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The  Secretary  was  instructed  to  send  cordial  greetings  by  telegraph  to  the 
State  Medical  Association,  then  in  session  in  Pittsburgh,  and  to  the  Ohio 
Pharmaceutical  Association,  in  session  in  Toledo. 
Three  sessions  were  held  on  Wednesday,  June  11,  during  which  the  remain- 
ing special  committees  presented  their  reports.  Bedford  Springs  was  selected 
as  the  place  for  holding  the  next  meeting,  either  on  the  second  or  third  Tues- 
day of  June,  1891,  the  day  to  be  fixed  by  the  Executive  Committee,  so  as  not 
to  conflict  with  the  time  of  meeting  of  the  State  Medical  Association. 
The  recommendations  contained  in  the  President's  address  came  up  for  con- 
sideration on  the  report  of  the  special  committee,  and  it  was  decided  that  the 
code  of  ethics  be  not  changed  ;  that  the  Committee  on  Legislation  and  Trade 
Interests  be  hereafter  replaced  by  two  committees,  one  on  legislation  and  one 
on  commercial  interests,  the  latter  to  consist  of  seven  members  and  to  have 
charge  of  all  matters  relating  to  the  commercial  part  of  pharmacy  ;  the  legis- 
lative committee  was  requested  to  endeavor  to  effect  the  repeal  of  special  laws 
still  in  force  in  some  sections  of  the  state  and  rendering  some  of  the  provisions 
of  the  pharmacy  law  unequal  in  application  in  different  parts  of  the  state ;  the 
Chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Queries  was  requested  to  make  special  efforts 
to  interest  the  younger  members  of  the  association  in  the  investigation  of 
pharmaceutical  subjects  and  the  preparation  of  papers  for  the  annual  meetings  ; 
it  was  also  decided  that  during  the  reading  of  papers  ordinary  business  be 
suspended. 
Amendments  to  Chapter  II  of  the  By-laws  were  adopted,  requiring  the 
Tn  asurer  to  render  a  statement  of  account  to  members  two  years  in  arrears 
with  their  annual  dues,  preceding  their  suspension  ;  also,  that  the  charge  for 
certificate  of  membership  hereafter  be  $1  instead  of  $3. 
A  letter  from  Mr.  Hallberg  was  read,  giving  information  of  the  formation, 
by  the  American  Medical  Association,  of  a  section  on  materia  medica  and 
pharmacy  ;  the  appointment  of  a  committee  of  three  was  directed,  with  the 
view  of  participating  in  the  labors  of  that  section,  if  admissible. 
Mr.  J.  Crawford,  of  Philadelphia,  had  sent  an  herbarium  of  mostly  medicinal 
plants  collected  by  him  in  the  eastern  section  of  Pennsylvania.  This  was 
exhibited  to  the  meeting  by  Prof.  Maisch,  who  also  showed,  on  behalf  of  Mr. 
Kilmer,  of  New  Jersey,  specimens  of  a  locoweed  coming  from  Arizona,  and 
stated  that  this,  specimen  was  not  identical  with  Astragalus  mollissimus,  the 
most  widely  diffused  locoweed  of  the  West  ;  that  it  was  a  leguminous  plant  and 
apparently  belonged  to  the  genus  oxytropis.  However,  a  closer  examination 
subsequently  made,  showed  the  plant  to  be  most  likely  an  astragalus,  section 
phaca,  the  species  being  not  determinable*  without  the  fruit. 
The  report  by  Prof.  Trimble  on  adulterations  and  deteriorations  created  con- 
siderable discussion,  resulting  in  the  passing  of  a  resolution  offered  by  Dr. 
Lowe,  that  $250  be  appropriated  for  the  purpose  of  preparing  legal  evidence  in 
cases  of  adulteration. 
Two  of  the  papers  read  during  the  sessions  appear  in  full  in  the  present 
issue,  entitled  "The  Botanical  Origin  of  some  Pharmacopciual  Drugs"  and 
"  Notes  on  some  North  American  Medicinal  Plants." 
A  query  relating  to  the  preservation  of  concentrated  infusions  was  answered 
verbally  by  Mr.  Lemberger,  who  had  found  12  per  cent,  of  alcohol  to  be  suffi- 
cient for  several  concentrated  infusions,  which  are  to  be  diluted  with  water 
