AMERICAN  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION.  495 
A  volunteer  paper  by  Joseph  P.  Remington,  of  Phila.,  on 
glycerin,  was  read  by  Albert  E.  Ebert,  which  was  accepted  and 
referred. 
The  valuable  suggestions  of  this  paper  called  forth  some  dis- 
cussion. 
The  Executive  Committee  presented  the  names  of  the  twenty- 
one  applicants  for  membership.    A  ballot  was  ordered,  Messrs. 
Lemberger  and  Hall  were  appointed  tellers,  who  reported  the 
unanimous  election  of  the  candidates,  as  follows  : 
John  Calvert,  San  Francisco,  Cal.    Bobt.  Lautenbach,  M.D.,Balt.,  Md. 
Emlen  Painter,  " 
William  Geary,  " 
John  W.  Moffit,  " 
James  Frost,  Yallejo, 
Wra.  Simpson,  San  Francisco, 
Edward  J.  Richards,  Haywards 
Alfred  W.  Test,  Camden,  N.  J 
Elijah  Button,  Annapolis,  Md. 
John  W.  German,  Bait., 
Thomas,  Starr,  New  York. 
Richard  Sappington,  M.D.,  "  " 
Philemon  S.  Reed,  Phila.,  Penn. 
Ransford  W.  Yandervoort,  New- 
ark, N.  J. 
Wm.  M.  Littell,  Newark,  N.  J. 
Charles  Rice,  New  York  City. 
Albert  P.  Brown,  Camden,  N.  J. 
Thomas  H.  Hazard,  Richmond,  Ya. 
M.  Smith  Hawkins,  Salem,  Ohio. 
Henry  A.  Suding,  Baltimore  Md. 
On  motion,  it  was  ordered  that  when  this  session  adjourns  it 
shall  be  to  meet  at  3J  o'clock  this  afternoon. 
S.  Mason  McCollin  made  some  verbal  remarks  on  query  No. 
12,  on  pepsin,  stating  some  of  the  difficulties  he  had  had  and  re- 
questing its  continuance  to  him  for  another  year. 
Secretary  Maisch  read  a  paper  by  S.  P.  Duffield,  PhD.,  of 
Detroit,  on  aconite  poisoning,  which  was  accepted  for  publication. 
Then  adjourned. 
Third  Session. 
The  meeting  was  called  to  order  by  the  President,  and  the 
minutes  read  by  the  Secretary  and  adopted. 
James  T.  Shinn  read  a  reply  to  query  No.  7,  on  liquid  prep- 
erations  of  Guaiac  Resin,  which  was  referred  for  publication. 
Query  No.  10  was  continued  to  Edward  C.  Jones,  he  having 
failed  to  answer  owing  to  sickness. 
W.  Procter,  Jr.,  replied  to  query  25,  on  the  Morphiometrical 
Assay  of  Opium,  which  was  referred,  and  also  a  partial  reply  to 
query  26,  on  Abies  Canadensis. 
Charles  L.  Eberle  made  some  verbal  remarks  on  suppositories. 
