It is unfortunate that SO many medicines are so easily obtainable. Aspirin itself is by no means a drug which can be taken with impunity, for it not infrequently causes alarming symptoms. Much less should veronal be taken except under medical advice. Neotropin, also mentioned for promotion, on the other hand, is not a drug that will be taken without a doctor's advice. Its merit is that it is decomposed in the blood into a mild antiseptic and in this way provides a possible means of destroying bacteria in the deeply seated organs. The conditions for which it is prescribed are not those diagnosed by the laity or discussed in smoking carriages. Of the antitoxic serums diphtheria is the most important and has well stood the test of time. Its value may be guaged from facts that before its use in medicine the mortality in diphtheria was 30 per cent. and in 1911, 9.4 per cent. in the experience of the Metropolitan Asylums Board over a period of twenty-one years. It has well earned its official recognition. It will be interesting to see which, if any, of the other serums are to be official, and especially if any whose action is directed against the actual organism of infection itself and not against its toxic products, as is the case with the antitoxic serum of diphtheria. The animal extracts group of drugs is still small, but one of them, that made from the thyroid gland, has done so much good for humanity in its ills that extracts have been made from The most of the other glands of the body in the hope that diseases of vague causation would yield to their charm like myxedema and cretinism do to treatment by the thyroid gland secretion. Most of them have proved to be failures, but others have achieved success. best known of the latter ones are adrenalin and pituitrin, which are used in every day operative work. Adrenalin is a preparation made from a gland which is situated in close proximity to the kidney, and its main action is to contract the small blood vessels. This does it very efficiently when it is applied by painting or spraying to the mucous membrane lining the mouth or nasal cavities. It is used in surgery to make operations, especially in the nose, as bloodless as possible, and it is also a constituent of sprays for nasal catarrh and of the local anaesthetic for injection which has robbed a visit to the dentist of so many of its terrors It is also much used in asthma. Originally derived from the gland tissues themselves, it has been synthetised or manufactured in the laboratory. Pituitrin is the extract of a gland situated at the base of the brain, the hypophyns cerebri, and it is used very frequently after severe surgical operations to counteract shock by its power of raising the blood pressure and maintaining it so raised for a considerable time. There must be many other changes in the new British Pharmacopoeia, and its publication will be awaited with interest. Hotel Breakers, Cedar Point, Ohio, Headquarters, O. S. P. A. Convention, July 7th and 10th. Association News and Items. D ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE THIRTY-SIXTH ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE OHIO STATE PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION. The thirty-sixth annual convention of the Ohio State Pharmaceutical Association will be held at Cedar Point, on Lake Erie, Ohio, on the 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th of July, 1914. The Breakers Hotel will be headquarters. Buy your railroad tickets to Sandusky. The Cedar Point boats leave Sandusky dock for Cedar Point every twenty minutes. The round trip fare on these boats is 25 cents. The Cedar Point Resort Company announces the following special rates at the Hotel Breakers: $1.00 per day per person, two in a room and $1.50 per day, single. For the best rooms $1.50 per day per person, two in a room, and $2.00 per day, single. Rooms with bath, $3.00 per day, single, and $2.00 per day, per person, two in room. Write for your rooms now. The Company also announces that it has finished the roadway from the mainland to the Point at a considerable cost, so that any one who is contemplating making the trip by motor can go direct to Cedar Point. The toll on this road will be 50 cents for each automobile, regardless of the number of passengers carried. The garage charge will be $1.00 per day. Judging from the interest shown by members, this coming convention will even be better attended than the one held last year at Columbus. We will expect you there and we want you to bring all your friends. The entertainment will be in charge of the Traveling Men's Auxiliary, and this promises to be unusually good this year. An attractive, instructive and interesting exhibit of drugs, toilet preparations and drug appliances will be shown by the manufacturers. These exhibits are in charge of the traveling men and as these men are our members you will please them and our committee by holding orders for them until the annual meeting. The business sessions will be short and to the point. All the dull spots will be taken out by the Council and only the bright, interesting parts will be allowed to come before you. We want your prompt and continued attendance. Our fiscal year begins with the first day of July. Send your annual dues to Mr. E. W. Harrington, 6th and Forsythe Ave., Columbus, Ohio. Eight O'clock-The first business session of the O. S. P. A. will be held at the Convention Hall. Everybody invited. Address of Welcome by His Honor, the Mayor of Sandusky. President Sehl's address. Appointment of Committee on Resolutions. Eight Thirty-Reception and card party, Charles Diehl, Chairman. Ten-Meeting of Council O. S. P. A. WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 8. Eight-Thirty-Second business session of O. S. P. A., Convention Hall. Report of Council. Delegates from other associations. Treasurer's report. Auditing Committee's report. Secretary's report. Report of Committee on Trade Interests, George F. Reiser, Chairman. Report of Committee on U. S. P. and N. F. Propaganda, Otto Muhlhan, Chairman. Address by Dr. W. A. T. Andrews of New York, on Propaganda. Report of Committee on Papers and Queries, W. M. Bowman, Chairman. Report of Committee on Unofficial Formulae, F. W. Kisker, Chairman. Report of Committee on Adulterations and Sophistications, Azor Thurston, Chairman. Report of Committee on Drug Market, Edward Spease, Chairman. Report of Historian, Joseph Feil. Report of Committee on Pharmaceutical Education, D. C. Mohler, Chairman. Appointment of Committees on Nomination, Board of Pharmacy Vacancy and Time and Place of next Meeting. Nine-Thirty--Ladies' Bowling Contest, J. E. Moreton, Chairman. 