AMERICAN  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION.  497 
Dr.  Wilson  H.  Pile  read  a  paper  on  Baum^'s  hydrometer, 
illustrated  by  diagrams  and  experiments;  referred  for  publica- 
tion. 
Dr.  Squibb  now  proceeded  to  read  his  paper  on  Rhubarb  root, 
which  he  illustrated  with  two  entire  cases  of  that  drug,  of  unus- 
ually good  quality. 
Dr.  Squibb  also  read  a  paper  on  Fluid  Extracts  and  their 
Menstrua,  in  which  the  results  of  accurate  experiments  in  reper- 
colation  are  detailed,  both  of  which  were  referred  for  publica- 
tion. 
The  Chairman  of  the  Business  Committee  offered  the  follow- 
ing resolutions,  which  were  unanimously  adopted: 
Resolved,  That  the  members  of  the  Association  tender  their  warmest 
thanks  to  Messrs.  Gail  and  Ax  for  the  courteous  attention  and  hospi- 
taUty  extended  to  them  at  their  mammoth  tobacco  works  on  the  occasion 
of  a  visit  by  special  invitation. 
Resolved,  That  the  thanks  of  the  visiting  members  of  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association  in  attendance  at  the  Eighteenth  Annual 
Meeting,  are  hereby  tendered  to  the  pharmaceutists  of  Baltimore  and 
their  friends,  especially  the  Reception  Committee  and  the  Local  Secre- 
tary, for  their  endeavors  to  render  our  stay  in  "the  Monumental  City" 
pleasant  and  social.  They  will  return  to  their  homes  with  pleasant 
remembrances  of  their  visit. 
Resolved,  That  the  thanks  of  the  members  of  the  American  Pharma- 
ceutical Association  are  hereby  tendered  to  Messrs.  Thomas  Kensett  & 
Co.,  of  Baltimore,  for  the  courtesy  extended  on  the  occasion  of  a  visit  to 
their  extensive  [fruit  canning]  works. 
Resolved,  That  the  thanks  of  the  members  of  the  Association  are 
hereby  tendered  to  Messrs.  Maltby  &  Co.,  of  Baltimore,  for  the  courtesy 
extended  on  the  occasion  of  a  visit  to  their  extensive  oyster  [canning 
and  shell  lime  burning]  establishment. 
Resolved,  That  the  sincere  thanks  of  this  Association  are  eminently  due 
and  are  hereby  tendered  to  the  Faculty  of  the  University  of  Maryland 
for  the  free  use  of  their  (Lecture)  Hall  for  the  purposes  of  the  Eighteenth 
Annual  Meeting  of  this  Body. 
The  following  report  was  then  read  and  laid  on  the  table  for 
publication : 
The  Committee  appointed  to  consider  the  time  and  place  for  holding 
the  uext  annual  meeting  respectfully  report  that  our  next  annual  meeting 
take  place  at  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  on  the  second  Tuesday  in  September, 
1871,  at  three  o'clock  P.  M. 
(Signed)  Henry  Haviland,  Chairman. 
32 
\ 
