450    Twenty-fourth  Meeting  Amer.  Pharm.  Asso.  {^m'(]°tu%^6.rm' 
mixture  of  8  fluidounces  of  water  and  2  fluidrachms  of  acetic  acid  ; 
after  standing  twenty-four  hours,  it  is  packed  tightly  in  a  percolator  and 
exhausted  with  water  ;  the  liquid  is  evaporated  to  4  fluidounces,  mixed 
with  the  same  quantity  of  alcohol,  after  several  hours  filtered  and  then 
evaporated  to  an  extract.  It  has  been  tried  to  some  extent  in  the  hos- 
pital of  the  University  of  Pennsylvania,  with  gratifying  success. 
A  paper  "  On  the  condition  of  pharmacy,"  by  D.  Benjamin,  and  a 
communication  by  Chas.  Becker,  were  read  ;  the  latter  referred  to  the 
necessity  of  a  proper  apprenticeship,  and  suggested  the  appointment  of 
a  committee  with  the  view  of  securing  uniformity  therein  and  in  the 
proper  tuition  and  acquirements  of  apprentices.  No  action  was  had 
on  the  proposition. 
A  paper  by  J.  D.  O'Donnell,  "On  deodorized  tincture  of  opium," 
treats  of  the  exhaustion  of  the  opium  by  percolation  after  mixing  it 
with  white  sand,  and  the  manipulation  by  which  the  concentrated 
aqueous  liquid  can  be  conveniently  separated  from  the  ether. 
A  communication  by  Messrs.  J.  Dunton  &  Co.  was  referred  to  the 
Executive  Committee,  with  power  to  act,  and  a  lengthy  paper  by  Prof. 
C.  G.  Wheeler,  entitled  "  Pharmacy  in  South  America,"  was  ordered 
to  be  published  in  the  Proceedings. 
The  Committee  on  Papers  and  Queries  presented  their  report,  con- 
taining the  queries  which  have  been  accepted  for  investigation  during 
the  ensuing  year. 
The  Business  Committee  presented  the  following  resolutions,  which 
were  severally  adopted. 
Resolved,  That  the  thanks  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  are  due 
and  are  hereby  tendered  to  the  papers  of  Philadelphia  for  their  thorough  reports  of 
our  proceedings. 
Resolved,  That  this  Association  thank  their  presiding  officers,  their  Secretary  and 
their  Treasurer  for  the  very  able  manner  in  which  they  have  discharged  the  duties 
of  their  several  positions. 
Resolved,  By  the  visiting  members,  that  we,  in  behalf  of  ourselves  and  of  our 
ladies,  do  most  heartily  thank  our  Philadelphia  brethren  and  their  ladies  for  the 
very  cordial  reception  they  have  extended  to  us,  and  assure  them  that  we  will  carry 
home  with  us  many  pleasant  recollections  of  their  beautiful  city  and  its  kindly 
inhabitants. 
On  motion,  the  Association  then  adjourned,  to  meet  again  at 
Toronto,  Ontario,  on  the  first  Tuesday  (the  4th  day)  of  September, 
1877- 
