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Minutes of the College. 
have been furnished by individuals resident in Philadelphia, 
so that notwithstanding this is the only Journal in the United 
States exclusively devoted to pharmaceutic and chemical 
researches, such has been the apathy or unwillingness of 
members of our profession in other cities to contribute to its 
pages, that your committee are obliged to rely almost entirely 
on home materials. 
This state of things, in the opinion of your committee, has 
in a great measure arisen from the following causes : The 
title of the publication is local, thus preventing many from 
contributing to its pages, and making it the record of their 
observations and experience, from a belief that they w 7 ere re- 
served solely for members of the College. That this is the 
case is corroborated by the fact that with very few excep- 
tions, no original paper has been obtained from foreign 
sources, or from individuals not members of the College, ex- 
cept at the personal solicitation of the committee. In support 
of the view your committee have taken of the subject, they 
would cite the example of the Journal de Pharmacie ; this 
well known publication was originally placed in the same 
circumstances as our own Journal, being for some years, 
from 1809 to 1815, published under the title of the Bulletin 
des Travaux de la Societe de Pharmacie de Pains, but it was 
found that it could not be properly supported under so ex- 
clusive a designation, wherefore the name and plan of the 
work were changed and placed on a more liberal and ex- 
tended footing, though it still remains under the guidance of 
the Society. 
Your committee beg leave to propose the following reso- 
lutions : 
L That the title of the Journal of the Philadelphia College 
of Pharmacy, be changed to that of the American Journal of 
Pharmacy, published by authority of the Philadelphia Col- 
lege of Pharmacy &c. 
