454  Twenty-second  Annual  Meeting  of  the  \  k"o™i]im!"' 
ially  direct  their  attention  to  some  prominent  staple  articles,  obtain- 
ing samples  through  confidential  and  discreet  agents  from  each  State, 
and  carefully  examining  or  analyzing  such  samples,  and  preserving 
them  with  the  view  of  establishing  a  museum,  having  all  the  facilities 
and  appliances  for  conducting  the  necessary  experiments.  At  pres- 
ent, the  labors  of  the  committee  are  mainly  limited  to  a  recapitula- 
tion of  adulterations  reported  in  the  journals,  and  to  the  examination 
of  such  specimens  which  they  may  accidentally  encounter. 
The  report  of  the  Committee  on  Legislation,  read  by  the  Chairman, 
J.  M.  Maisch,  informed  of  the  efforts  made  in  several  States  to  legally 
regulate  the  practice  of  pharmacy.  Such  laws  were  passed  in  the 
States  of  Kentucky  and  Missouri,  and  recently  revived  in  Alabama 
and  Georgia ;  the  report  also  referred  to  some  United  States  and 
State  laws,  more  or  less  affecting  the  business  of  the  pharmacist  and 
druggist. 
Dr.  J.  M.  Woodworth,  Supervising  Surgeon  of  the  U.  S.  Marine 
Hospital  Service,  sent,  as  a  present  to  the  Association,  one  copy  each 
of  the  ''Annual  Report  of  the  Supervising  Surgeon,  for  the  Fiscal  Year 
1873,"  and  "  Nomenclature  of  Diseases."  The  works  were  accepted 
with  thanks. 
The  American  Pork  Packers'  and  Produce  Dealers'  Association, 
meeting  in  Louisville  simultaneously  with  the  Pharmaceutical  Asso- 
ciation, on  motion  of  the  Business  Committee,  an  invitation  was  ex- 
tended to  the  former  to  visit  the  exposition  of  specimens  and  objects 
of  pharmaceutical  interest.  This  invitation  was  accepted,  and  on  the 
following  day  the  invited  Association  in  a  body  visited  the  spacious 
exhibition  hall,  and  was  evidently  much  pleased  with  the  tasteful  dis- 
play and  the  numerous  articles  of  interest  to  the  people  at  large. 
The  following  papers  were  read  :  On  American  extract  of  licorice, 
by  Dr.  A.  W.  Miller ;  On  oleate  of  mercury,  by  Ch.  Rice  ;  On  ex- 
tract of  quassia,  by  J.  S.  Whall,  and  On  suppositories,  by  G.  W.  Ken- 
nedy. The  latter  paper  occasioned  considerable  discussion,  in  which 
many  members  participated,  relating  their  experience  with  the  making 
of  suppositories  by  hand  and  by  moulds.  It  appears  that  many  phar- 
macists discard  the  use  of  the  moulds  altogether,  while  others  obtain 
these  preparations  equally  uniform  in  composition  by  using  moulds, 
which  have  the  additional  advantage  of  imparting  a  better  finish  to 
the  suppositories,  and  of  a  considerable  saving  of  time  when  larger 
quantities  are  made. 
