a half times less toxic than cresol soap solution. A 0.5:100 solution is stated to be much more active as a bactericide than a 1:50 cresol soap solution, a 1:1,000 solution of corrosive sublimate or a 1:100 phenol solution. Phobrol is prepared by Hoffmann La-RocheGreusach.-[Schweiz. Woch. Chem. Pharm., 1912, 50,

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MISSOURI DEPARTMENT

J. S. Henderson has a prosperous business at Glasgow, Mo.

Roy H. Hale has changed his location from Columbia to Unionville, Mo.

L. U. Kinder, Ph. G., is proprietor of The Colonial Pharmacy, at Springfield.

J. D. Gibson, Salem, is much pleased with his new fixtures and soda fountain.

C. E. Armstrong, Ph. G., '13, is now located at Bonne Terre, and anxious to hear from his classmates.

C. C. White has purchased the Eagle Drug Store at Sikeston. He was formerly located at New Madrid.

The Purity Pharmacy is the rather taking name which J. E. Middelkamp has adopted for his place of business, at Hawk Point.

T. V. Harrington, Ph. G., can be reached at 706 W. 10th St., Kansas City, and will be pleased to hear from his classmates.

C. C. White has moved his store out of the flood district at New Madrid and it is now located at Morehouse, under the management of Dr. C. M. Mason.

O. E. Eisenstein, Ph. G., '96, Warrenton, visited St. Louis recently, calling on classmates and other friends.

Pharmacists' Grievances and Physicians' Shortcomings.-The Kansas City A. R. D. is gathering statistics in order to learn actual conditions in that city. Of course, the names of physicians will be given no publicity whatever. The schedule of questions mailed the members is accompanied by a letter of explanation, from which we copy the following paragraph:

Many physicians have formed the habit of writing for proprietaries and giving no directions; of writing prescriptions for tonics and fever powders-the medicine to be so labeled that are handed all over neighborhoods and promiscuously used; of telling patients what the prescription will cost; of recommending off hand in conversation proprietary articles and coal tar derivatives, and telling prospective patients what these are good for and what the cost should be-too often a cut rate price.

Prehistoric Relics of Missouri.-The Missouri Historical Society, organized in 1866, is now at home in the Jefferson Memorial, St. Louis, on the site of the Louisiana Purchase. Exposition. This is a half million dollar fire-proof structure. The society is making a special effort to collect, preserve and study Indian Relics found in Missouri. Ample case room has been provided for the collection. Specimens of Indian relics contributed to the archaeological museum will be placed on exhibition with due credit to the donors and become a part of the largest and most valuable collection of Missouri Indian relics ever made.

Persons having specimens are invited to correspond with the Department of Archaeology, Missouri Historical Society, Jefferson Memorial, St. Louis. The museum is open daily from 10 a. m. to 6 p. m., admission free.

PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATIONS

The Vermont Ph. A. held its twentieth annual meeting at Brandon, July 7-9.

President Blakeley dwelt upon the history of the association and traced pharmacy from the early days of Rome. He blamed cut-rate methods and inferior goods for many of the unsatisfactory conditions in the drug business today.

Eleven new members were elected.

Such practical subjects as Methods of Extraction, by Professor La Pierre, and How to Save Money in the Drug Business, by Professor Nixon, were discussed.

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The place for the next meeting will be selected by the executive committee. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year:

President, A. B. Anderson, Swanton; vice-presidents, F. R. Banker, Brandon, C. H. Skinner, Windsor, and F. C. Spooner, Brandon; secretary and treasurer, W. E. Terrill, Montpelier; trustees, W. F. Root, Brattleboro, Fred D. Pollard, Proctorsville, and N. C. Dodge, Springfield.

Illinois Pharmaceutical Association.-Lively and highly interesting discussions marked the thirtyfourth annual meeting which was held in Quincy, June 24 to 27.

The four business sessions were held at the Chamber of Commerce. Owing to the illness of Mayor Abbott, the address of welcome was delivered by Judge C. F. Perry. Vice-president Dorland responded for the pharmacists and President Hobart for the pharmaceutical travelers.

