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Prologue to the future … section on historical pharmacy
New name- Officers of the pharmaceutical technology section (fo rmerl y practical pharmacy) gather at APhA's convention office to start plans fo r next year's program. Shown (left to right) are V. Jean Brown, vice chai rman; Jack Dale, chairman-elect; Lyman Fonda, chairman, and Glen J. Sperandio, delegate to House of Delegates.
acysg,lion eorganization set the stage for discussion at the business meeting of the practical pharmacy section April 25, as members discussed merging with the sections on education and legislation and pharmaceutical economics. The final resolution adopted by the section called for continuance of the practical pharmacy section as an independent section to be known as the section on pharmaceutical technology. Nine papers were presented at the first session. David L. Hirscher and Orville H. Miller's paper on "Factors Affecting the Re1ease of Drugs from Ion Exchange Resins" was followed by rvan J. Szekly, Joseph Z. Krezanoski and Harry W. Hind's paper on "Contact Lens Preparation." Types of
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eature of the two sessions of the section on historical pharmacy was a series of papers on the history of various colleges of pharmacy. These included historical reviews of the U niversity of Illinois college of pharmacy by George L. Webster; the Brooklyn College of Pharmacy by Abraham Kreiser, Francis Downing and Arthur Zupko; Ohio Northern college of pharmacy by Charles O. Lee; U niversit y of Texas college of pharmacy by Es ther Jane Wood Hall; University of 1\1aryland school of pharmacy by B. Olive Cole; University of California 364
Leade r-Chairman F.V. Lofgren takes charge of the business meeting of the practical pha rmacy section .
"Suspensions of Succinylsulfathiazole for Oral Administration" were explained in a paper by Jose Protacio B. Gallardo and Wendle L. Kerr. "The Use of Cab-O-Sil asa Suspending Agent" was reported on by J .M. Plaxco, Jr. Other papers included "Ophthalmic Solutions" by Michael Iannarone and Jacob Eisen, "Pharmaceutical Studies of Colistin Sulfate and Colistimethate Sodium" by F.C. Ninger and B.S. Schwartz, "Problem Prescriptions-Some Analyses for the Practicing Pharmacist" by V. Jean Brown, "Drug Evaluation and the Pharmacist of the Future" by Alex Berman and John Autian and "Some Worthy Additions to the Pharmaceutical Code of Ethics" by C. Lee Huyck.
A symposium on pharmaceutical flavorology, moderated by Fred Wesley, followed the presentation of the papers. Topics for the symposium included "Physiological and Psychological Aspects of Flavor" by Warren F. Gorman) "Problems in Masking Modern Pharmaceuticals" by Fred Wesley, "Research Technics in the Flavor Field" by James A. Rogers and "Testing and Evaluation of Pharmaceutical Flavor" by Robert A. Phillips. Second and third sessions of the section were held jointly with the sections on pharmaceutical economics and education and legislation. Election and installation of new officers (see page 382) concluded the business meeting. •
school of pharmacy by Walter Singer; University of Colorado school of pharmacy by F.C. Hammerness; University of Buffalo school of pharmacy by Laurence D. Lockie; University of Mississippi school of pharmacy by E.L. Hammond; Rhode Island College of Pharmacy and Allied Science by George E. Osborne and Louis A. Luzzi; St. Louis College of Pharmacy by James R. Thayer and histories of pharmaceutical education in Arkansas by W.A. Strickland, Jr. and S.G. Mittelstaedt and North Dakota (by Clifton E. Miller). Aside from the education sympo-
picture of the Mardi Gras Ball of the Krewe of Anubis (pharmacy) presented by William P. O'Brien. Along similar lines of using an audiovisual presentation Arthur J. Pellegrino presented a slide-talk utilizing slides of the Smith Kline and French Laboratories and the Philadelphia Museum of Art ARS MEDICA pharmacy prints to emphasize "high points in the history of pharmacy:" George Grider and N orman Franke also employed slides to depict the pharmacy restoration of the 1870's which will sOon be opened at the University of ·K entucky Life Museum at Waveland, near Lexington. The Kentucky Life project, now partially completed, is a reconstructed village and additional items for the pharmacy restoration are being sought according to the authors ~f the presenta-
