AMERICAN  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION. 
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ceived  it,  and  it  is  suggested  that  the  query  be  dropped.  Should 
Mr.  Lincoln  obtain  the  expected  information  he  will  present  it 
as  a  volunteer  paper  to  the  next  meeting. 
Query  5,  on  a  nondeliquescent  Persulphate  of  Iron,  accepted 
by  Mr.  Heydenreich,  was  not  ready,  his  experiments  so  far  not 
having  proved  satisfactory. 
Query  8,  on  Glassware,  was  answered  by  Mr.  Wiegand  and 
referred  for  publication. 
Query  9,  on  the  Corks  of  Commerce,  was  answered  by  Mr. 
Bedford,  by  a  written  essay,  illustrated  by  various  specimens, 
showing  the  results  of  the  several  machines  noticed  in  the  paper. 
Query  10,  on  the  proper  strength  of  Alcohol  for  tinctures  of 
Gum  E-esins,  was  read  by  Alfred  B.  Taylor. 
Query  11,  accepted  by  Mr.  Heydenreich,  was  replied  to  in  a 
paper  read  by  the  Secretary,  on  drugs  and  preparations  officinal 
in  Germany,  and  recommended  for  adoption  into  the  United 
States  Pharmacopoeia. 
Mr.  Markoe  made  some  verbal  remarks  in  reply  to  query  13, 
on  our  Commercial  Asphaltums. 
Dr.  Squibb  stated  that  Mr.  Stearns  had  prepared  no  paper 
on  query  14,  relating  to  the  emoluments  and  social  advantages 
of  pharmacy  as  a  profession  and  trade,  and  that  he  desired  to  be 
relieved  from  answering  it. 
Mr.  Markoe  read  a  paper,  in  reply  to  query  16,  on  a  substi- 
tute for  camphor  as  a  protection  against  moths  and  other  in- 
sects. 
,  The  Secretary,  Prof.  Maisch,  read  a  paper  in  answer  to  query 
20,  on  the  production  of  Lycopodium  in  the  United  States;  an- 
other, in  reply  to  query  30,  on  a  pharmaceutical  preparation  from 
Lactuca  canadensis  ;  both  of  which  were  referred  for  publication. 
Dr.  Squibb  stated  that  Dr.  Duffield  has  been  and  still  is  very 
ill,  so  as  to  be  unable  to  reply  to  queries  21  and  28. 
Prof.  Procter  stated  that  he  was  not  ready  to  reply  to  query 
22d,  on  Abies  Canadensis,  which  had  been  partly  investigated, 
and  it  was  continued  for  report  next  year. 
Mr.  Diehl  of  Louisville,  in  a  letter  to  Prof.  Procter,  stated 
that  he  had  been  unable,  owing  to  business  changes,  etc.,  from 
collecting  the  numerous  data  necessary  to  reply  to  query  23d, 