President J. H. Wells' address was vigorous and timely. He discussed legislation, recommended an appropriation for defraying at least a part of the expenses of delegates to the two national conventions, suggested that an invitation be extended to the American Pharmaceutical Association to meet in Chicago next year and made a strong plea for a large membership.

Secretary W. B. Day's report included the presentation of the names of 104 candidates for membership, who were elected at the meeting. This is the largest accession of members that the association has had for several years.

Treasurer Chris Garver's report showed an income for the year of $1,745.51 and an expenditure of $1,601.49. There was $600.00 in the permanent fund and $1,409.34 in the general fund at the close of the fiscal year, May 31, 1913.

The chief interest of the convention centered in the work of the legislative committee, of which Ralph E. Dorland was chairman. This committee detailed their efforts in the legislature to pass the amendments to the pharmacy law, embracing chiefly

the graduation prerequisite and the anti-narcotic sections. The latter provoked most vigorous opposition from the patent medicine interests, who were blamed as the cause of the final defeat of the bill, which after passing the senate and being reported out of committee in the house of representatives was finally voted down during the turmoil at the close of the session. However, the committee reported their defeat of several bills dangerous to the welfare of pharmacy in the state. The report was received with applause and an honorarium of one hundred dollars was voted to Chairman Dorland as a partial compensation for the time and effort which he had given to this legislative work.

H. N. Bruun, chairman of the trade interests committee, made an excellent report dealing with business conditions in pharmacy.

Other reports were: For the Illinois Board of Pharmacy, President James P. Crowley; for the National Association of Retail Druggists, Secretary T. H. Potts; for the American Pharmaceutical Association, C. H. Avery; for the Advisory Board, A. G. C. Ackermann; for the School of Pharmacy Appropriation, F. M. Mares.

Resolutions were adopted endorsing the N. A. R. D., condemning the national Proprietary Association for obstructing the efforts of the Illinois Pharmaceutical Association to secure more effective antinarcotic legislation and endorsing the Hughes-Bacon bill for the betterment of conditions in the Army Hospital Corps.

The following were selected for nomination to the governor for his consideration in appointing a member of the board of pharmacy at the next vacancy: J. P. Crowley (the present incumbent), Frank J. Butler, W. F. Baum, Harry Moyer and Albert Zim

mermann.

For nomination to the president of the state university to fill the next vacancy on the advisory board, the following were selected: George Leacher, H. W. Schuh, B. S. Cooban, Joseph Hottinger and B. A. C. Hoelzer.

Officers were elected as follows:

President, Ralph E. Dorland, of Springfield; vice-presidents, George A. Anthony, of Kewanee, L. P. Larsen, of Chicago, W. S. Denton, of Beardstown; secretary, W. B. Day, of Chicago; treasurer, Chris Garver, of Bloomington.

The time and place of the next convention were left with the executive committee for decision. Awards for prize essays were: First prize to Thos. Rixleben, "Business Getting Plans." Second prize to H. B. Benton, "Advertising Schemes."

The entertainments were largely attended and most successful in all respects. They consisted in: A reception and dance at Highland Park, tendered by the druggists of Quincy; a ladies' card party; a musical comedy given by the members of the Chicago Drug Club, and an excursion on the Mississippi river to Keokuk, Iowa, and the inspection of the great dam just completed at that point and one of the greatest engineering feats of the country. [W. B. Day, Secretary, Chicago.

PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATIONS

The Pa. Ph. A. held its thirty-sixth annual meeting at Forest Park, the week of June 26. The Association Anti-narcotic Bill championed by Chairman John C. Wallace, of the Committee on Legislation, passed the legislature.

Many good papers were read and discussed.
Officers were elected as follows:

President, Richard H. Lackey, Philadelphia; first vice-president, Charles R. Rhodes, Hyndman; second vice-president, George J. Durbin, Plymouth; secretary, Edgar F. Heffner, Lock Haven; assistant secretary, Lewis H. Davis, Philadelphia; treasurer, F. H. E. Gleim, Lebanon; member of the Executive Committee, W. J. Sturgeon, Kittanning; local secretary for the 1914 meeting to be held at Buena Vista Spring, June 23, 24 and 25, Harland J. Mentzer, Blue Ridge Summitt.

