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extracts  this  time  may  never  arrive,  inasmuch  as  sohibiUty  is  also  influ- 
enced by  temperature,  and  by  even  shght  changes  of  temperature  different 
strata  are  produced,  with  different  solvent  powers,  whereby  substances 
previously  precipitated  or  rendered  insoluble  in  one  stratum  may  be  dis- 
solved by  another,  thus  again  changing  the  nature  of  the  liquid  and  of  the 
different  strata  of  this  liquid  as  a  solvent ;  every  change  in  temperature 
will  be  followed  by  either  decreased  or  increased  solvent  power,  and  conse- 
quently by  more  or  less  precipitation  or  re-solution  of  the  precipitate. 
On  motion  of  Dr.  Menninger,  seconded  by  Messrs.  Maisch  and  Kennedy, 
the  following  resolutions  were  passed  : 
Resolved,  That  this  Association  deems  it  of  importance  to  the  efficiency  of  the 
natonal  military  and  naval  organization,  as  well  as  due  to  the  national  reputation, 
that  none  but  well-qualified  persons,  either  graduates  in  pharmacy  or  licentiates  in 
pharmacy,  be  employed  as  hospital  stewards  or  apothecaries  in  the  public  sei'vice. 
Resolved,  That,  in  the  opinion  of  this  Association,  such  professional  men  should  be 
raised  to  a  rank  commensurate  to  the  qualifications  requisite  for  such  a  service,  and 
that,  for  the  purpose  of  obtaining  efficient  services,  and  in  recognition  of  a  learned  pro- 
fession, such  officers  sliould  liold  rank  as  commissioned  officers. 
Resolved,  That  the  Committee  on  Legislation  be  and  hereby  is  instructed  to  forward 
copies  of  these  resolutions  to  the  honorable  Secretary  of  the  Army  and  of  the  Navy,  to 
the  Surgeons-General  of  tlie  Army  and  Navy,  and  to  the  Chaii-men  of  the  Army  and 
Navy  Committees  of  the  United  States  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives, 
Professor  Bedford  announced  the  death,  on  Sept.  13th,  of  Mr.  Henry  T. 
Kiersted,  one  of  the  oldest  ajoothecaries  in  the  United  States,  who  entered 
the  drug  business  in  1814,  and  who  was  President  of  this  Association  from 
1860  to  1862. 
Resolutions  of  thanks  to  the  Entertainment  Committee,  the  press,  and 
to  the  past  officers  were  passed,  and  the  Association  then  adjourned  to  meet 
in  Washington,  D.  C,  on  Sept.  IJ,  1883. 
BRITISH  PHAEMACEUTICAL  CONFERENCE. 
Southampton  has  during  the  fourth  week  of  August  been  the  rendezvous 
of  such  pharmacists  as  have  been  able  and  had  the  inclination  to  avail 
themselves  of  the  opportunity  afforded  by  the  annual  meeting  of  the  British 
Pharmaceutical  Conference  to  vary  the  monotony  of  the  ordinary  routine 
of  their  lives  by  friendly  intercourse  with  their  confreres.  The  Conference 
commenced  on  Tuesday,  Aug.  22,  at  half-imst  ten  o'clock,  in  the  Watts  Me- 
morial Hall,  under  the  presidehcy  of  Professor  Attfield,  F.R.S.,  the  visitors 
being  welcomed,  in  a  few  well-chosen  words,  by  Mr.  Randall,  speaking  in 
the  name  of  the  local  pharmacists.  The  audience  was  not  so  large  as  on 
some  similar  occasions  in  previous  years,  and  did  not  nearly  fill  the  area  of 
the  handsome  hall  in  whicli  the  Conference  met;  whilst  the  general  at- 
tendance appeared  to  be  below  the  average,  and  this  is  confirmed  by  the 
number  of  siguatures  in  the  book  placed  at  the  entrance. 
After  a  formal  reception  of  the  delegates  present  from  various  societies, 
the  business  of  the  meeting  was  commenced  l)y  the  reading  of  the  report 
of  the  Executive  Committee.  The  report  referred  to  the  alterations  that 
were  introduced  into  the  last  "  Year  Book  "  and  to  the  subject  of  grants  in 
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