Am'octu,ris89 arm }    Pharmaceutical  Colleges  and  Associations.  539 
E.  V.  Zoeller,  Tarboro,  secretary,  and  A.  S.  Lee,  Raleigh,  treasurer.  More 
head  City  was  selected  as  the  place  of  the  next  annual  meeting,  the  date  to  be 
named  by  the  secretary. 
7he  Ohio  Pharmaceutical  Association  commenced  its  eleventh  annual  meeting 
in  Mansfield,  June  5th,  President  Fulton  in  the  chair.  Papers  were  read  on 
glycerin  by  E.  S.  Ely  and  J.  G.  Spenzer  ;  powdered  borax  by  Mary  H.  Spenzer; 
chlorinated  lime  by  J.  G.  Spenzer ;  nux  vomica  by  W.  Simonson ;  uncertain 
medicines  by  Professor  Lloyd.  The  president  for  the  current  year  is  L.  Sher- 
wood, Columbus ;  secretary,  L.  C.  Hopp,  Cleveland ;  treasurer,  F.  A.  Kautz, 
Cincinnati.  The  Association  will  meet  next  year  at  Toledo,  in  the  month  of 
June. 
The  South  Dakota  Pharmaceutical  Association  convened  at  its  fourth  annual 
meeting  in  Aberdeen,  August  20th.  Papers  were  read  on  medicated  waters, 
prescriptions,  pharmacy  laws,  and  on  several  commercial  topics.  The  member- 
ship is  about  two  hundred.  R.  A.  Mills,  Aberdeen,  was  chosen  president ;  I. 
A.  -Kieth,  Lake  Preston,  secretary,  and  L.  T.  Dunning,  Sioux  Falls,  treasurer. 
The  Association  will  meet  again  at  Watertown,  on  the  third  Tuesday  of  August, 
1890,  E.  Murphy  acting  as  local  secretary. 
The  Virginia  Pharmaceutical  Association  held  its  eighth  annual  meeting  at  Old 
Point  Comfort  June  6,  E.  A.  Craighill,  president.  Besides  the  usual  routine 
business,  action  on  the  reports  of  officers  and  committees,  etc.,  papers  were 
presented  and  discussed  on  benzoic  acid  as  an  antiseptic ;  on  pharmaco- 
dynamics ;  on  commercial  sodium  bicarbonate  ;  on  the  study  of  botany,  and  a 
number  of  practical  notes  contributed  by  several  members.  R.  H.  Stratton, 
Gordon sville,  was  elected  president;  C.  B.  Fleet,  Lynchburg,  secretary,  and 
F.  H.  Masi,  treasurer.  Mr.  Masi  having  since  died,  C.  H.  Lumsden,  Lynch- 
burg, was  appointed  treasurer  pro  tempore.  The  selection  of  the  place  and 
time  for  the  next  annual  meeting  has  been  entrusted  to  a  committee,  and  it 
has  been  recently  suggested  that  the  meeting  be  held  simultaneously  with  that 
of  the  Americn  Pharmaceutical  Association. 
The  Proceedings,  issued  in  August,  make  a  pamphlet  of  seventy-three  pages. 
The  membership  exceeds  two  hundred,  besides  seven  honorary  members. 
The  Wisconsin  Pharmaceutical  Association  assembled  at  its  tenth  annual  meet- 
ing in  Portage  August  13,  President  J.  C-  Huber  in  the  chair.  The  president's 
address,  the  reports  of  officers,  committees  and  of  the  pharmacy  board,  were 
received  and  properly  disposed  of ;  the  organization  of  a  mutual  fire  insurance 
company  was  favorably  considered,  and  a  number  of  papers  were  read  and 
discussed.  W.  M.  Edwards,  Portage,  was  elected  president;  E.  B.  Heimstreet, 
Janesville,  secretary  ;  W.  P.  Clarke,  Milton,  treasurer,  and  C  S.  Little.  Apple- 
ton,  local  secretary.  The  eleventh  annual  meeting  will  be  held  at  Appleton 
on  the  second  Tuesday  of  August,  1890. 
In  addition  to  the  printed  proceedings  previously  noticed,  the  following 
have  been  received : 
Province  of  Quebec. — Nineteenth  annual  meeting,  held  June  11,  1889. 
Kansas. — Tenth  annual  meeting.    Pp.  98.    See  p.  377. 
Kentucky. — Twelfth  annual  meeting.   Pp.  96.    See  p.  377. 
