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Mr.  Ebert  said  that  liquid  extracts  were  apt  to  separate,  and  produce 
streaky  suppositories. 
Mr.  Bringhurst. — Some  physicians  prescribe  borax  ;  the  suppositories 
cool  quickly,  and  are  hard.  He  dispenses  suppositories  in  a  paper  box, 
with  cotton  between  them. 
Mr.  Taylor  uses  a  vessel  of  tin,  shaped  like  a  coffee  pot,  and  keeps  the 
powder  in  suspension  by  a  rotary  motion ;  and  uses  yellow  wax  for  hard- 
ening, and  sugar  of  milk  for  extracts. 
Mr.  Bedford  stated  that  in  New  York  suppositories  generally  are  made 
by  mixiDg  the  materials  in  a  mortar  and  rolling  them  out. 
Mr.  Stearns. — In  Detroit  they  are  not  often  prescribed.  He  moulds 
them  in  a  tube  of  the  size  of  the  suppository  syringe,  and  then  cuts  the 
cylinder  into  the  required  number  of  pieces. 
Prof.  Parrish  prefers  spermaceti  to  wax,  and  dispenses  suppositories  in 
a  paper  box  lined  with  tin  foil. 
Mr.  Stearns  works  suppositories  as  soft  as  possible,  and  coats  them 
afterwards  with  wax,  by  dipping. 
Mr.  Bringhurst  finds  this  plan  to  fail,  by  the  wax  cracking. 
Mr.  Close  adds  a  drop  of  syrup  to  every  ten  grains  of  cacao  butter. 
Prof.  Procter  stated  that  a  member  of  the  British  Pharmaceutical 
Conference  had  ventilated  the  question  of  yellow  wax  in  cerates,  and  takes 
the  same  ground  as  Mr.  Bringhurst  in  regard  to  its  preventing  rancidity. 
The  Auditing  Committee  presented  the  following  report : 
The  Committee  to  audit  the  Treasurer's  account  would  recommend  that 
hereafter  the  expenses  of  railway  or  other  fare  incurred  by  the  Treasurer 
in  going  to  and  from  the  meetings,  be  defrayed  by  the  Association. 
(Signed,)  F.  Stearns,  Chairman, 
H.  Haviland, 
J.  F.  Moore. 
The  report  was  accepted,  and  the  Committee  discharged. 
The  question  before  the  Association  now  being  on  the  adoption 
of  the  recommendation  of  the  Committee,  Dr.  Squibb  proposed 
to  substitute  "  railway  and  other  fare  "  by  "  travelling  expenses," 
as  in  the  case  of  the  Permanent  Secretary.  The  amendment 
was  decided  in  the  negative,  and  the  recommendation  of  the  re- 
port adopted. 
The  report  of  the  Committee  on  Specimens  was  read,  accepted^ 
and  referred  to  the  Executive  Committee  for  publication. 
Prof.  Parrish  called  attention  to  a  specimen  of  Carthamus  on  exhibi- 
tion, labelled  "  Saffron." 
Mr.  Markoe. — We  sell  Safflower  for  Saffron  in  Boston  almost  alto- 
gether ;  true  Saffron  is  almost  unknown  here.  When  people  ask  for  Saf- 
fron they  mean  Safflower. 
