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"  2.  That  an  examiuation  in  this  branch  be  required  before  the  granting 
of  the  degree. 
"  Respectfully  submitted.         John  M.  Maisch, 
Chas.  Bullock, 
Joseph  P.  Remington." 
The  report  was,  on  motion,  accepted,  and  referred  to  the  Board  of  Trus- 
tees for  their  consideration. 
An  election  was  then  ordered  for  Trustees  and  a  Committee  on  Deceased 
Members. 
The  chair  appointed  Messrs.  John  E.  Cook  and  Alonzo  Bobbins  tellers, 
who,  upon  counting  the  vote,  announced  the  following  gentlemen  elected : 
Trustees  for  Three  Years. 
Dr.  Adolph  W,  Miller,        Albert  P.  Brown,        William  B.  Thompson. 
Trustee  to  Jill  the  unexpired  term  of  Dr.  Wilson  H.  Pile^  deceased. 
William  E.  Krewson. 
Committee  on  Deceased  Members. 
Charles  Bullock,  Joseph  P.  Remington,  Alfred  B.  Taylor. 
Then,  on  motion,  adjourned.  William  J.  Jenks,  Secretary. 
MINUTES  OF  THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  MEETING. 
Philadelphia,  October  18,  1881. 
In  the  absence  of  the  President,  Mr.  Alonzo  Bobbins  was  called  to  the 
«chair.  This  being  the  first  of  this  season's  meetings,  an  election  for  Regis- 
trar was  held;  T.  S.  Wiegand,  being  nominated,  was  elected.  The  min- 
utes of  the  last  meeting  were  read  and  approved.  Mr.  Robbins  stated  that 
a  mistake  had  been  made  in  the  minutes  as  published  on  page  311  of  the 
May  number,  in  reference  to  the  menstruum  used  for  fluid  extract  of  gua- 
rana^  which  should  be  two  parts  of  alcohol  and  one  of  water. 
A.  P.  Brown  presented  a  copy  of  the  "Proceedings  of  the  New  Jersey 
State  Pharmaceutical  Association  "  ;  also  an  adjustable  pill  finisher^  which 
consists  of  a  disk,  of  about  3  inches  diameter,  with  a  rim  on  which  a  screw 
is  cut,  and  a  ring  on  which  a  screw  is  cut  with  a  similar  thread,  so  that 
the  edge  of  the  ring  can  be  raised  or  lowered,  and  the  pills  finished  by  roll- 
ing them  with  a  spatula.  The  neat  manner  in  which  the  a^Dparatus  was 
made  and  its  adaptability  elicited  general  approval. 
A  copy  of  Baume's  "  Traite  de  Pharmacie  "  and  three  volumes  of  the 
*^  Traite  de  Chimie  Experimentale  et  Raisonne,"  by  Mr.  Baume,  were  sent 
by  the  Rev.  John  Grey  son,  of  La  Porte,  Pa.,  formerly  a  student  of  phar- 
macy in  this  college,  as  a  donation  to  the  library  from  the  late  Mr.  E.  S.  J. 
Meilly,  of  Bath,  Me. 
The  report  of  the  Commissioner  of  Education  for  1879  and  also  a  copy 
of  the  report  of  the  Smithsouian  Institution  were  received  ;  they  were 
accepted  with  thanks. 
A  copy  of  the  "Proceedings  of  the  Pennsylvania  State  Pharmaceutical 
Association  "  was  presented  by  Prof.  Maisch,  on  behalf  of  the  Secretary  of 
the  association. 
