424  MINUTES  OF  THE 
Pumpkin  Seeds,  continued  to  Mr.  Charles  A.  Tufts  of  Dover, 
N.  H.,  was  not  answered,  on  the  ground  that  no  cases  of  Taenia 
had  occurred  in  his  locality,  and  he  desired  the  Query  dropped. 
Prof.  Parrish  related  some  instances  in  which  the  remedy  had 
proved  successful  in  this  disease,  in  the  form  of  emulsion,  and 
that  the  remedy  was  entirely  harmless  to  the  patient. 
Mr.  Close  of  Brooklyn  knew  that  the  mucilage  of  Slippery 
Elm  had  been  used  with  success,  and  suggested  that  the  question 
be  referred  to  some  Western  member.  As  much  as  ten  per  cent, 
of  the  population  of  Ohio  are  said  to  be  subjects  of  Taenia  !  It 
was  also  stated  as  prevalent  in  East  Boston. 
Dr.  Squibb  remarked  that  Taenia  was  much  more  common  in 
Ohio  and  Kentucky  than  elsewhere.  He  believed  good  results 
might  be  obtained  if  some  member  from  that  section  standing  in 
a  proper  relation  to  the  medical  profession  would  take  it  up. 
Mr.  Wiegand  called  attention  to  Briggs'  method  of  obtaining 
the  fixed  oil  by  Sulphuret  of  Carbon  and  approved  of  it.  Mr. 
Parrish  thought  the  oil  much  more  repulsive  to  use  than  the 
emulsion,  which  was  not  unpleasant. 
Query  25th. — On  Gas  Heating  Apparatus,  referred  to  Mr. 
Bedford,  was  postponed  for  the  present  on  account  of  the  non- 
arrival  of  his  Apparatus. 
Query  26th. — On  the  best  formula  for  Elixir  of  Valerianate  of 
Ammonia. 
Professor  Moore  stated  that  Mr.  J.  Roberts  of  Baltimore,  by 
whom  the  Query  was  accepted,  had  left  the  drug  business  and 
was  not  able  to  attend  to  it.  If  agreeable  to  the  Association 
he  would  lay  before  them  the  formula  for  this  preparation  used 
by  the  Pharmaceutists  of  Baltimore.  Being  invited  to  do  so,  he 
read  the  formula  and  exhibited  a  specimen  of  the  preparation. 
The  recipe  originated  by  a  joint  action  of  the  Baltimore  Apothe- 
caries to  resist  the  use  of  Hubbel's  (Dr.  Goddard's)  Elixir,  much 
prescribed  there. 
It  was  stated  that  the  latter  preparation  was  asserted  to  con- 
tain morphia.  Prof.  Grahame  supposed  that  it  contained  val- 
erianate of  morphia,  but  no  experimental  results  had  been  ob- 
tained. 
Mr.  Maisch  hoped  discussions  of  this  character  would  be  en- 
