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whether  it  would  be  advisable  to  change  lecture  time  from  night  to  day- 
time. The  Faculty  consists  of  Otto  A.  Wall,  M.D.,  Ph.G.,  Professor  of 
Materia  Medica ;  Chas.  A.  Curtnian,  M.D.,  Professor  of  Chemistry,  and 
James  M.  Good,  Ph.G.,  Professor  of  Pharmacy. 
New  York  State  Pharmaceutical  Association.  —  The  annual 
meeting  was  held  at  Buffalo  May  18  and  19,  the  attendance  being  large; 
129  new  members  were  elected,  TJie  exhibition  was  fine.  On  the  evening 
of  tlie  18th  a  reception  was  held  at  St.  James  Hall,  and  on  the  19th  an 
excursion  to  Niagara.  No  further  information  has  been  received  from  the 
officers. 
New  Jersey  Pharmaceutical  Association. — The  eleventh  annual 
meeting  was  held  in  Trenton  on  the  18tli  and  19th  of  May.  After  the 
annual  address  by  the  President,  Wm.  R.  Laird,  of  Jersey  City,  the  fol- 
lowing officers  were  elected  for  the  ensuing  year:  President,  Chas.  Holz- 
hauer,  Newark;  Vice  Presidents,  G.  A.  Mangold,  Trenton,  E.  S.  Reed, 
Atlantic  City ;  Treasurer,  Wm.  Rust,  New  Brunswick;  Recording  Secre- 
tary, A.  P.  Brown,  Camden ;  Corresponding  Secretary,  R.  W.  Vandervoord, 
Newark.  Standing  Committee — G.  A.  Mangold,  Trenton;  E.  P.  Nichols, 
Newark;  Mulford  Ludlam,  Millville;  A.  G.  Smith,  Belvidere;  J.  C. 
DeCou,  Trenton.  Reports  were  received  from  the  Board  of  Pharmacy  and 
from  delegates  to  the  various  pharmaceutical  associations.  The  Treasur- 
er's report  showed  that  the  financial  condition  of  the  society  was  good. 
Papers  were  read  by  Dr.  E.  P.  Nichols,  G.  A.  Mangold,  D.  W.  Brant  and 
A.  P.  Brown. 
In  the  afternoon  the  ladies  were  conveyed  in  carriages  to  the  various 
places  of  interest  in  and  around  Trenton,  and  in  tlie  evening  the  members 
and  their  ladies  sat  down  to  a  splendid  banquet  at  the  State  Street  House, 
furnished  by  the  pharmacists  of  Trenton. 
Thursday  morning  session  was  devoted  to  the  appointment  of  commit- 
tees, and  in  the  afternoon  the  members  and  lady  friends  were  conveyed  to 
the  New  Jersey  Pottery,  where  they  viewed  the  difierent  styles  of  wares 
as  well  as  the  process  of  manufacturing  and  decoration.  Before  leaving, 
Mr.  Henry  T.  Cook,  President  of  the  Pottery  Comi^any,  presented  each  one 
with  a  handsome  decorated  mug  as  a  memento  of  the  visit. 
Committees  were  appointed  to  draft  resolutions  relative  to  the  death  of 
William  King,  of  Jersey  City,  and  William  Neergard,  honorary  member 
from  New  York. 
On  motion,  it  was  decided  to  hold  the  next  meeting  at  Atlantic  City. 
Ohio  State  Pharmaceutical  Association. — The  third  annual  meet- 
ing was  held  at  Toledo,  May  18  and  19,  the  President,  J.  W.  Dietrich,  in 
the  chair.  The  reports  of  the  different  officers  and  coimnittees  were  pre- 
sented and  considered.  In  one  of  the  reports  it  was  urged  that  a  table  of 
maximum  doses  be  introduced  into  the  Pharmacopoeia,  comprising  all 
medicines  of  a  strong  or  j^oisonous  character,  with  the  view  of  requiring 
physicians  prescribing  larger  doses  to  signify  the  correctness  of  their  inten- 
tion by  affixing  an  asterisk  (^")  or  cross  (f).    The  following  officers  were 