The Traveling Men's Auxiliary elected the following:

President, Edwin T. Hahn, Philadelphia; vice-president, Joseph M. Schilling, Philadelphia; secretary, J. H. Barlow, Philadelphia; treasurer, Jeremiah D. McFerren, Philadelphia.

Washington State Ph. A.-The twenty-fourth annual meeting was held at Scenic Hot Springs, Washington, June 23, 24 and 25.

The entire state was well represented, and the attendance was very gratifying to the officers of the Association.

Much business of importance was successfully transacted, and many resolutions for the betterment of pharmacy were passed.

At the very enjoyable banquet tendered the members of the Association, Tuesday evening, many toasts were responded to by the officers, guests and members, and a feeling of good fellowship prevailed. The following were elected as officers and on the Executive Committee:

G. H. Bartelt, president, Seattle; G. H. Watt, vice-president, Pullman; J. P. Tonsfeldt, 2nd vice-president, White Salmon; D. J. Hickey, Mrs., 3rd vice-president, Spokane; D. C. Bartley, secretary, Seattle; F. D. Marr, treasurer, Tacoma.

Executive Committee:

H. C. Engberg, Bellingham; C. W. Johnson, Seattle; Emily C. McRae, Spokane: Dr. A. A. Tozier, Everett; H. G. Deurfeldt, Spokane; W. G. Shepherd, Everett; D. J. Hickey, Spokane; C. R. Redding, Index; E. Harrison, Hartford.

Kentucky Ph. A.-The thirty-sixth annual meeting was held at Mammoth Cave, June 17, 18, 19, and was attended by about 125 members, most of whom brought some members of their families.

The reports of the various committees indicated an encouraging condition throughout the state. Thirty new members were added to the Association, and the treasurer reported that notwithstanding that last year the annual dues were raised from one to two dollars, the payment of the members' fees was unusually prompt, the treasury being in excellent condition.

A resolution was adopted favoring the passage of a national law allowing the manufacturer of a patented article to control the retail price at which it is sold.

A movement was inaugurated to establish a drug journal to be published monthly, devoted chiefly to the interests of the druggists of Kenucky.

The following papers were read:

"The Advantages of Co-operative buying," by Vernon Driskell.

"How Can the Druggist Use the Parcel Post to Increase His Business," by W. B. Montgomery, and Leon Evans.

"Does Quantity Buying for Discount Pay?" by Simon N. Jones, and M. B. Montgomery.

"Should a Pharmaceutical Department be added to the Kentucky University?" by Simon N. Jones, and Jas E. Cooper. "The Advantages of Buying Exclusively from the Jobber," by Leon Evans.

"Why Should the Druggist Sell Well Advertised Profit Paying Remedies Instead of Imitations and Substitutes?" by John J. Seiberz.

"Quality Rather than Price the Prime Consideration," by W. B. Montgomery.

The following officers were elected for the ensuing year:

President, G. A. C. Hutchison, Nicholasville; 1st vice-president, Leon Evans, Mayfield; 2nd vice-president, Robert S. Berryman, Versailles; 3rd vice-president, R. H. Cox, Bellevue; secretary, J. W. Gayle, Frankfort; treasurer, W. H. Tibbals, Somerset.

The next annual meeting will be held at Lexington, June 17, 18 and 19, 1914.

Maine Ph. A.-The 46th annual meeting was held at Peaks Island, June 25.

Twenty applications for membership were presented and referred to the Executive Committee.

Dr. Frank Piper, from the Mass. College of Pharmacy, made some very interesting remarks.

Secretary Porter's report showed: One member lost, by resignation, the past year. Total number of members, 328. Receipts of his office during year, $687.10. Expenses of the Association for the year past, $594.95.

Treasurer Meserve's report showed all bills paid and $1,005.90 on hand.

