5 1 6  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  {Am'oc^'i879a.rm' 
so-called  new  form  of  medication  is  made  by  triturating  the  dry  extractive  matter  of 
the  drug  with  sufficient  milk-sugar  to  render  it  the  same  weight  as  that  of  the  drug 
employed,  so  that  the  saccharated  extract  represents  the  drug  weight  for  weight. 
The  theory,  for  which  no  proof  was  adduced,  was  advanced  that  the  unavoidable 
variation  in  the  crude  drug  is  small  compared  to  the  variation  in  the  strength  of  the 
ordinary  extracts. 
The  various  amendments  to  the  constitution  and  by-laws  were  then  taken  up.  In 
Article  I,  the  word  "  America  "  was  substituted  for  "the  United  States."  The 
graded  fee  for  life  membership,  as  proposed  last  year  by  the  Committee  on  Ways 
and  Means,  was  adopted,  and  immediately  afterwards  several  old  members  signified 
their  intention  of  becoming  life  members  at  once,  and  of  continuing  to  pay  their 
annual  contributions  for  two  or  three  years  more  so  as  to  assist  the  Association  over 
financial  difficulties  that  might  arise  from  a  sudden  discontinuance  of  many  annual 
contributions. 
The  admission  of  delegates  to  membership  without  ballot  was  continued,  but 
hereafter  they  will  have  to  pay  the  same  admission  fee  as  other  candidates. 
The  recommendations  of  the  committee  read  at  the  fourth  session  were  adopted, 
namely,  to  request  the  President  to  appoint  a  larger  number  of  authorized  agents  j 
to  reduce  the  size  of  the  proceedings  without  impairing  their  value;  to  dispose  of 
such  publications  (journals  used  in  preparing  report  on  the  progress  of  pharmacy), 
as  may  be  of  no  further  use  5  to  request  the  treasurer  to  furnish  in  his  annual 
report  a  tabulated  statement  of  receipts  and  expenditures,  and  to  change  the  com- 
mencement of  the  fiscal  year  to  January  1st. 
On  motion  of  Mr.  Ebert,  a  committee  of  three  on  membership  was  directed  to  be 
appointed.  The  chair  appointed  Messrs.  Sargent,  Ebert  and  Buck,  all  of  whom 
declined,  when  Mr.  Eberle  moved  to  increase  the  committee  to  five,  which  was 
carried.  Messrs.  Bedford,  of  New  York  5  E.  C.  Jones,  of  Philadelphia  ;  Sheppard, 
of  Boston  ;  Cowdrey,  of  Chicago,  and  Schaefer,  of  Iowa  were  appointed. 
On  motion  of  Mr.  Markoe,  a  committee  of  three,  consisting  of  Messrs.  Ross, 
Rice  and  Diehl,  was  appointed  for  the  purpose  of  receiving  subscriptions  and  pub- 
lishing the  report  on  the  revision  of  the  Pharmacopoeia. 
Prof.  Remington  read  numerous  extracts  from  his  report  to  the  Pharmacopoeia 
Committee  on  tinctures. 
Mr.  Vincent  Davis,  on  behalf  of  the  committee,  reported  in  favor  of  holding  the 
next  annual  meeting  at  Saratoga,  N.  Y.,  on  the  second  Tuesday  of  September. 
The  proposition  was  unanimously  adopted.  Adjourned  to  Friday  morning  at  9 
o'clock. 
Sixth  Session,  Friday  Morning,  September  26th. — After  the  reading  of  the 
minutes,  balloting  for  the  three  candidates  laid  over  from  the  previous  meeting  was 
ordered,  and  they  were  duly  elected.  Considerable  discussion  ensued  on  a  proposi- 
tion for  the  reconsideration  of  a  ballot,  which  was  declared  to  be  inadmissible  except 
by  unanimous  consent. 
Credentials  from  the  California  Pharmaceutical  Society  and  College  of  Pharmacy 
were  read  and  accepted. 
The  Executive  Committee  announced  the  names  of  five  candidates  for  member- 
