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ted  to  be  sold  at  the  meetings,  which  seems  unobjectionable,  and  if  gene- 
rally known  must  increase  such  contributions  very  largely.  "We^thank  you 
for  coming  here,  and  hope  that  we  may  be  soon  again  honored  by  your 
presence.  When  you  leave  us  we  trust  that  you  will  carry  with  you  none 
but  pleasant  memories  of  this  re-union  and  of  your  friends  in  Chicago." 
The  report  of  the  Committee  on  the  Progress  of  Pharmacy 
being  called  up,  the  Chairman,  Dr.  Fr.  Hoffmann,  read  portions 
of  the  same.  On  motion,  the  report  was  accepted  and  referred 
to  the  Executive  Committee  for  publication,  and  the  suggestions 
contained  therein  to  the  Business  Committee  for  consideration 
and  report  at  a  future  sitting. 
The  President,  at  the  suggestion  of  the  Business  Committee, 
appointed  the  following  members  as  a  committee  to  examine 
the  specimens  on  exhibition,  and  report  to  a  future  session,  viz., 
Thomas  Whitfield,  of  Chicago,  Paul  Balluf,  of  New  York,  N. 
Gray  Bartlett,  of  Keokuk,  William  H.  Crawford,  of  St.  Louis, 
and  Henry  J.  Menninger,  of  Newbern,  N.  Carolina. 
The  consideration  of  the  report  of  the  Committee  appointed 
to  draft  a  Law  relative  to  Pharmacy  was,  on  motion,  made  the 
special  order  for  to-morrow  morning. 
It  was  recommended  that  the  various  features  of  the  law  be 
privately  discussed  by  the  members,  that  all  might  be  prepared 
to  vote  on  the  subject  without  much  loss  of  time. 
It  was  resolved,  owing  to  the  absence  of  many  members  in 
the  exhibition  room,  that  the  doors  of  that  room  be  closed  during 
the  sessions  of  the  Association. 
Dr.  Squibb  exhibited  the  specific  gravity  bottle  alluded  to  in  his 
report  on  the  Pharmacopoeia,  and  explained  its  construction  and 
use.  An  accurate  thermometer  is  suspended  in  the  bottle,  which 
through  the  stopper  connects  with  a  tube  containing  a  scale  cor- 
recting the  capacity  for  different  temperatures.  In  this  way  the 
bottle  may  be  filled  at  any  convenient  temperature,  and  the 
specific  gravity  taken  at  the  temperature  of  the  room,  while  by 
rotating  the  bottle  the  thermometer  will  act  as  a  stirrer  and  pre- 
vent stratification  of  the  liquid.  The  capacity  of  the  bottle  was 
a  litre,  or  about  a  quart.  The  inaccuracies  of  thermometers 
were  also  dwelled  upon  by  the  spealcer. 
Dr.  Squibb  finished  the  reading  of  his  report  on  the  Pharma- 
copoeia, which,  on  motion,  was  referred  for  publication. 
