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AMERICAN  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION. 
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Prof.  Parrish,  as  Chairman  of  last  year's  Committee  on  Que- 
ries, read  the  report,  in  an  unfinished  condition,  action  on  it  be- 
ing postponed  until  a  later  session. 
Dr.  Edward  R.  Squibb  presented  some  indigenous  drugs,  and 
accompanied  them  with  some  remarks,  which  were  accepted  and 
referred. 
Dr.  Squibb  also  read  an  answer  in  reply  to  Query  31st,  on 
the  Contamination  of  Muriatic  Acid  with  Sulphur  Compounds, 
which  was  accepted  and  referred  for  publication. 
Dr.  Squibb  also  read  a  paper  entitled  "Note  on  Rhubarb," 
which  he  illustrated  with  several  large  and  fine  lots  of  rhubarb 
root,  and  some  samples  of  the  powder.  The  writer's  object  ap- 
peared to  be  to  show  that  although  good  rhubarb  is  scarcer  than 
formerly,  yet  it  may  be  had  if  there  is  a  willingness  to  pay  the 
advanced  price  of  it.  He  also  gave  an  account  of  a  transaction 
in  which  rhubarb  that  had  been  rejected  by  the  New  York  Ex- 
aminer of  Drugs  was  reshipped  to  England,  and,  after  being 
"  doctored,"  was  consigned  to  a  different  party,  and  passed  the 
Examiner.    It  was  referred  for  publication. 
Dr.  Squibb  now  read  an  extended  paper  on  Carbolic  Acid, 
which  attracted  much  attention.  The  principal  portion  of  the 
paper  was  directed  to  the  uses  of  this  important  substance  as  an 
azymotic  agent,  detailing  various  experiments  with  regard  to  its 
power  of  destroying  cryptogamic  life. 
This  paper  also  was  well  illustrated  with  specimens,  and  was 
referred  for  publication. 
The  Secretary  having  made  some  inquiry  in  regard  to  the  ex- 
istence of  a  code  of  ethics  of  this  Association,  offered  the  follow- 
ing resolution: 
Resolved,  That  a  committee  of  five  be  appointed  by  the  Chair  to  take 
into  consideration  the  Code  of  Ethics  adopted  at  a  former  annual  meet- 
ing, and  report  thereon. 
The  resolution  was  adopted,  and  the  President  appointed  Wm. 
Procter,  Jr.,  of  Philadelphia,  H.  W.  Lincoln,  of  Boston,  Dr.  J. 
B.  Edwards,  of  Montreal,  E.  IL  Heinitsh,  of  Columbia,  S.  €., 
and  C.  J.  Geiger,  of  Canton,  0.,  to  report  thereupon. 
The  Chair  announced  the  following  committee  on  unofficirial 
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