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that  the  latter  be  placed  at  the  disposal  of  the  Committee  on 
the  Drug  Market  for  the  coming  year." 
The  resolution  was  adopted. 
On  motion  of  the  Business  Committee,  it  was  unanimously 
resolved  that  the  Association  meet  next  year  in  the  City  of 
Chicago,  on  the  first  Tuesday  in  September.  . 
Scientific  papers  being  called  for,  •  • 
Charles  L,  Eberle,  of  Germantown,  Phila.,  read  the  reply  to 
query  11,  on  Gelseminia,  which  was  accepted  and  referred  for 
publication. 
Mr.  Eberle  also  read  the  answer  to  query  No.  30,  on  Sup- 
positories, which  he  illustrated  with  specimens.  The  paper  was 
accepted. 
Prof.  Markoe  read  a  reply  to  query  No.  22,  on  Permanganate 
of  Potassa  as  an  agent  for  purifying  alcohol  rendered  impure  by 
use  in  pharmacy  as  an  extracting  agent,  &c.  Which  was  ac- 
cepted and  referred  for  publication. 
Prof.  Parrish  read  a  paper  on  Practical  Education  in  Pharmacy, 
which  was  accepted  and  referred. 
Dr.  Squibb  read  a  paper  on  Valerianic  Acid,  by  F.  C.  Mus- 
giller,  of  Brooklyn,  in  reply  to  query  24,  which  was  illustrated 
by  specimens. 
The  paper  was  accepted  and  referred. 
Prof.  Maisch  read  three  papers  by  Dr.  S.  P.  Duffield,  in  reply 
to  queries  26,  34  and  40,  which  were  respectively  on  the  Prep- 
aration of  Pyrophosphate  of  Iron  ;  on  the  relative  Digitalin  value 
of  American  grown  and  European  Digitalis  leaves ;  and  on  the 
question,  are  the  leaves  of  Podophyllum  peltatum  poisonous  ? 
They  were  all  accepted  and  referred  for  publication. 
The  Executive  Committee  now  brought  forward  a  list  of  emi- 
nent pharmaceutists  in  Europe,  who  had  been  suggested  to  them 
in  a  communication  signed  by  Messrs.  Taylor,  Bedford,  Lincoln, 
Heydenreich,  Parrish,  Procter,  Hoffman,  Moore,  Tufts,  and 
Maisch,  as  worthy  of  election  to  honorary  membership  in  this 
Association ;  viz. : 
Daniel  Hanbury,  London,  England.  Dr.  F.  A.  Fliickiger,  Bern,  Switzer- 
Henry  Deane,  "  •  "  land. 
A.  T.  DeMeyer,  Brussels,  Belgium.  M.  Robinet,  Paris,  France. 
Norbert  Gille,  "  "  M.  Boullay, 
