PROCEEDINGS  OF  THE 
cation  of  the  new  Pharmacopoeia,  having  at  the  request  of  the  President 
prepared  a  few  notes,  gave  an  interesting  outline  of  the  Proceedings  of 
that  Committee  during  the  two  years  and  a  quarter  that  it  has  been  en- 
gaged in  the  work  of  revision,  mentioning  their  action  in  regard  to  weights 
and  measures,  Percolation,  Powders,  and  many  of  the  preparations  that 
had  been  introduced.  Mr.  Taylor  observed  that  his  remarks  must  be 
considered  strictly  verbal,  and  not  to  be  printed  in  the  Proceedings,  as  he 
was  not  authorized  to  do  so. 
The  Business  Committee  now  brought  forward  the  subject  of  the  next 
place  of  meeting,  and  offered  a  resolution,  but  after  considerable  discus- 
sion by  Messrs.  Colcord,  Squibb,  Milhau,  Bedford,  Kiersted,  Procter, 
and  others,  the  resolution  was  withdrawn,  and  the  following  offered  by 
Mr.  Colcord  adopted  : — 
Resolved,  That  when  this  Association  adjourns  it  shall  adjourn  to  meet 
on  the  second  Tuesday  of  September,  1863,  at  such  place  as  the  Presi- 
dent and  Executive  Committee  shall  determine,  due  notice  being  given 
in  the  proper  Journals. 
The  Committee  on  Specimens  on  exhibition,  presented  the  following 
Eeport : 
Among  the  preparations  of  a  pharmaceutical  character,  we  find  most 
conspicious  the  fine  collection  of  elixirs,  wines,  syrups,  and  glyceroles ; 
the  lozenges,  pastilles,  and  other  articles  exhibited  by  Edward  Parrish, 
of  Philadelphia,  who  also  exhibited  an  ingenious  apparatus  for  the  ready 
preparation  of  suppositories. 
H.  W.  Lesley,  of  Bristol,  exhibits  preparations  of  blackberry  root  and 
berries,  accompanied  by  an  explanatory  paper. 
James  T.  Shinn,  exhibits  specimens  illustrating  his  paper  on  oil  of 
Benne. 
Messrs.  Powers  and  Weightman,  of  Philadelpia,  are  represented  by  a 
number  of  their  finer  preparations  of  the  alkaloids  of  cinchona,  and  opium, 
and  metallic  chemicals. 
Dr.  W.  H.  Pile,  exhibits  a  case  of  Hydrometers,  Alcoholmeters,  Ther- 
mometers, and  other  graduated  instruments,  which  show  the  talent  em- 
ployed on,  and  the  excellence  of  the  manufacture.  Edward  Parrish  ex- 
hibits a  compact  Gas  Furnace  for  pharmaceutical  purposes. 
A  neat  nursing  bottle  is  exhibited  by  Hastell  &  Letchworth  ;  J.  D. 
Lynde  has  a  patent  self-acting  valve-stopper  for  aerated  water-bottles  ; 
Wright,  Smith  and  Piersoll,  an  ingenious  apparatus  for  testing  coal  oils 
as  to  their  safety  for  use  in  illuminating. 
There  is  likewise  on  the  table  a  fine  collection  of  the  Zinc  ores  used 
by  the  Lehigh  County  Zinc  Company,  of  Pennsylvania,  deposited  by 
Prof.  Kobert  Bridges.  J.  F.  Moore,  Chairman. 
The  subject  of  a  certificate  of  life  membership  was  brought  forward 
by  the  Business  Committee  as  a  recommendation  of  the  late  President, 
but  the  proposition  was  not  agreed  to. 
