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American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  \  ^'"  JcTisso""' 
Committees  are  discontinued  and  their  duties  transferred  to  the  council.  Applica- 
tions for  .membership  are  made  to  and  examined  by  the  council  and  reported  to 
the  Association,  and  if  no  objection  is  made,  the  applicants  are  elected  by  the  coun- 
cil.   All  actions  of  the  council  are  subject  to  revision  by  the  Association. 
The  Nominating  Committee  was  directed  to  present  nominations  for  nine  mem- 
bers of  the  council,  and  the  Executive  and  Business  Committees  were  requested  to 
continue  in  office  until  the  close  of  the  present  meeting.  The  Association  theii 
proceeded  in  a  body  to  the  exhibition  room  for  the  examination  of  the  exhibits  and 
then  adjourned  until  the  following  morning  at  9  o'clock. 
Third  Session,  Thursday  Morning  Sept.  i6th. — The  minutes  of  the  second 
session  were  read  and  approved.  A  telegram  conveying  greetings  from  the  California 
College  of  Pharmacy  was  read  and  received  with  applause.  Invitations  were 
extended  to  the  Association  from  the  following  places  :  Cincinnati,  Chicago,  Kansas- 
City,  Mo.j  Asbury  Park,  N.  J. 5  Washington,!).  C.5  Peoria,  111.;  and  Milwaukee, 
Wis.  The  invitations  were  referred  for  consideration  and  report  to  a  committee 
consisting  of  Messrs.  Markoe  of  Massachusetts,  Lilly  of  Indiana,  and  Luhn  of 
South  Carolina. 
Dr.  Squibb  proposed  an  amtndment  to  the  by-laws,  referring  to  the  appointment 
of  the  Nominating  Committee,  in  such  a  manner  that  the  delegations  coming  from 
one  State  appoint  one  member  only  (instead  of  one  member  for  each  delegation).. 
Dr.  Roberts  moved  a  substitute,  favoring  the  nomination  of  the  officers  by  the 
council,  with  the  exception  of  President  and  Vice  Presidents,  who  were  to  be 
nominated  and  voted  for  at  the  second  session  of  each  annual  meeting.  The  propo- 
sitions were  laid  over  for  consideration  to  the  next  session. 
Prof.  Oldberg  read  a  paper  on  the  nomendaiure  of  ihe  Pharmacopceia^  which  was 
accepted  with  thanks  and  referred  for  publication.  The  paper  is  not  adapted  for  a 
brief  resume,  the  most  important  part  being  the  arguments  advanced  in  favor  of  the 
proposed  changes. 
Mr.  Fish  read  an  able  paper,  illustrated  by  sketches  and  tables,  on  the  mineral 
ucaters  of  Saratoga^  which  was  accepted  with  thanks  and  referred  for  publication. 
The  Committee  on  the  Next  Annual  Meeting  reported  in  favor  of  Washington, 
D.  C.  A  telegram  just  received  from  the  Kansas  Pharmaceutical  Association  urged 
Kansas  City  for  holding  the  next  meeting.  Further  consideration  was  deferred  until 
the  afternoon  session. 
Prof.  Diehl  read  his  third  report  on  fluid  extracts,  giving  the  results  and  compari- 
sons of  numerous  experiments,  and  accompanied  by  many  specimens.  The  aim  of 
the  report  was  to  throw  light  upon  the  relation  of  strength  of  fluid  extracts  made  so 
that  a  definite  weight  of  drug  should  be  made  into  fluid  extract  of  the  same  ^weight 
or  of  the  measure  holding  an  equal  njueight  of  nvater. 
Prof.  Markoe  read  a  paper  on  the  preparation  of  ferric  hydrate,  showing  that 
when  made  from  strong  ammonia  and  iron  solutions,  there  is  no  difficulty  in  wash- 
ing out  the  ammonia  salts  from  the  precipitate,  if  care  is  taken  to  break  up  the 
lumps  of  the  latter  previous  to  the  addition  of  the  wash  water. 
Mr.  Kennedy  read  a  paper  on  Pharmaceutical  Preparations  of  the  Bark  of  Rhus 
Purshiana,  proposing  a  fluid  extract  with  a  mixture  of  13  volumes  of  alcohol  to  7 
volumes  of  water;  also  an  elixir,  made  with  a  similar  menstruum,  containing  in  the 
pint  3  ounces  of  ti  e  bark,  the  same  weight  of  glycerin,  and  flavored  with  oil  of 
orange  gtt.  vi,  and  oil  of  cinnamon  gtt.  ii. 
A  paper  by  Mr.  Candidus  on  the  increase  of  bulk  by  dissol-ziing  solids  in  liquids^ 
reports  the  increase  to  be,  for 
20  grams  Acid,  citric,  .    -12    cc.        10  grams  Potass,  citras,        .    -033  cc. 
5  Acid,  oxalic,    .  -03  3  Potass,  permangan.,  •01 
10  Ammon.  nitras,      .     06  3  Ouinid.  sulphas,     .  "024 
5  Barii  chiorid.,  -012  10  Sodii  bromidum,  •031 
10  Calcii  chiorid.,       .    -043  10  Sodii  hyposulphis,  .  "05 
10  Ferri  et  pota*^s.  tart,,    -04  5  Sodii  sulphocarbolas,  '023 
30  Ferri  pyrophosph.,  .     '05  10  Zinci  sulphas,         .  '04 
Mr.  Kennedy  read  a  paper  on  the  rhi%ome  of  Aspidium  marginale,  stating  that  itr 
