400 
MINUTES  OP  THE 
reliable  samples  of  the  drug.  He  had  operated  on  one  of  these, 
and  obtained  results  so  wide  of  his  expectations  that  he  felt 
almost  certain  the  root  obtained  was  not  genuine. 
Query  34.  On  Citric  Acid  in  the  Tomato,  was  not  replied  to 
by  Mr.  Rittenhouse,  to  whom  it  had  been  referred. 
Query  35.  Relative  to  Valerian  grown  in  New  England,  was 
replied  to  by  a  paper  from  Thomas  Doliber,  of  Boston,  illustrat- 
ed by  specimens,  in  which  he  took  the  ground  that  Vermont 
valerian  was  even  better  than  much  of  the  article  reaching  this 
country  under  the  name  of  English  valerian. 
Dr.  Squibb  thought  the  best  German  valerian  equal  to  any, 
and  better  than  what  he  had  seen  of  that  produced  here.  He 
believed  that  inferior  drugs  often  were  sent  here  because  those 
ordering  them  limited  the  price. 
Dr.  Duffield  said  that  there  was  a  fluid  extract  called  Ameri- 
can valerian,  which  was  really  made  from  the  Cypripedium,  or 
Ladies'  Slipper,  and  he  suggested  the  impropriety  of  the  name 
as  causing  confusion.    Others  had  met  with  the  same  difficulty. 
Query  36.  Relative  to  Fermentation  and  Cryptogamic  Vege- 
tation, viewed  as  Destructive  Agents  in  connection  with  Drugs. 
Mr.  Procter  stated  that  Mr.  Scattergood,  to  whom  that  query 
was  referred,  yet  continued  his  observations  in  the  direction  of 
the  query,  but  that  he  was  not  prepared  yet  to  produce  any 
results.  He  therefore  wishes  that  the  query  be  discontinued, 
leaving  it  for  him  to  report  when  his  observations  are  matured, 
which  was  granted.  Dr.  Jenkins  remarked  that  he  had  arrested 
fermentation  by  the  use  of  sulphite  of  soda,  and  had  thus  pre- 
vented cryptogamic  growth  in  medicinal  solutions. 
Queries  37  and  38  were  not  replied  to  by  Profs.  Mayer  and 
Bedford. 
Prof.  Maisch  read  a  paper  by  Mr.  Neynaber,  of  Philada.,  on 
a  new  still  and  cooking  apparatus,  illustrated  by  a  copper  model, 
with  gum  joints  and  clamps  arranged  so  as  to  be  automatic  to  a 
certain  extent  as  regards  the  pressure  of  the  steam.  As  the 
apparatus  is  patented,  a  motion  by  Dr.  Garrigues  to  refer  it  to 
the  Committee  for  publication  was  lost.  Dr.  Squibb,  of  the 
Business  Committee,  moved  that  the  thanks  of  the  Association 
are  due  to  the  author  of  the  paper,  who  is  the  patentee  of  the 
