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deemed  not  advisable  to  have  two  successive  meetings  in  the 
Western  States." 
The  motion  was  adopted. 
Mr.  Edwin  R.  Smith  presented  his  credentials  as  a  Delegate 
from  the  Chicago  College  of  Pharmacy,  and  explained  how  it 
occurred  that  the  letter  of  the  Chicago  College  was  so  late  in 
reaching  the  Association. 
The  reading  of  the  Queries  proposed  at  the  last  Annual  Meet- 
ing, and  their  answers,  was  now  resumed. 
Query  No.  28. — Pure  Tannic  Acid  being  an  odorless  substance,  is 
there  an  odorous  substance  in  nutgalls  that  is  found  adhering  to  commer- 
cial Tannic  acid  ?  or  is  the  odor  very  commonly  noticed  in  that  substance 
due  to  impure  ether  used  in  its  preparation  ? 
Answered  by  Mr.  Procter. 
Query  No.  29. — Owing  to  the  proverbial  difficulty  in  keeping  garlic 
from  growing  and  drying  up  to  its  detriment,  and  to  the  fact  that  garlic 
may  be  prepared  so  as  to  keep  like  other  drugs,  by  the  destruction  of  the 
vitality  of  the  bulblets  and  their  partial  desiccation,  it  is  queried :  Can 
the  latter  process  be  advantageously  applied  to  the  commercial  drug? 
and  if  so  how  is  it  effected  ? 
Answered  by  Mr.  A.  P.  Sharp,  of  Baltimore. 
Query  30th. — What  course  should  be  adopted  by  Pharmaceutists,  in 
view  of  the  present  state  of  the  liquor  market,  as  regards  factitious 
Brandies  and  Wines? 
Referred  by  vote  of  Association  to  Edward  Parrish,  who  answered  in 
a  paper  read  by  him. 
The  following  Queries  having  been  carried  over  from  a  previ- 
ous meeting  of  the  Association,  were  disposed  of  as  follows : 
Query  1st. — Is  there  a  principle  in  Chenopodium  Anthelminticum 
analagous  to  Santonin?  or  does  the  medicinal  power  of  this  plant  depend 
wholly  upon  its  volatile  oil  ? 
No  answer  was  received  from  Mr.  Balmer,  of  Baltimore,  to  whom  it 
was  continued. 
Query  2d. — Is  there  a  crystalline  active  principle  in  Capsicum,  or  does 
it  owe  its  pungency  to  a  soft  resin  ? 
Answered  by  Mr.  Parrish. 
Query  3d.— What  is  the  best  permanent  solvent  for  Cantharidin,  suit- 
able for  making  a  pharmaceutical  preparation  for  blistering  ? 
No  answer  from  Mr.  J.  F.  Moore,  to  whom  it  had  been  continued, 
being  received,  the  query  was  dropped. 
Query  4th. — Has  Propylamin,  as  it  exists  in  Ergot,  any  power  to  pro- 
