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MINUTES  OF  THE 
Dr.  Squibb  moved  that  the  President,  Secretary,  and  Trea- 
surer be  three  members  of  this  committee,  which  was  carried, 
when  the  President  appointed  William  Procter,  Jr.,  and  Samuel 
M.  Colcord,  to  complete  the  committee. 
The  Chairman  of  the  Executive  Committee  reported  the  fol- 
lowing additional  applications  for  membership,  the  applicants 
having  complied  with  the  requirements  of  the  Constitution. 
Albert  H.  Maun,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 
Ernest  Dreher,  Newark,  N.  J. 
Isaac  W.  Jaques,     "  " 
John  E.  Fitzgerald,  Washington, 
D.  C. 
Walter  P.  Colburn,  Peoria,  111. 
B.  F.  Miles,  Peoria,  111. 
Charles  Christian  Fredigke,  Chi- 
cago, 111. 
O.  F.  Fuller,  Chicago,  111. 
Joseph  Hirsh,     "  " 
Samuel  F.  Poorman,  Chicago,  111. 
Jefferson  E.  Duncan,  Boston, M  ass. 
J.  Thomas  Leary,  "  " 
Ottmar  Eberbach,  Ann  Arbor, 
Mich. 
Theron  W.  Yan  Gieson,  Newark, 
N.  J. 
George  H.  Fish,  Saratoga  Springs, 
N.  Y. 
James  L.  Knowles,"^ Williamsburg, 
N.  Y. 
Charles  0.   Matthews,  Shippens- 
burg.  Pa. 
HughH.  Hampton,  Memphis, Tenn 
George  H.  Jones,  ^'  " 
The  President  appointed  Messrs.  Ehrman  and  Jamieson  as 
tellers,  who  reported  the  unanimous  election  of  the  candidates. 
Dr.  Squibb  read  a  volunteer  paper  entitled  "  Notes  on  Rhu- 
barb," and  exhibited  a  number  of  samples  of  powdered  rhubarb 
of  different  qualities,  showing  the  influence  on  its  apparent  color 
when  laid  on  blue  and  yellow  paper.  Several  cases  of  rhubarb 
root  of  excellent  quality  were  shown,  one  in  which  the  pieces 
had  all  been  bored  and  the  defects  removed,  the  borings  from 
the  whole  case  being  shown  to  give  an  idea  of  the  quality. 
Dr.  Squibb  also  read  a  volunteer  paper  contributed  by  Mr.  F. 
C.  Musgiller,  on  Collodion.  He  regards  it  as  a  mistake  on  the 
part  of  the  British  Pharmacopoeia  to  have  given  to  the  flexible 
collodion,  the  kind  most  generally  used,  a  compound  name, 
collodium  flexile,"  whilst  the  contractile  kind,  which  is  little 
used,  is  simply  called  "coUodium." 
When  query  1st,  on  the  Origin,  Culture  and  Trade  in  Rhu- 
barb in  China,  was  called  up,  the  Secretary  said,  I  have  been  in- 
formed that  Mr.  Lincoln  has  taken  steps  to  get  as  much  infor- 
mation as  possible  from  China  direct,  but  has  thus  far  not  re- 
