AMERICAN  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION.  499 
in  which  Messrs.  Carney,  Parrish,  Squibb,  Gordon,  Colcord, 
Stearns  and  Guthrie,  took  part,  and  which  possessed  considerable 
interest ;  but  our  space  is  too  small,  and  the  reader  is  referred 
to  the  official  Proceedings  of  the  Association. — Ed.] 
On  motion  of  Dr.  Guthrie,  the  Committee  « appointed  to 
propose  amendments  to  the  Drug  Law"  in  1858,  at  the  Wash: 
ington  meeting,  and  which  did  not  report  last  year,  were  con- 
tinued. 
Mr.  Procter  presented  to  the  Association,  on  behalf  of  Messrs. 
Bailliere  Brothers,  New  York,  a  number  of  copies  of  their  new 
weekly  Medical  Journal,  and  their  catalogue  of  scientific  works, 
which  were  accepted, 
When,  on  motion,  adjourned  to  half-past  three  o'clock  this 
afternoon. 
Afternoon  Session. 
The  meeting  was  called  to  order  by  the  1st  Vice  President, 
W.  J.  M.  Gordon. 
At  the  suggestion  of  the  Business  Committee,  the  resolution 
adopted  last  year  in  relation  to  the  constitutional  provision  as  to 
eligibility  to  membership,  and  the  creation  of  a  third  class  of 
associate  members,  was  called  up.  The  subject  was  discussed  by 
Edward  Parrish  and  Dr.  Squibb,  and  the  following  was  offered : 
Resolved,  That  a  committee  of  five  be  appointed  to  mature  the  proposition 
to  have  a  third  order  of  members,  for  the  consideration  of  the  Association, 
to  report  at  a  future  sitting. 
On  a  vote  being  taken,  the  motion  was  lost. 
John  D.  Dix,  after  making  some  remarks  on  the  23d  query, 
relative  to  extract  of  liquorice,  which  had  been  referred  to  him, 
indicating  his  inability  to  procure  the  requisite  information  to 
answer  the  query  satisfactorily,  as  well  as  time  to  make  the  re- 
search, stated  in  regard  to  the  subject  of  the  adulteration  of 
saffron  presented  in  query  16,  called  up  this  morning,  that  he  had 
not  prepared  a  written  answer,  but  had  brought  with  him  several 
specimens  illustrating  the  subject.  These  were,  first,  the  true 
saffron  worth  $22  per  pound;  second  .true  saffron  deprived  of  its 
