EDITORIAL.  583 
The  Semi- Annual  Election  resulted  in  the  choice  of  the  following  : 
For  Trustees. 
T.  P.  James,  S.  S.  Garrigues,  E.  T.  Ellis, 
A.  B.  Taylor,  W.  J.  Jenks,  Chas.  Bullock, 
Jacob  L.  Smith,  Dr.  W.  II.  Pile. 
To  fill  vacancy  occasioned  by  the  resignation  of  F.  C.  Hill, 
James  T.  Shinn. 
Committee  on  Obituary  Notices. 
Edward  Parrish,  W.  Procter,  Jr.,  C.  Bullock. 
Then  adjourned, 
Edward  Pakrish,  Secretary. 
(Hftttorial  Department. 
The  Boston  Meeting. — The  Meeting  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical 
Association  in  September  was  a  decided  success,  not  only  was  it  the 
largest  gathering  that  has  yet  occurred  under  the  auspices  of  the  Associa- 
tion, but  the  amount  of  results  in  the  shape  of  reports  and  original  papers 
will  exceed  that  of  any  previous  Meeting.    The  large  space  occupied  by 
the  Minutes  of  that  Meeting  in  this  number,  renders  comment  on  the  details 
unnecessary.    It  has  been  the  aim  of  the  Editor  to  give  a  connected  account 
of  the  proceedings  of  each  meeting  as  nearly  correct  as  it  is  possible  to  get 
it  so  as  to  embody  a  history  of  this  great  movement  as  it  progresses.  A 
good  way  of  judging  of  the  nature  of  such  a  meeting  is  to  examine  its 
elements — to  observe  the  character  and  standing  of  the  men  who  engage 
in  it.    When  it  is  found  that  pharmaceutists  and  druggists,  whose  time, 
pecuniarily  speaking,  is  very  valuable,  and  who  in  addition  are  willing  to 
pay  the  expenses  for  travelling  and  hotel  fare,  and  avoid  the  pleasures 
incident  to  a  large  city  to  attend  three  sessions  a  day,  something  more  than 
curiosity  must  prompt  them  to  the  act  •  and  it  is  but  fair  to  infer  that  they 
feel  a  deep  interest  in  the  advancement  of  Pharmacy  as  a  scientific  art, 
and  in  its  professional  relations.    The  Meeting  was  characterized  by  good 
feeling  throughout,  a  large  accession  of  new  members  was  gained,  and 
much  labor  pointed  out  and  accepted  for  the  Meeting  next  year.  Our 
Boston  brethren,  in  their  arrangements  for  the  accommodation  of  the 
Meeting,  deserve  great  praise,  and  in  reverting  to  the  occasion  we  can 
suggest  nothing  to  alter  in  the  comforts  and  facilities  afforded.  The 
