508 
GETTYSBURG  MINERAL  SPRING. 
tioDS  objectionable  as  irritants,  if  at  all,  in  vaginal  and  urethral  sup- 
positories. 
Accepted  by  Charles  L.  Eberle,  of  Phila. 
Query  28th. — The  existence  in  the  dry  state  of  Bisulphate  of  Soda 
has  been  doubted,  in  contradiction  to  older  observations.  Can  a  dry  bi- 
sulphate of  soda  be  obtained  by  any  one  of  the  published  or  some  other 
process  ?  If  so,  does  the  salt  possess  sufficient  stability  as  a  medicinal 
agent? 
Accepted  by  S.  P.  Dujfield,  of  Detroit. 
Query  29th. — Ammoniated  Citrate  of  Bismuth  dried  in  scales  has  be- 
come an  article  of  commerce.  What  percentage  of  bismuth  does  it  con- 
tain, as  obtained  from  different  sources,  and  by  what  process  can  the 
largest  amount  of  oxide  of  bismuth  be  obtained  in  this  form  in  soluble 
condition  ? 
Accepted  by  J.  F.  Llewellyn,  Louisville,  Ky. 
Query  30th. — Can  a  pharmaceutical  preparation  be  made  from  the 
recent  or  dried  herb  of  Lactuca  Elongata,  Muhl.,  which  may  be  used  as 
a  substitute  for  Lactucarium  and  its  preparations? 
Accepted  by  Prof.  John  M.  Maisch,  of  Phila. 
The  committee  on  nominations  presented  the  name  of  Wil- 
liam H.  Fuller,  of  Chicago,  for  Local  Secretary,  which  was 
adopted. 
Prof.  Maisch  mentioned  that  he  had  received  a  letter  from 
M.  Berbrugar,  of  Panama,  stating  that  he  would  send  some 
specimens  of  drugs  to  the  Association,  but  that  they  had  not 
arrived. 
[Prof.  Maisch  informs  us  that  they  have  been  received  since 
the  meeting.  —Ed.] 
On  motion,  the  meeting  now  adjourned  to  meet  in  Chicago, 
on  the  first  Tuesday  of  September,  1869. 
NOTE  ON  WINE  COLCHICUM  SEED  (ENG.) 
By  James  T.  King. 
Complaints  having  been  made  that  some  wine  of  colchicum 
seed  (English)  failed  to  produce  its  peculiar  effects  in  several 
cases,  even  when  its  administration  was  run  up  to  teaspoonful 
doses  every  four  hours,  until  several  ounces  were  taken,  I  was 
induced  to  make  an  examination  of  the  wine,  to  ascertain  if  it 
was  so  deficient  in  the  active  principle. 
The  following  method  was  adopted :  From  a  bottle  bearing 
