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PROCEEDINGS  OF  THE 
The  letter  was  referred  to  the  Executive  Committee,  and  the  subject  was 
continued  to  Mr.  Fish. 
Query  38.  On  the  leaves  of  the  Kicinus,  was  not  answered  because  of 
the  death  of  the  acceptor. 
Query  39.  On  Anacahuita  wood,  not  replied  to  by  Mr.  Oaspari. 
Query  40.  On  the  present  sources  of  Senega  and  Spigelia,  was  replied 
to  at  the  last  session  by  Mr.  Dohme  in  an  explanatory  letter. 
Query  41.  On  the  production  of  Elaterium  in  the  United  States,  was 
replied  to  by  Prof.  Thomas,  and  the  paper  referred  for  publication. 
Query  42.  On  pharmaceutical  apparatus,  was  answered  by  Edward 
Parrish. 
Mr.  Bullock  being  now  present,  an  answer  to  Query  14  was  called  for. 
He  stated  verbally  that  it  was  almost  impossible  to  nod  wood  creasote 
of  authentic  character,  it  being  generally  impure  carbolic  acid.  The 
Messrs.  Dupont  had  informed  him  that  they  ceased  to  find  it  profitable 
to  make  wood  creasote  when  it  was  below  $4  per  pound  ;  and  also  that 
their  crude  creasote  was  much  more  effective  for  burns  than  the  present 
commercial  article. 
Dr.  Squibb  said  he  had  used  Merck's  creasote  for  burns  and  deemed  it 
excellent,  which  he  felt  sure  was  carbolic  acid. 
Mr.  Bullock  had  had  creasote,  which  was  sold  as  wood  creasote,  that 
crystallized  in  winter. 
Carbolic  acid  had  been  sent  from  London  to  the  Surgeon's  Department 
for  use  in  the  army  as  a  disinfectant ;  and,  when  mixed  with  gypsum,  as 
a  disinfectant  powder.  But  Crace  Calvert  says  it  is  not  a  disinfectant, 
only  antiseptic. 
Mr.  Parrish  had  had  applications  for  odorless  creasote  from  dentists, 
but  could  not  get  it,  and  wished  to  know  if  arsenious  acid  was  soluble  in 
that  liquid.  The  dentists  use  such  a  mixture  with  morphia  for  destroy- 
ing the  dental  nerves.    Pure  carbolic  acid  is  not  odorless. 
Mr.  Maisch  thought  Merck's  creasote  was  from  wood,  as  there  is  no 
coal  region  near  him  ;  but  at  his  prices  it  could  not  be  made  from  wood, 
and  coal  tar  is  easily  transportable. 
Query  44,  to  Mr.  Shivers,  received  no  reply. 
Query  45.  On  Arnica,  to  Dr.  Henry  T.  Cummings,  was  not  replied  to. 
Query  46.  On  the  American  species  of  Cantharis,  referred  to  T.  Chap- 
man Hill,  was  replied  to  in  a  paper  read  by  the  President. 
Query  47.  Dr.  Squibb  stated  that  he  had  no  reply  to  this  query  rela- 
tive to  a  pharmaceutical  still,  and  wished  to  abandon  the  subject,  yet  he 
proposed  in  lieu  to  read  a  paper  on  a  subject  formerly  given  to  him,  rela- 
tive to  bleached  morphia  salts,  which  was  read  and  referred  for  publi- 
cation. 
Mr.  Wright  stated  that  in  a  large  hospital  at  New  York,  unbleached 
quinine  was  preferred,  and  Dr.  Squibb  had  examined  it  and  found  it  to  con- 
tain more  quinia  than  the  white  salt. 
