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when  offered  for  sale  it  bears  some  resemblance  to  opium,  but  in  damp 
weather  assumes  the  consistence  and  appearance  of  an  extract.  The 
party  offering  it  for  sale  usually  carries  a  number  of  the  cakes  in  a 
carpet-bag,  and  states  that  it  has  been  recommended  by  Dr.  Squibb 
and  Professor  Procter,  and  is  used  by  prominent  manufacturers.  Mr. 
R.  V.  Mattison  also  gave  some  information  about  this  individual, 
who,  in  different  places,  names  different  localities  as  the  place  where 
this  fraud  is  manufactured  ;  it  appears  to  be  chiefly  extract  of  let- 
tuce. A  vote  of  thanks  was  unanimously  passed  to  Messrs.  Ebert 
and  Mattison  for  their  efforts  in  exposing  this  swindle. 
Mr.  J.  F.  Hancock,  for  the  Committee  on  Unofficinal  Formulas, 
reported  a  number  of  formulas  for  unofficinal  preparations,  which 
were  referred  for  publication.  On  behalf  of  the  Chicago  College  of 
Pharmacy,  a  set  of  formulas  for  elixirs  was  presented,  with  the  rec- 
ommendation that  they  be  adopted  in  lieu  of  those  adopted  at  the 
meeting  last  year  (see  Amer.  Jour.  Pharm.,  1874,  Feb.,  p.  83).  A 
resolution  was  offered  by  Mr.  Peixotto  that  all  the  formulas  for 
elixirs  be  referred  to  a  committee  of  three,  to  be  critically  examined 
by  them,  modified,  if  necessary,  and  reported  on  in  time  for  the  pub- 
lication of  the  Proceedings.  The  motion  was  adopted  with  an  amend- 
ment offered  by  Mr.  Roberts,  that  the  committee  report  at  the  next 
annual  meeting.  A  motion  offered  by  Mr.  W.  S.  Thompson,  that  the 
formulas  of  the  Chicago  College  of  Pharmacy  be  published  in  the 
Proceedings,  was  lost.  The  Committee  appointed  under  the  above 
resolution  consists  of  Messrs.  William  Mclntyre,  R.  V.  Mattison  and 
G.  W.  Kennedy. 
Mr.  Hancock  exhibited  a  patented  glass  percolator,  with  a  glass 
stopper,  the  latter  being  intended  to  prevent  the  evaporation  of  the 
menstruum,  by  condensing  any  volatilized  portion  upon  the  under 
side  of  the  stopper. 
Six  gentlemen  were  elected  to  membership,  Messrs.  McAfee  and 
Mclntyre  acting  as  tellers. 
A  communication  from  Dr.  Streit,  on  pharmaceutical  laws,  was 
referred  to  the  Committee  on  Legislation. 
A  communication  from  Mr.  W.  C.  Bakes,  proposing  the  appoint- 
ment of  a  committee  for  the  purpose  up  fitting  up  a  store,  which 
should  represent  the  highest  type  of  American  Pharmacy,  for  exhi- 
bition at  the  Centennial  Exposition  in  1876,  was  laid  upon  the  table. 
Mr.  C.  W.  Holmes,  on  behalf  of  the  Committee  on  Specimens,  read 
a  synopsis  of  their  report,  to  finish  which  sufficient  time  was  granted. 
