512  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  {'^"^'ocT'^issr'^™' 
composition  of  these  solutions,  and  consequently  in  their  solvent  power. 
By  the  first  precipitate  occasioned  from  these  causes  certain  principles  are 
removed,  which  in  solution  may  have  acted  as  a  solvent  for  others;  a  pre- 
cipitation of  these  latter  is  now  induced,  and  further  dej^osition  may  occur 
from  a  like  cause ;  for  these  reasons  sediments  differ  usually  in  appearance 
and  comi^osition  at  various  stages  of  their  growth.  A  number  of  experi- 
ments made  with  from  40  to  80  lbs,  of  drugs  were  described  in  illustration 
of  these  facts.  Since  precipitates  will  follow  in  percolates,  the  aim  must 
be  to  so  adaj^t  the  menstruum  that  it  may  hold  in  solution  the  medicinal 
principles  of  each  drug,  and  render  the  precipitate  inert. 
Mr.  C.  S.  Hallberg  react  a  paper  on  Powdered  Extracts^  in  which  the 
influence  of  slight  variations  of  menstruum  and  other  causes  upon  the 
yield  and  consequently  the  strength  of  the  extract  was  discussed.  By 
making  the  percentage  yield  of  extract  uniform  for  the  same  drug,  prepar- 
ations are  obtained  bearing  a  fixed  relation  to  the  crude  drug.  A  dilution 
of  the  extract  is,  therefore,  advocated,  so  that  the  resulting  mixture  will 
represent  double  the  weight  of  the  drug.  The  most  suitable  diluent  is 
milk  sugar,  a  portion  of  which  is  incorporated  with  the  desiccated  extract 
while  still  warm,  when  the  mixture  is  rapidly  powdered,  thoroughly  tri- 
turated wit] I  the  remainder  of  the  diluent,  and  transferred  to  bottles. 
Mr.  Thos.  J.  Covell  communicated  the  following  formula  for  Spiritus 
odoratiis,  Cologtie  Water:  Oil  of  lavender  flowers  -\  oz.,  oil  of  rosemary 
flowers  \  oz.,  oils  of  neroli  bigarade,  i^etit  grain  and  lemon  peel  each  oz.^ 
oils  of  orange  peel  and  bergamot  21-  ozs.,  oil  of  rose  geranium  J  oz.,  tinc- 
ture of  storax  2  ozs.,  Cologne  spirit  Oxxvi,  orange  flower  water  Ovi.  Mix. 
The  preparation  of  a  List  of  Kansas  Plants  had  been  undertaken  by 
Mr.  Robert  J.  Brown,  but  was  not  coinpleted.  Authority  was  given  for 
publishing  it  if  completed  in  time. 
The  reports  on  the  progress  of  pharmacy  and  on  the  exhibition  were 
referred  to  the  Council,  also  the  inauguration  of  proper  steps  for  increasing 
the  membership  of  the  Association. 
The  committee  on  the  next  annual  meeting  rei3orted  in  favor  of  holding: 
it  at  Niagara  Falls  on  the  second  Tuesday  of  September,  1882,  which  was 
adopted,  and  Mr.  Hiram  E.  Griffith  was  elected  Local  Secretary. 
Resolutions  of  thanks  to  the  retiring  officers  and  to  the  Local  Secretary,. 
Local  Connnittee,  citizens  and  press  of  Kansas  City  were  passed,  and  the 
names  of  seven  candidates  for  membership  were  re^jorted. 
Some  discussion  was  had  on  entertainments  connected  with  the  annual 
meetings,  and  the  expenses  arising  therefrom,  and  a  committee  of  three^ 
consisting  of  Messrs.  G.  J.  Seabury,  T.  J.  Macmahan  and  W.  H.  Rogers, 
was  appointed  to  confer  with  the  Council,  with  the  view  of  making  suit- 
able arrangements,  that  would  not  conflict  with  the  business  of  the  Asso- 
ciation, and  of  apportioning  the  cost  of  the  entertainments  upon  the  mem- 
bers participating. 
After  the  reading  of  the  minutes  the  Association  finally  adjourned. 
Editorial  remarks  on  this  meeting  and  an  account  of  the  excursions  to 
and  beyond  Kansas  City  have  been  crowded  out  of  the  present  and  will 
appear  in  our  next  number. 
