AMERICAN  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION.  487 
At  the  request  of  the  President,  Vice-President  Milhau  announced 
the  following  as  the  Committee  on  the  Drug  Market,  viz  : 
Edward  R.  Squibb,  M.  D.,  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Chairman. 
William  Procter,  Jr.,  of  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Samuel  M.  Colcord,  of  Boston,  Mass. 
Charles  Bullock,  of  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Alphaeus  P.  Sharp,  of  Baltimore. 
The  following  Report  of  the  Committee  to  prepare  queries  for  investi- 
gation next  year  was  now  read  by  the  Chairman  as  follows  : 
1.  Is  there  a  principle  in  Chenopodium  anthelminticum  analogous  to 
Santonin,  or  does  the  medicinal  power  of  this  plant  depend  wholly  upon 
its  volatile  oil  ?  Continued  to  James  Balmer,  of  Baltimore. 
2.  Is  there  a  crystalline  active  principle  in  Capsicum  ,  or  does  it  owe  its 
pungency  to  a  soft  resin  ? 
Accepted  by  Edward  Parrish,  of  Philadelphia 
3.  What  progress  will  have  been  made  during  1862 — 63  in  the  collec- 
tion of  tartar  in  the  wine  region  of  the  Ohio  Yalley  ? 
Accepted  by  Mr.  J.  M.  Gordon,  of  Cincinnati. 
4.  What  is  the  relative  activity  of  the  root  of  Aconitum  napellus  grown 
in  the  United  States,  and  that  imported  from  Europe,  based  on  their  yield 
of  Aconitia,  and  what  objections,  if  any,  exist  to  the  economical  culture 
of  the  plant  in  the  United  States  ? 
Accepted  by  William  Procter ;  Jr.,  of  Philadelphia. 
5.  What  is  the  best  permanent  solvent  for  Cantharidin  suitable  for 
making  a  Pharmaceutical  preparation  for  blistering  ? 
Accepted  by  J.  Faris  Moore,  of  Baltimore. 
6.  What  are  the  advantages  of  the  seeds  of  Conium  maculatum,  as  re- 
gards uniformity  of  medical  power,  as  a  basis  for  the  medicinal  tincture  ? 
Accepted  by  George  C.  Close,  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
7.  The  oil  wells  of  Western  Pennsylvania— the  quantity  and  quality  of 
oil  they  afford  at  present,  their  prospective  value,  and  the  geological 
characters  of  the  formation  wherein  the  oil  is  deposited. 
Continued  to  George  W.  W ey man %  of  Pittsburgh. 
8.  Does  wood  creosote  exist  in  the  market  ?  to  what  extent  ?  and  what 
are  the  objections  to  the  substitution  of  the  former  by  carbolic  acid  ? 
Continued  to  Charles  Bullock,  of  Philadelphia. 
9.  Has  Propylamin  as  it  exists  in  Ergot  any  power  to  produce  uterine 
contraction  ;  and  if  so,  does  commercial  Propylamin  from  herring  pickle 
possess  a  like  power  ? 
Referred  to  Prof  Robert  P.  Thomas,  of  Philadelphia. 