Commissioners of Pharmacy reported 98 applicants examined, and certificates granted to 31 by examination and 2 by reciprocation.

The matter of the new "Narcotic Bill" passed by the legislature last winter was freely discussed and it was voted to have the same printed on card board and a. copy to be sent to each member for display in their store.

The repeal of the re-registration of druggists each year was passed at the last session of the legislature, and met with the hearty approval of the members present.

Twenty new members were declared elected.

The following were nominated as candidates to be presented to the Governor, for the choice of a Commissioner of Pharmacy:

James A Broe, of Portland, Henry H. Haines, of Madison, Horace C. Buxton, of Fort Fairfield, J. H. Siedel, of Biddeford, A. W. Meserve, of Kennebunk.

It being the usual custom for a commissioner to serve two terms, it was unanimously voted to recommend the appointment of James A. Broe.

The new officers are:

President, Frank H. Tupper, of Bangor; first vice-president, W. H. Wood, of Sanford; second vice-president, D. T. Dougherty, of Bath; third vice-president, Frank W. Buckman, of Skowhegan; treasurer, A. W. Meserve, of Kennebunk; secretary, Dr. M. L. Porter, of Danforth.

Next annual meeting at Bangor, June 30 and July 1 and 2, 1914.

Delegates to the A. Ph. A. are: E. W. Murphy, Chas. H. Davis, E. T. Carswell, James T. State and F. H. Tupper.

BIND MEYER BROTHERS DRUGGIST as a work for reference.

PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATIONS

The Washington State Ph. A. held its twenty-fourth annual meeting at Hot Springs, June 25, and elected the following officers:

President, G. H. Bartell, Seattle; first vice-president, George H. Watts, Pullman; second vice-president, J. P. Tonsfeldt, White Salmon; third vice-president, Mrs. D. J. Hickey, Spokane; secretary, D. C. Bartley, Seattle; treasurer, F. D. Marr, Tacoma.

The Utah Ph. A., at Provo, June 26, elected the following officers:

A. Bevin, Tooele, president; A. R. McIntyre, Ogden, first vicepresident; H. H. Peterson, Richfield, second vice-president; Alex Hedquist, Provo, treasurer; T. L. Halliday, Salt Lake City, secretary.

These officers, together with the following, constitute the board of directors:

John Culley, Ogden; A. H. Pike, St. George; R. S. McAllister, Logan; George Reed, Salt Lake; Harry Coombs, Salt Lake; J. B. Roberts, Price; John M. Watson, Midvale.

The Mass. Ph. A. held its thirty-second annual meeting at the New Ocean House, Swampscott, June 24.

Legislative matters received much attention. The new officers:

President, Frank J. Campbell, Lowell; first vice-president, John T. Harper, Great Barrington; second vice-president, William Hardie, Fall River; third vice-president, P. J. Fitzpatrick, WellesJey; secretary, James F. Guerin, Worcester; treasurer, James F. Finnernan, Boston.

Trustees of permanent fund-William F. Sawyer, Boston; Edward A. Mole, Adams; James W. Cooper, Plymouth.

Nominees for board of pharmacy-William S. Briry, Melrose, 98 votes; John J. Tobin, Boston, 101 votes; James J. Brown, Lowell.

Nominees state board of health-Charles F. Nixon, Leominster; Edwin T. Leonard, Springfield; Peter J. McCormick, Cambridge. Delegate to state board of trade-Fred A. Hubbard, Newton. The La. Ph. A. held its thirty-first annual meeting at New Orleans, May 15. Prominent in the proceedings was the desire to better the relations between pharmacists and physicians. A special committee was appointed for that purpose. The officers for the ensuing year are:

Edward H. Walsdorf, New Orleans, president; Paul E. Eckels, of Crowley, first vice-president; Paul C. Wellbacher, second vicepresident; Dr. George S. Brown, treasurer; George W. McDuff, corresponding secretary; L. F. Birdsong, recording secretary. Executive Committee A. di Trapini, Dr. Nehours Caire, Eugene H. Daste, president of the Drug Club; J. T. Balter and Gus See

mann.

