Lloyd - Elixir & Flavoring Extracts Formulae - Soil and Health Library

“Resolved, That a committee of five be appointed by the
President to take into consideration the subject of elixirs and similar
unofficinal preparations in all its bearings upon pharmacy, and, if
deemed proper, to report suitable formulæ for the guidance of the
members of this Association.”
In 1872 Professor C. Lewis Diehl contributed an interesting
paper on the elixir subject. It was read before the Louisville College of
Pharmacy, and afterward published by the pharmaceutical journals,
and by this means several admirable formulæ were introduced. Many
of these processes are still used and accepted as standard, being
preferred by pharmacists to those afterward offered as improvements.
Next (1873) the committee appointed by the American Pharmaceutical
Association made a minority report (including many formulæ), which
was that of the chairman of the committee, Mr. J. F. Hancock, and
which, after some discussion, was adopted, and the following
resolutions were offered by Professor J. M. Maisch:
“Resolved, That the report be adopted, with the
recommendation that these formulæ be used by the members of the
Association, and that the Secretary be instructed to send a printed copy
with the report to the medical societies of the United States, with the
suggestion that physicians, if prescribing elixirs at all, prescribe only
such formulæ as have been adopted by this Association. The object is
to attain, as nearly as possible, a uniformity in the United States.”
“Resolved, That Mr. J. F. Hancock be appointed the
Committee on unofficinal Formulas.”
At the meeting of the Society which followed, in Louisville,
Ky.. 1874, the Committee on Unofficinal Formulæ failed to introduce
elixirs. However, Mr. Ebert, of Chicago, presented a series of elixir
formulæ, based upon those of Professor C. Lewis Diehl, and prepared by
a committee under the supervision of the Chicago College of
Pharmacy, and suggested that they be revised or adopted by the Society
for general use. After an animated discussion, Mr. Peixotto offered a
resolution, which, amended by Mr. Roberts, was adopted, as follows:
“Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed, to whom
shall be referred the formulæ of elixirs presented by the Chicago
College of Pharmacy, said committee to examine the formulæ and