. The Pharmaceutical era . istake. Morphine acetate is rapidly going out of use; it is:not a stable salt, and has been eliminated from theGerman Pharmaeopceia. and it is hoped that at thenext revision of the United States Pharmacopoeia some-such action will be taken by our committee. The rapidchanges that this salt undergoes have led to some serious-results, both here and abroad; therefore physicians anamanufacturers are, as far as iKJssible. confining them-selves to the use of sulphate and muriate. Some two-years ago the New York Quinine and Chemical Worksceased to manufacture morphine acetat
. The Pharmaceutical era . istake. Morphine acetate is rapidly going out of use; it is:not a stable salt, and has been eliminated from theGerman Pharmaeopceia. and it is hoped that at thenext revision of the United States Pharmacopoeia some-such action will be taken by our committee. The rapidchanges that this salt undergoes have led to some serious-results, both here and abroad; therefore physicians anamanufacturers are, as far as iKJssible. confining them-selves to the use of sulphate and muriate. Some two-years ago the New York Quinine and Chemical Worksceased to manufacture morphine acetate.—TherapeuticGazette. The Indian Territory Pharmaceutical Association held its annual meeting at Muskogee May 24 and 25. The-officers elected for the ensuing year were: President, J. C. Johnson. South McAIester; vice-presidents, , L. V. Officer and J. R. Kingsley; secretary, H. D. Kinsley, Checotah. The next annual meeting will be-held at South McAIester in May, 1901. 686 THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA. [June 21. THE THOMSEN CHEMICAL CO. The chemical and drug industries of Baltimore, long typified in the hig-hest degree the creativeresults of genius employed in the sphere of the usefularts. Her development and progress along these lineshave been and are characteristic of the American nationin the battle royal for commercial supremacy. Manynoted names and firms have taken part in this competi-tion for trade and the results they have accomplishedhave been the admiration of the world. It is not thepurpose, however, to present here the rounded story of anera in the commercial life of a great city, tout rather torelate something of the work and success of a concernwhich has tpken an advanced position in this great de-?velopment. We refer to the Thomsen Chemical Company, manu-facturing chemists. Baltimore, well known to the tradeas the largest makers in the world of phosphate of sodaand kindred productions. Starting in 1881. this firm recognized the part chemical
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