1 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 8. One-Thirty--Travelers Bowling Contest, George Schambs, Chairman. Report Committee on Pharmacy Laws, L. W. Funk, Chairman. Report of Secretary Board of Pharmacy, M. N. Ford. (Account of shortness of time, this report will only be given in full at the request of the Convention). Address by Hon. S. E. Strode, of the Agricultural Commission. Three-Address and stereopticon views on Olive Oil, by Prof. J. G. Haleplaeus. Papers and Queries, W. M. Bowman in charge. Address on Stationery by Mr. Fred B. Atchinson. Address on the "Salesman's Side," by Mr. Charles Barker. Two-Thirty-Lagoon ride for the children to Hermitage Island. I. U. Bittner, Chairman. WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 8. Eight-Thirty-Dutch Lunch in the hall above the dining room, E. P. Austin, Chairman. THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 9. Nine-Fourth business session of O. S. P. A., Convention Hall. Report of Council. Report on County Organization, W. R. Hower. Report of Ohio Mutual and American Fire Insurance Companies. (A short report will be rendered by each of these companies, unless otherwise directed by the convention). Report of Committee on Board of Pharmacy Vacancy. Report of Committee on Time and Place of next meeting. Report of Committee on Nominations. Election and installation of officers. Report of Delegates to N. A. R. D. and A. Ph. A. Conventions. Nine-Thirty-Lagoon ride for the ladies, Paul Reichow, Chairman. One-Boat ride to Put-In-Bay on steamer Put-In-Bay, N. M. Massey, Chairman. Party will leave Hotel Breakers and march to the boat at 1 P. M. sharp. There will be dancing on board the boat and four hours at Put-in-Bay, giving time to visit Perry's Cave, the Perry Memorial and other places of interest. Tickets for supper can be secured on board the boat going over at 50c per plate. Supper will be served at Hotel Commodore at 6:30 p. m. Returning we will leave Put-in-Bay on Steamer Kirby at 8:30 p. m., giving you a beautiful moonlight ride home, arriving at Cedar Point at 10 p. m. Tickets for the Loat ride will be furnished free by the committee. FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 10. Nine-Extra session of O. S. P. A. convention at call of President. Unfinished business. Council meeting. Nine-Thirty-Tug of War. Druggists vs. Travelers, J. A. Haverfield, Chairman. Ten-Ball throwing contest. Ladies and gentlemen participating. Swimming races and other contests. Mark Sturtevant, Chairman. THE REST ROOM. A new and comfortable feature provided especially for the women and children attending the meeting will be the Rest Room with attendant. A parlor adjoining the rotunda of the Hotel Breakers has been set aside for this purpose and will prove a great convenience. It is to be hoped that the women of the druggists' families will become more interested in the activities of O. S P. A., as those in charge of convention arrangements have striven to make of it an outing for the whole family. FRED. B. ATCHINSON, Of the Stationery Department of The Central Ohio Paper Co., Columbus, Ohio, who will address the O. S. P. A. Convention on Wednesday afternoon, July 8th, on the subject of "Stationery as Related to the Drug Trade." Kentucky Pharmaceutical Association. The Thirty-seventh Annual Meeting of the Kentucky Pharmaceutical Association was held in Lexington, June 16, 17 and 18, and was, both in attendance and in interest perhaps the best meeting in the history of the body. One hundred and fifty members were in attendance. Thirty-five new members were elected. The reports of the officials indicated a very gratifying condition of Association affairs. The membership continues to show a steady growth notwithstanding the recent raise in the annual dues from one to two dollars. The treasury has become strong enough to bear not only the usual expenses, but also the publication of the annual proceedings without the assistance of advertisers. A strong resolution was enthusiastically adopted endorsing the passage by Congress of the Stevens price-protection bill. The following papers were read and discussed: "How to build a Prescription Business," by C. O. Patterson. "What Classes of U. S. P. Preparations should the Retail Druggist Prepare," by Gordon L. Curry. "Bacteriological Products, Preparation and Storage," by George Eisele. "Counter Prescribing," by Simon N. Jones. "The Dispensing Physician," by F. H. Clark, of the Fayette County Medical Society. "Should Kentucky have a Prerequisite Law Requiring that Applicant be a High School Graduate Before Admittance to Examination for Registered Pharmacist," by Otto Mueller. "Practical Pharmacy and System in Dispensing in the Prescription Department," by Addison Dimmitt. "The Best Methods of Advertising," by Leon Evans. "Some Needed Amendments to Our Pharmacy Law," by Edward Bloomfield. The last session of the meeting was, upon invitation, held at the State Experiment Station, when addresses were made by R. M. Allen, Chief of Food and Drug Division; Mr. C. S. Porter, Chief State Inspector of Drugs; Dr. L. A. Brown, Chief Drug Chemist. In addition to these Dr. Lyman F. Kebler, of the Bureau of Chemistry, Washington, delivered a most interesting talk, which was highly appreciated and much enjoyed by all present. Immediately following adjournment a delightful picnic lunch was served by the Station Staff upon the University lawn. Mr. Hy. P. Hynson, of Baltimore, was a much appreciated and popular visitor at all the sessions, and added to the interest in the discussions of the papers and addresses throughout the meeting. The charm of his personality was both a delight and an inspiration to those in attendance. The social features furnished by the local committee could not have been excelled, consisting of receptions, card parties, automobile rides, to which were added a cabaret dinner at the Phoenix Hotel, and an extended visit to the celebrated Elmendorf dairy, perhaps the most perfectly sanitary institution of its kind in America. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President-Leon Evans, Mayfield. First Vice-President-W. H. Tibbals, Somerset. Second Vice-President-Miss Alice Caden, Lexington. Third Vice-President-George H. Worland, Brandenburg. Secretary J. W. Gayle, Frankfort. |