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badge  of  the  Association  admitting  to  the  grounds  free  of  charge. 
The  invitations  were  accepted,  with  thanks. 
Dr.  Squibb  read  a  paper  "On  the  administration  of  phosphorus,"  re- 
commending a  solution  in  cod-liver  oil,  containing  one  per  cent,  of 
phosphorus  ;  the  solution  should  be  carefully  made  and  the  air  entirely 
excluded.  This  may  be  effected  by  displacing  the  air  from  the  bottle 
containing  the  oil,  by  carbonic  acid  gas,  and  then  rapidly  dropping  into 
it  the  phosphorus,  which  had  been  previously  cut  into  small  pieces^ 
chilled  by  placing  it  in  ice  water,  and  afterwards  quickly  dried  and 
weighed.  The  bottle  is  at  once  corked,  placed  in  tepid  water,  and  agi- 
tated until  the  netted  phosphorus  is  dissolved,  when  the  solution,  under  a 
pressure  of  carbonic  acid  gas,  is  syphoned  into  one-ounce  well-stop- 
pered vials,  taking  care  to  leave  the  least  practicable  room  for  air. 
Properly  prepared,  the  oil  remains  limpid  and  bland  \  exposed  to  the 
air,  it  becomes  covered  with  a  dark-brown  pellicle,  which  protects  the 
oil  beneath  from  rapid  change.  It  is  administered  by  diluting  the  solu- 
tion with  more  cod-liver  oil,  or  by  emulsionizing  the  thus  diluted  solu- 
tion with  glyconin.  A  pill  may  be  prepared  by  mixing  in  a  mortar  one 
part  each  of  magnesia  and  powdered  soap  with  two  parts  of  stronger 
ether,  and  when  thoroughly  wetted  adding  one  part  of  the  phosphorus 
solution,  the  mass  to  be  divided  into  the  required  number  of  pills,  and 
these  dispensed  in  a  vial  containing  some  magnesia  and  a  drop  of  ether. 
The  solution  may  also  be  dispensed  in  the  form  of  a  damp  powder,  by 
shaking  together  in  a  wide-mouth  vial  140  grains  each  of  stronger 
ether  and  calcium  carbonate,  then  adding  50  grains  of  the  solution,  and 
after  agitation  triturating  in  a  mortar  ;  before  the  ether  has  completely 
evaporated  the  powder  is  transferred  back  into  the  vial  and  should  now 
weigh  200  grains,  containing  half  a  grain  of  phosphorus,  and  may  be 
dispensed  in  gelatin  or  wafer  capsules. 
The  author  exhibited  the  various  preparations  mentioned  in  the 
paper,  and  a  discussion  took  place  on  the  use  of  different  oils  for  dis- 
solving phosphorus,  some  members  having  attained  better  results  with 
almond  than  with  cod-liver  oil. 
Dr.  Squibb  presented  the  following  resolution,  which  was  laid  over 
to  be  taken  up  for  discussion  at  the  third  session  : 
Resolved,  That  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  devote  an  hour  of  its 
third  session  to  a  discussion  of  its  interests  in  the  United  States  "  Pharmacopoeia, 1,1 
with  a  view  to  the  adoption  or  rejection  of  the  following  resolution  : 
