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PROCEEDINGS  OF  THE 
The  following  forms  for  the  signatures  of  applicants  for  mem- 
bership, and  for  the  certificate,  as  offered  by  the  Executive  Com- 
mittee, were  read  and  adopted,  viz. : 
I,  A   B  ,  of  D  ,  approving  of  the  objects  of  the  American  Phar- 
maceutical Association,  am  desirous  of  joining  it  in  membership  ;  and  hav- 
ing Tead  its  Constitution  I  hereby  signify  my  approval  of  it. 
(Signed)  A   B  . 
I,  A  B  ■,  of  D — — ,  hereby  agree  to  return  my  certificate  of  mem- 
bership in  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  to  the  Treasurer  of 
that  body,  if  I  shall  hereafter  cease  to  be  connected  in  membership  with  it. 
(Signed)  A  B  . 
The  list  of  subjects  for  investigation  proposed  in  the  fourth  re- 
commendation of  the  Executive  Committee's  report,  (see  page 
483)  was  now  read,  and  after  some  discussion  the  following  reso- 
lution was  passed,  viz.  : 
It  was  on  motion,  Resolved,  That  the  questions  embodied  in 
appendix  B  of  the  Executive  Committee's  report  be  adopted  and 
published  in  the  Proceedings,  and  that  the  recommendation  of  the 
Committee  in  regard  to  their  being  read  and  published,  and  in 
regard  to  the  award  of  prizes,  be  adopted,  with  the  exception  of 
that  part  providing  for  their  previous  reference  to  a  Committee. 
[As  some  doubts  existed  as  to  whether  the  mere  publication  of  these 
subjects  would  induce  Pharmaceutists  to  take  them  in  hand,  the  Executive 
Committee,  by  application  to  the  members  present,  succeeded  in  getting 
most  of  them  accepted,  and  in  the  following  list  we  publish  the  names  of 
those  members  who  have  agreed  to  act. — Editor.] 
1st.  What  are  the  actual  sources  of  the  light  Cod-liver  oil  of 
American  commerce,  both  as  relates  to  the  species  of  fish  that 
yield  it,  and  the  places  where  it  is  extracted  ?  Is  it  adulterated 
with  sperm  or  fish  oil  ?  and  if  so,  is  it  done  by  the  producers  or 
collectors,  or  after  it  enters  commerce  ? 
Accepted  by  Robert  R.  Kent,  of  Boston. 
2d.  The  substance  known  in  commerce  as  New  England  Isin- 
glass, is  said  to  be  made  from  the  intestines  of  the  cod  fish. 
Quere,  where  and  by  whom  is  the  article  of  commerce  prepared, 
what  process  does  it  undergo,  what  portions  of  the  fish  yield  it, 
and  what  amount  is  obtained  from  a  single  fish  ? 
Accepted  by  Charles  T.  Carney,  of  Boston. 
