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John  W.  Jarvis,  Erie,  Pa. 
William  F.  Mallbie,  Springborough,  0 
Lurnan  G.  Moore,  Kinsman,  0.  . 
James  C.  Neal,  Marion,  Ind.  . 
John  F.  Oakes,  Rochester,  N.  Y.  . 
Robert  G.  Rex,  Richmond,  O. 
William  G.  Rouse,  Detroit,  Mich.  . 
John  A.  Rutan,  Libertyville,  N.  J. 
Alphonso  Sadler,  Milburn  Ills. 
Euffene  M.  Stanton,  Rochester,  Min. 
Vegetable  Astringents. 
Pharm.  Education. 
Ferrnm. 
Papaver  Somniferum. 
Adulterations. 
Elimination  of  Elements. 
Medicine  and  Pharmacy. 
Disinfectants. 
Cinchona. 
Opium. 
Pharmacy  in  California. — Through  a  copy  of  the  Daily  Alta  Cali- 
fornia of  San  Francisco,  of  July  29th,  sent  by  Mr.  J.  G.  Steele,  we  learn 
that 
"  At  a  general  meeting  of  the  apothecaries  of  San  Francisco,  held  last 
evening  in  the  rooms  of  the  Fourth  District  Court.  City  Hall,  the  follow- 
ing gentlemen,  representing  the  retail  drug  trade,  were  present :  Messrs. 
H.  W.  Bennett,  James  G.Steele,  G.  G.  Burnett,  Mayhew  &  Wenzell, 
Charles  D.  Zeile,  F.  Victor.  Geo.  H.  Clapp,  W.  C.  Miller,  J.  Barbat,  J. 
W.  Rule,  C.  F.  Richards,  S.  M.  DeSolla,  John  McCartha,  Justin  Gates, 
Edward  McCann,  Painter  &  Calvert,  Kdward  Neuman,  Charles  B. 
Hinckley,  Henry  Adolphus,  F.  Gros,  Wilson  &  Co.,  J.  Tothill.  J.  W. 
Reynolds,  J.  L.  Downing,  E.  J.  Richards,  W.  H.  Byran,  J.  W.  Van 
Zandt,  Jr..  Edward  Petibeau,  Craig  &  Holtz.  Flynn  &  Abramson,  J.  K. 
Moor,  C.  Wilhelm  &  Co.,  R.  W.  Coffin,  Chas.  Roturier,  V.  Folastri  and 
A.  McBoyle  &  Co. 
Mr.  James  G.  Steele  having  called  the  meeting  to  order,  Mr.  Simpson 
was  duly  elected  Chairman,  and  Mr.  McBoyle,  Secretary. 
The  Chairman  made  the  following  remarks,  which  were  well  applauded  : 
*  Gentlemen  :  We  are  assembled  together  for  the  purpose  of  organiz- 
ing ourselves  into  a  society.  The  necessity  of  such  an  organization  is  so 
apparent  that  I  need  scarcely  allude  to  it.  We  claim,  gentlemen,  to  be 
engaged  in  an  occupation  more  responsible  and  more  serious  than  any 
under  the  sun.  In  no  business  on  the  face  of  this  earth  is  there  so  much 
opportunity  for  wrong  doing,  and  none  in  which  the  public  is  obliged  to 
rely  so  implicitly  upon  the  honesty  and  good  faith  of  its  members.  In 
this  State,  without  any  legislative  restrictions,  and  having  no  Pharma- 
ceutical Society,  organization  or  college,  it  might  be  supposed,  reckoning 
upon  the  all-prevailing  human  frailty,  that  many  practices  would  intrude 
themselves  into  the  business  not  considered  either  honorable  or  profes- 
sional in  the  older  societies  elsewhere.  We  have  to  congratulate  our- 
selves, however,  that  with  as  little  incentive  to  study  and  the  almost 
entire  absence  of  an  emulation  to  succeed  in  the  scienlitic  or  higher 
branches,  our  occupation  on  this  coast  should  maintain  even  the  position 
it  does.  The  primary  objects  of  our  organization  will  no  doubt  be  to  in- 
stitute the  largest  professional  skill,  the  greatest  integrity  in  our  dealings 
with  the  public,  and  the  highest  honor  among  ourselves,  by  a  closer  inter- 
course and  communion.  Let  us  cultivate  amiable  and  kind  feelings,  and 
bear  in  mind  that  whatever  professional  envies  exist  among  us  belong 
exclusively  to  the  shop,  and  have  no  room  in  our  deliberations  here.' 
After  some  interesting  debate,  which  was  entered  into  with  much  zest 
by  many  present,  the  following  Committee  was  chosen  to  draft  a  Con- 
stitution and  By-Laws,  to  be  submitted  at  the  next  meeting  :  Messrs. 
