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son ;  on  the  prevention  of  Accidental  Poisoning,  by  Mr.  G,  Bunell  ;  on 
Chloral  as  an  Anaesthetic,  by  Mr.  Hanbury  ;  on  Pill  Excipients,  by  W.  D. 
Savage  ;  Historical  Notices  of  Chemists  and  Druggists,  by  the  same ; 
rare  Essential  Oils,  by  Mr.  Hanbury;  Carbolic  Acid  and  Human  Para- 
sites, by  T.  A.  Redwin  ;  on  Donovan's  Solution,  by  W.  E.  Heathfield  ; 
on  the  detection  of  Fixed  Oils  in  Plants,  by  Mr.  T.  T.  P.  Bruce  Warren, 
on  the  depuration  of  Ammoniacal  Salts  for  Pharmacy,  by  Wentworth 
Lacelles  Scott ;  on  Chlorinated  Lime,  by  the  same  ;  on  Sulphurous 
Acid,  by  the  same,  and  on  the  Commercial  Powder  of  Cinchona  and 
Ginger,  by  the  same. 
On  August  19th  a  complimentary  dinner  was  given  by  the  Chemists  of 
Exeter,  and  on  the  20th  an  excursion  to  Torquay,  was  made  and  enjoyed. 
The  final  meeting  was  held  on  Monday,  August  24th,  when  it  was  de- 
cided to  meet  in  Liverpool,  in  1870.  A  ballot  for  officers  for  1869-70 
was  then  held,  which  resulted  in  the  election  of  W.  W.  Stoddart,  of 
Bristol,  for  Presule7it  ;  J.  Abraham,  of  Liverpool,  H.  C.  Baildon,  Edin- 
burg,  H.  S.  Evans  and  Joseph  Ince,  of  London, /or  F^^'ce  Presidents  ;  Mr. 
Brady,  of  New  Castle,  Treasurer;  Prof.  Attfield  and  Mr.  Reynolds, 
General  Secretaries  ;  E.  Davies  and  J.  Dutton,  Local  Secretaries,  and  a 
Committee  of  9  members. 
On  the  whole,  the  Exeter  meeting  shows  a  continued  advance  in  the 
spirit  and  earnestness  of  the  British  Conference. 
The  Third  International  Pharmaceutical  Congress. — "We  learn 
through  the  Pharmaceut.  Zeitung,  No.  74,  75,  76,  1869,  that  this  conven- 
tion was  held  in  Vienna  on  the  9th  and  10th  of  September,  in  the  Aula 
of  the  Imperial  Academy  of  Sciences.  Most  of  the  delegates  had  ar- 
rived the  previous  evening,  and  were  received  by  the  Local  Committee 
in  the  parlor  of  the  Hotel  Ross. 
The  first  session  commenced  Sept.  9,  at  9  o'clock  a.  m.  ;  160  pharma- 
ceutists present.  Mr.  Beckert,  President  of  the  Austrian  Apothecaries' 
Association,  called  the  meeting  to  order,  welcomed  the  delegates,  and 
urged  the  importance  of  the  questions  to  be  discussed.  A  Committee  on 
Credentials  reported  33  delegates,  viz.  : — From  America  and  Italy  each 
one,  England  tioo,  France  and  Russia  each  three,  North  German  Apothe- 
caries Association  seven,  from  the  South  German  Apothecaries  Associa- 
tion three,  from  Austria  ^en,  from  the  Vienna  Assistants'  Association  ^i^;o, 
and  Swiss  International  Pharmaceutical  Association  one.  Among  the 
delegates  were  Messrs.  Redwood  and  Evans,  of  London,  Faber,  of  New 
York,  Mosca,  of  Turin,  Robinet  and  Mialhe,  of  Paris,  Von  Trapp  and 
Bjoerklund,  of  St.  Petersburg,  Danckwortt,  of  Magdeburg,  Dittrich,  of 
Prague,  VonWaldheim  and  Klinger,  of  Vienna,  and  many  others.  Four 
German  Pharmaceutical  Journals  had  reporters  present.  The  election 
resulted  in  the  following  officers  Danckwortt  President,  Robinet  and 
Von  Trapp  Vice-Presidents^  Messrs.  Klinger,  Lehman  and  Vorwerck 
