138 THE JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY. 



J. P. Remington daring the weeks preceding the convention. Dr. Rice, 

 though in bad health, was an active participant. The draft was therefore 

 ready and was found acceptable, with but few modifications. 



The constitution provides for the scientific work of revision to be per- 

 formed by a Committee of Revision, as heretofore/publication and other 

 business matters to be conducted by a Board of Trustees to consist of five 

 members elected by the Convention, together with the President of the 

 Convention and the Chairman of the Committee of Revision. They are 

 to fill vacancies in their number. Four of them shall constitute a quorum. 

 They shall meet annually, or oftener if required. No provision is made 

 for voting by writing, if a member cannot be present, and it is a matter of 

 opinion whether this is allowed. If not, the times and places of meeting 

 might be such as to throw the business into the hands of a highly select 

 body. The members are to receive no compensation, but their expenses 

 are to be paid. They are authorized to pay "experts and others for ser- 

 vices performed," which is to be construed as including the Committee of 

 Revision, a very proper authority. The elected members of this board 

 are Messrs. Sheppard, Ebert, Thompson, Dohme and Sloan. 



The Nezv Committee of Revision. — Eight members of the old committee 

 were reejected. Some of the new members will prove of exceptional 

 value in the revision work. The medical members are especiallj' worthy, 

 as the}' are not only very able as physicians, but are qualified to pass in- 

 telligent judgment upon matters pharmaceutical. They are also quite 

 likely to watch one another closely. New York is not only ably, but 

 fully represented with five members; a number equalled only by Pennsyl- 

 vania. Finally we may be excused for the little institutional vanity of 

 remarking that Professor Coblentz, our own representative, received the 

 greatest number of votes cast for any member of the committee. The 

 committee, as a whole, may be relied upon to improve upon the last edi- 

 tion. 



The Convention stands out in the recollection of your reporter as hav- 

 ing been the most fully crowded with hard and effective work, and with 

 the least nonsense, and at the same time one of the most pleasant, of any 

 meeting which he has ever attended. 



It is important to add that provision was made* for the early printing 

 and publishing of an abstract of the proceedings. 



Notice. 



"Urine Analysis by the Pharmacist," will be continued in the July 

 Number. 