Journal of the AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION
acysg,lion eorganization set the stage for discussion at the business meeting of the practical pharmacy section April 25, as members discussed merging with the sections on education and legislation and pharmaceutical economics. The final resolution adopted by the section called for continuance of the practical pharmacy section as an independent section to be known as the section on pharmaceutical technology. Nine papers were presented at the first session. David L. Hirscher and Orville H. Miller's paper on "Factors Affecting the Re1ease of Drugs from Ion Exchange Resins" was followed by rvan J. Szekly, Joseph Z. Krezanoski and Harry W. Hind's paper on "Contact Lens Preparation." Types of
R
F
eature of the two sessions of the section on historical pharmacy was a series of papers on the history of various colleges of pharmacy. These included historical reviews of the U niversity of Illinois college of pharmacy by George L. Webster; the Brooklyn College of Pharmacy by Abraham Kreiser, Francis Downing and Arthur Zupko; Ohio Northern college of pharmacy by Charles O. Lee; U niversit y of Texas college of pharmacy by Es ther Jane Wood Hall; University of 1\1aryland school of pharmacy by B. Olive Cole; University of California 364
Leade r-Chairman F.V. Lofgren takes charge of the business meeting of the practical pha rmacy section .
"Suspensions of Succinylsulfathiazole for Oral Administration" were explained in a paper by Jose Protacio B. Gallardo and Wendle L. Kerr. "The Use of Cab-O-Sil asa Suspending Agent" was reported on by J .M. Plaxco, Jr. Other papers included "Ophthalmic Solutions" by Michael Iannarone and Jacob Eisen, "Pharmaceutical Studies of Colistin Sulfate and Colistimethate Sodium" by F.C. Ninger and B.S. Schwartz, "Problem Prescriptions-Some Analyses for the Practicing Pharmacist" by V. Jean Brown, "Drug Evaluation and the Pharmacist of the Future" by Alex Berman and John Autian and "Some Worthy Additions to the Pharmaceutical Code of Ethics" by C. Lee Huyck.
A symposium on pharmaceutical flavorology, moderated by Fred Wesley, followed the presentation of the papers. Topics for the symposium included "Physiological and Psychological Aspects of Flavor" by Warren F. Gorman) "Problems in Masking Modern Pharmaceuticals" by Fred Wesley, "Research Technics in the Flavor Field" by James A. Rogers and "Testing and Evaluation of Pharmaceutical Flavor" by Robert A. Phillips. Second and third sessions of the section were held jointly with the sections on pharmaceutical economics and education and legislation. Election and installation of new officers (see page 382) concluded the business meeting. •
school of pharmacy by Walter Singer; University of Colorado school of pharmacy by F.C. Hammerness; University of Buffalo school of pharmacy by Laurence D. Lockie; University of Mississippi school of pharmacy by E.L. Hammond; Rhode Island College of Pharmacy and Allied Science by George E. Osborne and Louis A. Luzzi; St. Louis College of Pharmacy by James R. Thayer and histories of pharmaceutical education in Arkansas by W.A. Strickland, Jr. and S.G. Mittelstaedt and North Dakota (by Clifton E. Miller). Aside from the education sympo-
picture of the Mardi Gras Ball of the Krewe of Anubis (pharmacy) presented by William P. O'Brien. Along similar lines of using an audiovisual presentation Arthur J. Pellegrino presented a slide-talk utilizing slides of the Smith Kline and French Laboratories and the Philadelphia Museum of Art ARS MEDICA pharmacy prints to emphasize "high points in the history of pharmacy:" George Grider and N orman Franke also employed slides to depict the pharmacy restoration of the 1870's which will sOon be opened at the University of ·K entucky Life Museum at Waveland, near Lexington. The Kentucky Life project, now partially completed, is a reconstructed village and additional items for the pharmacy restoration are being sought according to the authors ~f the presenta-
Journal of the AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION