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MINUTES  OF  THE 
volume  of  the  Proceedings  of  our  Association.  The  delay  at- 
tendant upon  its  issue  was  greater  than  usual,  although  every 
effort  in  the  power  of  the  Committee  was  made  to  prevent  it ;  the 
great  variety  and  amount  of  matter  has  increased  the  size  and 
cost  of  the  book  very  considerably,  the  total  expenditure  on  its 
account  being  nearly  1750  dollars.  There  has  been  received  a 
number  of  applications  for  membership,  which  have  been  filed, 
and  will  be  reported  at  the  proper  time ;  it  is  desirable  that  all 
desirous  of  joining  our  association  should  be  informed  that  they 
are  not  entitled  to  any  of  the  rights  of  members  until  they  have 
perfected  their  membership  by  paying  all  their  dues  as  well  as 
signing  the  Constitution. 
The  only  deaths  that  have  come  to  the  knowledge  of  the  Com- 
mittee are  as  follows  : — 
Henry  E.  Hill,  who  for  several  years  past  had  been  doing  a 
fair  business  in  Detroit,  died  on  the  19th  of  November,  1868, 
from  a  pistol  shot  inflicted  by  himself  whilst  laboring  under 
mental  depression  occasioned  by  his  pecuniary  reverses. 
Louis  M.  Emmanuel,  M.  D.,  who  died  on  Dec.  27th,  1868, 
in  the  34th  year  of  his  age,  of  pleuro-pneumonia,  having  previous- 
ly suffered  from  diabetes.  He  was  regularly  educated  as  a  drug- 
gist, having  graduated  at  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy. 
Having  studied  medicine,  he  served  in  various  positions  in  the 
Medical  Department  of  the  U.  S.  Army,  till  mustered  out  of  the 
service,  shortly  after  which  he  settled  down  in  practice  of  medi- 
cine with  his  father,  at  Linwood.  He  became  a  member  of  our 
Association  in  1857,  and  he  is  spoken  of  by  his  friends  as  being 
of  an  affectionate  disposition  and  sincere  in  his  friendships. 
Edwin  B.  Smith,  of  Monmouth,  Illinois,  who  has  been  a  mem- 
ber of  our  Association  since  1862,  died  of  a  pulmonary  affection, 
under  which  he  had  been  suffering  for  some  years ;  he  was  a 
graduate  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy. 
A  great  deal  of  the  interest  of  the  report  of  our  proceedings 
is  due  to  the  intelligent  attention  of  Mr.  Slade,  who  has  reported 
for  us  for  four  successive  years,  each  year  with  increasing  ad- 
vantage to  the  Association,  and  the  Committee  feel  it  their  duty 
to  make  this  acknowledgment. 
Having  on  former  occasions  referred  to  the  difficulties  under 
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