498 
PROCEEDINGS  OF  THE 
table  extracts,  with  an  account  of  a  new  process  for  making 
them,  by  which  their  strength  is  rendered  more  uniform. 
A.  P.  Sharp  read  some  observations  in  reference  to  the  custom 
of  coloring  tinctures  with  red  sanders-wood,  as  those  of  com- 
pound  tincture  of  bark,  and  compound  spirit  of  lavender ;  and 
strongly  objected  to  the  practice,  owing  to  the  insolubility  of  the 
coloring  matter  in  water,  and  the  unsightly  appearance  of  a 
mixture  of  these  tinctures  with  water.  He  preferred  avoiding 
all  such  useless  additions,  but  if  they  must  be  added,  he  preferred 
to  employ  the  soluble  coloring  of  cochineal. 
A  paper  on  effervescing  powders,  by  John  M.  Maisch,  of 
Philadelphia,  was  read  by  Edward  Parrish,  in  which  the  uses  of 
these  powders  was  minutely  considered  in  their  various  appli- 
cations in  pharmacy. 
F.  W.  Tomlinson  and  J,  Jacob  Thomsen,  of  Baltimore,  being 
duly  recommended  by  the  Executive  Committee,  were  elected 
members. 
Suggestions  relative  to  non-officinal  formulae  were  made  by 
Mr.  Meakim,  who  advised  that  formulae  which  are  in  use  in 
various  places  under  the  same  name,  should  be  rendered  uniform 
by  a  general  understanding  effected  through  the  agency  of  the 
Association. 
Moved  and  carried  that  when  we  adjourn,  we  will  adjourn  to 
meet  at  9j  o'clock  on  Thursday  morning ;  and  that  the  first 
business  in  order  shall  be  to  fix  upon  a  place  for  the  next  annual 
meeting,  and  at  12  o'clock  resume  the  reading  of  scientific 
papers,  and  the  examination  of  specimens. 
On  motion  adjourned. 
Third  Bay— Morning  Session — Sept.  llth9  1856. 
About  the  time  adjourned  to,  the  meeting  was  called  to  order 
by  the  President,  and  the  previous  minutes  read  and  adopted. 
Thomas  H.  Helsby,  of  Baltimore,  was  elected  to  membership. 
The  adoption  of  a  place  for  the  next  annual  meeting  being  in 
order,  John  L.  Kidwell,  on  behalf  of  the  Washington  delegation, 
invited  the  Association  to  meet  in  that  city,  promising  them  a 
hearty  welcome  from  the  pharmaceutists  of  the  District  of  Co- 
lumbia. Pending  the  consideration  of  this  invitation,  Charles 
Ellis,  on  behalf  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy, 
offered  the  following  resolution,  viz  : 
Resolved,  that  when  this  meeting  finally  adjourns,  it  adjourns 
