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sencamp  acting  as  tellers,  a  committee  of  three  was  appointed  ta 
consider  and  report  on  the  time  and  place  of  the  next  annual  meeting. 
The  Committee  consisted  of  Messrs.  Heinitsh,  of  Pa.,  Judge,  of 
Ohio,  and  Neergaard,  of  New  York. 
A  paper  on  granulated  effervescent  salts  was  read  by  Mr.  R.  V» 
Mattison  in  answer  to  query  39 ;  no  formulas  being  given  in  the  pa- 
per, the  subject  was,  on  motion  of  Mr.  Lemberger,  referred  to  the 
Committee  on  Unofficinal  Formulas. 
Mr.  J.  F.  Hancock,  in  answer  to  query  8,  read  a  paper  on  pow- 
dered blue  mass,  which  elicited  some  discussion  in  relation  to  the 
probable  oxidation  of  the  mercury  when  prepared  and  kept  in  the 
form  of  powder.    The  subject  will  be  further  investigated. 
In  relation  to  the  preservation  of  garlic,  Prof.  Remington  stated 
that  Mr.  Wallace  Procter's  experiments  had  failed  to  discover  another 
method  of  preventing  it  from  changing  in  appearance,  besides  the 
one  of  keeping  it  in  a  dry  and  cool  place. 
Prof.  J.  Lawrence  Smith,  on  invitation  to  address  the  meeting, 
spoke  of  the  life-long  labors  of  Liebig,  the  father  of  organic  chem- 
istry, and  suggested  the  propriety  of  the  pharmacists  and  druggists 
of  this  country  to  contribute  towards  the  Liebig  memorial  fund.  After 
some  discussion  it  was,  on  motion  of  Prof.  Moore,  resolved  to  appoint 
a  committee  of  three  to  act  in  conjunction  with  the  Chemists'  Com- 
mittee on  the  Liebig  memorial,  and  that  each  organization  represented 
in  the  Association  be  requested  to  appoint  a  sub-committee  for  the 
purpose  of  obtaining  subscriptions.  The  committee  was  subsequently 
appointed,  as  follows :  P.  Balluff,  of  New  York ;  J.  F.  Hancock,  of 
Baltimore,  and  A.  E.  Ebert,  of  Chicago. 
A  communication  was  received  from  Professor  Yandell,  inviting  the 
Association  to  visit,  this  afternoon,  in  a  body,  the  medical  department 
of  the  University  of  Louisville;  the  invitation  was,  on  motion,  received, 
with  the  sincere  thanks  of  the  Association,  but  respectfully  declined 
for  want  of  time.  Invitation  cards  for  visiting  Prof.  J.  L.  Smith,  at 
his  residence,  71  Broadway,  on  the  evening  of  Sept.  11th,  between 
the  hours  of  8J  and  12  o'clock,  were,  on  motion,  thankfully  received. 
Some  remarks  were  made  on  chenopodium,  leaving  it  undecided 
whether  petroleum-benzin  be  capable  of  exhausting  this  fruit  com- 
pletely of  its  anthelmintic  constituents. 
The  following  papers  were  read :  On  colchicin,  by  0.  Eberbach 
(query  43) ;  On  cleanliness  as  a  pharmaceutical  virtue,  by  J.  M.  Ayers 
