October 2a, 1871.] THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. 
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ABERDEEN SCHOOL OF PHARMACY. 
The first of a course of lectures, by Dr. Beveridge, in 
connection with the Society of Chemists and Druggi&te, 
for those who have already some knowledge of the 
business, will le delivered on Monday, 6th of November, 
at 9.30 a.m., at the Hospital Court, 56, G-allowgate, and 
continued every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday 
morning till 30th March, for the practical study of 
Materia Medica, with the Chemistry and Botany 6? the 
Pharmacopoeia. 
A summer course of lectures of a more elementary 
character will be given at the same hour and on the 
same days, commencing on Monday, loth April, and ter¬ 
minating on Saturday, 13th July. 
Fees for the winter session 25,9.; fees for the summer 
session 159., payable during the first week to the officer, 
William Adam, at the school. 
The employers, who are members of this Society, ex¬ 
press an earnest hope that their Assistants and Appren¬ 
tices will avail themselves of these lectures specially pro¬ 
vided for them, and so qualify themselves for passing 
the necessary examinations of the Pharmaceutical Society. 
The Library will be re-opened on Friday, 20th October, 
when books will be given out from 8 to 10 p.m., and 
every following Friday at the same hour. 
IpwmMnjjs jof SmttMt Srariits. 
AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSO¬ 
CIATION. 
At the opening Meeting of this Association on Sep¬ 
tember 12th, a letter from Mr. W. W. Stoddart, late 
President of the British Pharmaceutical Conference, was 
read, introducing the President-Elect, Mr. H. B. Brady. 
The letter was warmly applauded, and after a few suit¬ 
able words of introduction by the President,— 
Mr. Buady said: I did not expect, sir, to be called 
upon so early to express to you the feeling which I was 
charged to convey from the British Pharmaceutical Con¬ 
ference—the feeling of fraternal sympathy and of greet¬ 
ing to this large and important Association. We hold 
this Association as in some sort the exemplar which we 
have endeavoured to follow in establishing the Conference 
over which I have now, unworthily, the honour to pre¬ 
side. It was said that the organization which we had 
in London—the central organization in connection with 
pharmacy in England—was sufficient to provide for the 
wants of the British pharmaceutists in respect to inter¬ 
communication and the like; but it seemed to some 
of us, some eight or nine years ago, that you had in 
America an organization which would supplement in a 
very remarkable degree, if applied to England, the efforts 
of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain towards 
the advancement of pharmacy and the amelioration of 
pharmacists. We followed, therefore, as nearly as we 
could, and with only such modification as the nature 
and condition of pharmacy in England, as compared 
with that in America, necessitated, and endeavoured to 
form an Association which should, as nearly as possible, 
resemble that which you have here. How far that 
Association has been successful may be gathered, not 
only from the increasing roll of members, but by the 
amount of, I think I can say without vanity, good work 
which has proceeded from the association of -chemists 
throughout the country in England, as distinct from the 
Association in London. It was my happiness that the 
first meeting, the preliminary meeting of the British 
Pharmaceutical Conference, should be held in my native 
town; and from that moment to the present I have 
missed no step in its career. I do not propose at this 
moment, when time is so valuable to you at the opening 
meeting of your Convention, to enlarge either upon our 
present condition or our past history. I have merely 
expressed as much as I have to show to you how much 
i 
j I feel we are indebted to you, and with how much 
' brotherly and fraternal sympathy I can meet you, and 
to thank you for the very hearty and very kind reception 
which I have met with, not only here in St. Louis, but 
ever since I landed on the American continent. I take 
the honour you have done to me this day, in making me 
one of your members, as a compliment rather to the 
British Pharmaceutical Conference than to myself; for, 
to a certain extent, I represent them officially. For 
them and on their behalf I thank you; for myself it 
becomes me with simple humility to say from the bottom 
of my heart, I feel that you have done me great 
honour. 
On Wednesday, September 13th, the Committee ap¬ 
pointed to consider the propriety of admitting the cre¬ 
dentials of the delegate from the University of Michigan, 
presented a report recommending that the credentials 
should be returned. 
The Treasurer’s report was read, showing a balance 
on hand of $1209.39. The report was accepted, and 
referred to an auditing committee. 
The committee on nominations presented the appoint¬ 
ment of the following gentlemen as officers for the 
current year, who were duly elected by ballot:— Presi¬ 
dent : Enno Sander, St. Louis, Mo. ls£ Vice-President: 
C. L. Diehl, Louisville, Ivy. 2nd Vice-President: Prof. 
G. F. H. Markoe, Boston, Mass. Zrd Vice-President : 
Mr. F. Ash, Jackson, Mass. Treasurer : Chas. A. Tufts, 
Dover, N.H. Perm. Secretary: Prof. J. M. Maisch,. 
Philadelphia, Penn. 
A number of gentlemen representing the various 
sections of the country were appointed on the follow¬ 
ing committees:—Executive Committee ; Committee on 
Progress of Pharmacy, Dnig Markets, Adulterations, 
Queries, Business, Unofficial Formulae. 
An interesting report on the drug market was read by 
Mr. M‘Kesson, of New York, chairman of the committee 
for the past year. In it he referred to the new tariff 
regulations under which many articles formerly paying 
duty are now admitted free ; and traced the influence of 
the recent war between Germany and France on the 
drug trade; how speculation was rife, and prices conti- 
nuallj" fluctuating. Some interesting details were given 
in reference to the Smyrna opium trade, and the causes 
which led to the recent extensive alterations in prices, 
they having varied in New York from $3.75 to $8 or $9. 
The remarks on quinine showed that the importation of 
foreign quinine had greatly declined, in consequence of 
the market being better supplied by the manufacturers 
in the U. S., their increasing facilities for production 
having more than kept pace with the increasing de¬ 
mand. Mercury, oil of lemon, and other leading articles 
were also referred to, and their recent fluctuations in 
price commented on. The yield of cantharides in Europe 
was said to have fallen off very much of late, which, if 
continued, must result in America looking to other quar¬ 
ters for supplies. Last year twenty cases were imported 
from China, which, although differing in appearanco 
from the European insect, had been foimd fully effica¬ 
cious as a vesicating agent. Reference was made to the 
immense amount of adulteration still carried on, and the 
hope expressed that a remedy might soon be found for 
this evil. 
Mr. Joseph H. Remmington, of Philadelphia, as chair¬ 
man of the committee, presented the report on adultera¬ 
tions and sophistications. After some introductory re¬ 
marks, he proceeded to say that of all substances powders 
are probably the most liable to adulteration ; and that, 
principally, in consequence of the difficulty of detection. 
He had been informed of several wholesale drug houses 
where rooms are set apart for the purpose of mixing 
powders; and another case where there was a regularly 
organized adulterating department, with a foreman—-of 
no doubt large experience—to superintend this special 
branch. All sorts of cheap substances are used in this 
department of industry, the object being to imitate as 