The delegates who will represent the association at Nashville, August 18, are: Peter Rupp, L. E. Carruth and P. A. Capdau. The alternates are F. C. Godhold, Dr. Philip Asher and Dr. Nemours Caire.

lowa Ph. A.-The thirty-fourth annual meeting was held July 8, 9, 10, 1913, in Waterloo, with a record breaking attendance.

The address of welcome was made by Mayor Thompson, and the response was delivered by W. H. Torbert, the silver-tongued orator and druggist of Dubuque.

President F. P. Shane, of Eldon, delivered the annual address, which contained many valuable suggestions, besides a resumé of the recent legislative work in this state.

Prof. E. F. Ladd, of Fargo, N. D., gave a very interesting lecture on patent medicines, emphasizing the necessity of discriminating between what is good and what is fraudulent.

Prof. J. R. Chittick, State Chemist for the Pure Food and Drug Department, gave a very brief ac

count of the result of his investigations, called attention to the new law requiring the screening of doors and windows, complimented the ice cream industry of the state for its high grade, the result of the standard set by the state, urged the need of exterminating the fly, and declared that "sanitary instruction is more important than sanitary legislation." The new officers are:

President, George Miller, Marion; first vice-president, W. C. Snyder, Tama; second vice-president, John C. Becker, Dubuque ; third vice-president, Jacob G. Brolsma, Woodward; secretary, Al Falkenhainer, Algona, re-elected; treasurer, J. M. Lindley, Winfield, re-elected; executive council, H. S. Keebles, Pella; W. W. Hare, Fort Dodge; J. D. Royer, Coon Rapids.

The open parliament, conducted by G. H. Boyson, of Cedar Rapids, is an experience meeting in which various items of commercial interest are discussed. These meetings have proven to be of very great interest, are largely attended, and participated in by

scores.

The Iowa Pharmaceutical Travelers' Association had charge of the entertainment of the convention, which included a game of baseball between Waterloo and Cedar Rapids, an automobile ride to Cedar Falls, where the Iowa State Teachers' College is located, one of the best institutions of its kind in the United States, and on the closing day the climax was reached in a great barbecue partaken by over 1,200 people. The Travelers made a great success of their work, much credit being due to their retiring officers, among whom were President E. L. Beard, of Tama, Secretary C. T. Clark, of Des Moines, T. S. Daggett, of Sioux City, chairman of the Council, and Local Secretary G. W. Dankenbring, of Waterloo. They elected the following officers:

President, George Bennett. of St. Louis; first vice-president, P. H. O'Neill, of Waterloo; second vice-president, W. G. Hanpt, Des Moines; third vice-president, H. N. McCann, Elkhart, Ind. ; secretary and treasurer, Charles Schall, St. Louis; council for 1913-1914, chairman, W. J. Wick, Des Moines; C. F. Clark, Des Moines; A. E. Drier, Burlington, J. J. Mahoney, Cedar Falls; T. G. Daggett, Sioux City.

The Iowa Druggists' Mutual Insurance Association, organized five years ago, having now approximately one and one-quarer million insurance in force, declared a 25 per cent dividend, and elected the following officers for the ensuing year: President, A. C. Wilson, Oelwein; vice-president, G. H. Boyson, Cedar Rapids; treasurer, E. E. Connor, Algona; secretary, Al Falkenhainer, Algona; executive committee, N. F. Reed, of Ottumwa, E. E. Connor, Algona, and A. C. Wilson, Oelwein.

G. H. Boyson, of Cedar Rapids, M. J. John, of Clinton, N. F. Reed, of Ottumwa, and A. C. Wilson, of Oelwein, were re-elected directors in the Insurance Association.

The 1914 meeting will be held at Burlington.

IMITATION AMBER.-A Solution of copal in acetone, suitably colored, is heated until not only all the acetone is driven off, but the copal is left in a fused state, ready for pouring into moulds. Fusion of the copal in the absence of a solvent is stated to be impossible, without burning it. The method is the subject of a German patent.-[Chem. Eng. and Works Chem., May, 1913, 148.