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the  year.  Among  those  who  contributed  were  Prof.  J.  W.  Tourney,  of  the 
University  of  Arizona  ;  Mr.  J.  H.  Maiden,  of  Sydney,  New  South  Wales  ;  Prof. 
Alfonso  Herrera,  of  Mexico  ;  Mr.  J.  Bosisto,  of  Melbourne,  Australia,  and  Mr. 
E.  M.  Holmes,  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Society  of  Great  Britain. 
The  need  exists  for  more  shelf  room  in  the  Museum,  and  this  will  be  imper- 
atively required,  if  a  certain  promised  collection  of  drug  products — which  is 
extensive  and  valuable — is  secured. 
There  is  another  matter  that  should  be  referred  to.  While  the  College  is 
rich  in  its  splendid  herbarium,  in  its  collection  of  plants  and  plant-products, 
in  its  collection  of  chemical  and  pharmaceutical  products,  it  lacks  one  thing, 
and  that  is  a  collection  of  minerals  representing  the  origin  of  the  elements 
and  of  the  inorganic  chemical  compounds — not  a  geological  collection,  but  a 
collection  of  raw  material — so  to  speak — that  will  exhibit  to  the  pharmaceu- 
tical student  the  primary  source  of  his  elements  and  inorganic  chemical 
compounds.  Such  a  collection  need  not  be  very  expensive,  and  would  add 
much  to  the  value  of  the  Museum.  Your  Curator  would  therefore  respectfully 
suggest  that,  as  soon  as  the  condition  of  the  treasury  will  permit,  that  such 
a  collection  be  bought.   I  am, 
Yours  respectfully, 
J.  W.  England,  Curator. 
The  various  reports  having  been  presented  and  accepted,  the  next  matter  of 
business  was  the  annual  election  of  officers.  The  death  of  Mr.  Robert  Shoe- 
maker having  left  void  the  office  of  First  Vice-President,  the  order  of  succes- 
sion was  accorded  to  Mr.  William  J.  Jenks,  Second  Vice-President,  and  he  was 
thereupon  elected  to  the  position  made  vacant  by  Mr.  Shoemaker's  death.  Mr. 
Howard  B.  French  having  been  elected  to  succeed  Mr.  Jenks  as  Second  Vice- 
President,  the  total  number  of  officers  elected  was  as  follows  : 
President,  Charles  Bullock  ;  First  Vice-President,  William  J.  Jenks  ;  Second 
Vice-President,  Howard  B.  French;  Treasurer,  James  T.  Shinn;  Corresponding 
Secretary,  Dr.  A.  W.  Miller  ;  Recording  Secretary,  William  B.  Thompson  ; 
Librarian,  Thos.  S.  Wiegand  ;  Curator,  Jos.  W.  England  ;  Editor,  Prof.  Henry 
Trimble;  Publication  Committee,  Henry  N.  Rittenhouse,  et.  al.,  Editor  H. 
Trimble,  ex-officio  ;  Trustees  for  Three  Years,  Wallace  Procter,  Gustavus  Pile, 
W.  Nelson  Stem  ;  Trustees  for  Unexpired  Terms,  F.  W.  E.  Stedem,  Richard  M. 
Shoemaker. 
As  the  annual  meeting  of  the  American  Medical  Association  will  be  held  in 
Philadelphia  in  June,  Professor  Remington  moved  that  an  invitation  be  ex- 
tended to  the  Association  to  hold  the  sessions  of  the  section  on  Materia  Medica 
at  this  College,  and  it  was  so  ordered. 
On  motion,  the  meeting  adjourned. 
Wiijjam  B.  Thompson,  Secretary. 
MINUTES  OF  THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  MEETING. 
Philadelphia,  April  20,  1897. 
The  regular  Pharmaceutical  Meeting  of  the  present  series  was  held  in  the 
Museum  of  the  College  at  3.30  p.m.    Dr.  C.  B.  Lowe  presided.    The  minutes 
of  the  previous  meeting  were  allowed  to  stand  as  published. 
