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against  the  adoption  of  the  formulas,  without  giving  any  particulars. 
According  to  the  Secretary,  much  inquiry  had  been  made  for  the  for- 
mulas of  1873  by  parties  who  were  not  members  of  the  Association, 
and  they  were  probably  more  largely  used  than  many  were  aware  of. 
Mr.  C.  L.  Eberle,  we  think,  expressed  himself  to  the  point  in  saying 
that  it  made  little  difference  what  set  of  formulas  was  adopted  ;  that 
the  general  sense  of  the  Association  was  against  elixirs,  and  that  the 
formulas  presented,  having  been  thoroughly  tested  by  the  Committee, 
were  good  as  far  as  elixirs  could  be  good. 
The  report  of  the  Committee  on  the  Publication  of  Papers  in  ad- 
vance of  the  "  Proceedings,"  which  was  read  by  the  chairman,  Dr.  A. 
W.  Miller,  thoroughly  reviewed  the  arguments  pro  and  contra^  and 
concluded  with  the  following  resolutions,  which  were  adopted  : 
Resolved^  That  the  various  pharmaceutical  and  medical  journals  are  cordially 
invited  to  publish  whatever  notes  they  may  desire  to  make  of  our  proceedings  and 
of  the  scientific  papers  which  are  read  before  our  meetings, 
Resolued^  That  when  authors  of  scientific  papers  have  prepared  copies  or  abstracts 
of  their  essays  previous  to  the  meeting  of  the  Association,  they  shall  be  at  liberty  to 
distribute  such  copies  or  abstracts  at  any  time  subsequent  to  the  official  reading  of 
their  respective  papers,  provided  that  the  paper  is  always  headed  in  publication  by 
the  statement  that  it  has  been  read  at  our  meeting. 
Mr.  Balluff  read  the  report  of  the  Committee  on  the  Liebig  Memo- 
rial, and  referred  to  the  public  appeal,  printed  on  page  425  of  our  last 
number. 
A  paper  by  Prof.  Jos.  P.  Remington,  on  "  the  ready  made  pills  of  our 
day  "  was  read.  The  experiments  made  with  fair  samples  of  the  best 
pills  that  the  market  offered,  demonstrated  that  a  plain,  uncoated  pill  was 
to  be  preferred  in  point  of  solubility  ;  next  in  order  came  the  sugar- 
coated,  then  the  compressed,  and  lastly  the  gelatin-coated. 
Mr.  B.  F.  Stacey,  of  Charlestown,  read  an  essay  on  paraffin,  giving 
its  history,  method  of  manufacture,  properties,  use  in  pharmacy  and  the 
arts,  and  its  importance  as  a  commercial  article.  Prof.  Babcock  spoke 
of  its  use  in  some  cases  in  place  of  wax,  and  when  melted  together 
with  lard  oil,  as  a  substitute  for  lard. 
Mr;  Joseph  L.  Lemberger,  of  Lebanon,  Pa.,  followed  with  an  es- 
say on  paraffin  oil,  mainly  with  the  view  of  producing  a  permanent 
base  for  ointments  and  cerates  ;  the  addition  of  pure  beeswax  masks 
its  odor  entirely,  or  very  nearly. 
Mr.  T.  R.  Baker  introduced  the  subject  of  prescriptions,  and  pre- 
