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EDITORIAL. 
Society  and  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  met  at  the  hall  of  the 
College  of  Physicians.  Prof.  Gross  was  invited  to  take  the  chair,  and  Prof. 
Parrish  was  appointed  Secretary.  The  Chairman  stated  that  the  object 
of  the  meeting  was  known  to  all  present  to  be  in  relation  to  getting  at 
some  means  to  prevent  the  adulteration  of  drugs.  After  a  free  and  can- 
did expression  from  the  members  of  both  committees  it  was  suggested 
that  the  document  issued  by  a  former  joint  committee  of  the  two  bodies 
now  represented  be  read  from  the  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy  for 
1852,  which  seemed  so  satisfactorily  to  regulate  the  relations  between  the 
two  professions.  The  bill  prepared  by  the  pharmaceutists  as  a  substitute 
for  the  bill  before  the  House,  at  Harrisburg,  was  read,  and  satisfied  the 
medical  gentlemen  that  the  druggists  were  not  disposed  to  avoid  legisla- 
tion, but  wanted  time  to  prepare  carefully  a  wise  and  comprehensive  act. 
The  physicians  and  apothecaries  entirely  agreed  in  this  view,  and  decided 
to  use  the  influence  of  the  joint  committee  to  postpone  legislation  for  this 
session,  to  invite  the  co-operation  of  the  College  of  Physicians,  and  make 
an  effort  to  be  prepared  with  a  suitable  law  to  be  presented  to  the  next 
Legislature. 
All  these  influences  combined,  and  especially  the  candid  representa- 
tion by  the  apothecaries  of  its  practical  working,  prevented  the  passage 
of  the  proposed  law,  and  the  Legislature  has  now  adjourned. 
The  bill  of  the  Association  is  applicable  to  the  entire  State.  The  temper 
of  the  Legislature  will  render  it  extremely  difficult  to  obtain  any  such  law, 
and  it  will  be  wise  in  our  College  to  keep  the  subject  alive  and  secure  a 
proper  bill  for  this  City,  and  trust  to  the  future  to  extend  its  provisions 
to  the  State. 
The  Gynceological  Society  of  Boston  has  been  instituted  during  the 
present  year,  for  the  purpose  of  promoting  a  knowledge  of  the  diseases  of 
women  and  the  proper  treatment  for  them.  President,  Winslow  Lewis, 
M.D. ;  Treasurer,  Geo.  H.  Bixby,  M.D. ;  Secretary,  Horatio  H.  Storer, 
M.D.  One  of  the  objects  of  the  Society  is  to  create  a  library  of  works  on 
the  art  and  science  of  Gynoeology. 
New  York  College  of  Pharmacy — At  the  Annual  Meeting  of  this  In- 
stitution, held  March  18th,  1869,  the  diploma  of  the  College  was  conferred 
upon  the  following  graduates  : 
Thomas  J.  Covell,  George  A.  Evans, 
William  Neergaard,  Jr.,  George  W.  C.  Phillips. 
The  following  officers  were  elected  for  the  ensuing  year : 
President,  George  C.  Close  ;  Vice-Presidents,  William  Neergaard,  John 
Milhau,  Arthur  W.  Gabaudan  ;  Treasurer,  Wm.  Wright,  Jr. ;  Secretary, 
P.  W.  Bedford;  Trustees,  Henry  A.  Cassebeer,  Jr.,  Isaac  Coddington, 
John  W.  Shedden,  Theobald  Frohwein,  Adolph  G.  Dunn,  Augustus  W. 
Weismann,  David  Hays,  Edward  L.  Milhau,  John  Frey. 
Delegates  to  attend  the  Chicago  meeting  of  the  American  Pharma- 
