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cotton-root  bark,"  giving  an  account  of  many  experiments,  from  which 
the  conclusion  is  drawn  that  old  cotton-root  bark  is  without  value  as 
a  medicinal  agent,  and  that  the  fresh  or  recently  dried  bark  alone  should 
be  used  for  preparing  the  fluid  extract,  which  is  then  often  of  a  brown- 
ish color,  changing  to  deep  red.  In  place  of  the  menstruum  directed 
by  the  "  Pharmacopoeia,"  a  mixture  of  ten  parts  of  alcohol  and  six  of 
glycerin  is  recommended,  to  be  followed  by  alcohol.  Noticing  the 
gelatinization  of  some  fluid  extracts  of  cotton-root  bark,  the  author 
attributes  this  to  the  presence  of  water  in  the  preparation,  but  is  not 
prepared  to  offer  any  opinion  as  to  the  principle  to  which  the  forma- 
tion of  the  jelly  is  due. 
An  adjournment  was  then  had  until  Saturday  morning  at  9  o'clock. 
Fifth  Session — Saturday  morning,  September  lb. 
After  the  reading  and  approval  of  the  minutes,  the  Business  Com- 
mittee offered  the  following  : 
Resolved,  That  the  Executive  Committee  be  instructed  to  carefully  revise  the  Pro- 
ceedings of  this  meeting  prior  to  publication,  and  to  expunge  therefrom  every  irre- 
levant word  and  every  word  conveying  any  personal  imputation. 
Messrs.  Menninger  and  Sheppard  opposed  the  resolution,  while 
Messrs.  Roberts,  Saunders,  Judge,  Colcord  and  Peixotto  argued  in 
favor  of  its  passage.  A  motion  by  Mr.  J.  L.  Schofield,  to  refer  it  to 
the  Executive  Committee  without  instruction,  was  negatived  by  a  vote 
of  40  against  18.  Dr.  Menninger  raised  the  point  of  order  that  the 
resolution  was  an  amendment  to  the  By-laws  ;  but  the  chair  referring 
to  the  closing  sentence  of  Art.  IV,  Chap.  VI,  ruled  the  point  not  well 
taken.  A  vote  being  had  on  the  motion,  31  members  were  found  to 
vote  in  the  affirmative  and  the  same  number  in  the  negative.  A  sec- 
ond vote  was  then  ordered,  when  51  members  voted  in  the  affirmative 
and  30  in  the  negative  ;  so  the  resolution  was  declared  to  be  passed. 
Mr.  C.  L.  Eberle  moved  as  an  amendment  to  the  By-laws  to  add 
to  Chapt.  VII,  Art.  X,  the  following  : 
A  motion  to  expel  a  member  of  this  Association  shall  be  laid  over  until  the  ses- 
sion next  succeeding  that  at  which  such  motion  is  made. 
Under  the  rules  this  amendment  was  to  lie  over  until  a  subsequent 
session,  but  not  having  been  called  up,  it  will  have  to  be  considered  at 
the  next  annual  meeting. 
