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(.  November,  1902. 
metric  estimation  of  the  above  salts.  Using  sulphuric  acid  with 
methyl  orange  as  an  indicator,  the  process  is  said  to  give  satisfactory 
results. 
A  pleasant  diversion  of  the  closing  hours  of  the  conference  was 
the  presentation  to  Mr.  Taylor,  who  had  served  1 5  years  as  Secre- 
tary of  the  B.P.C.,  of  an  address  and  several  souvenirs  as  a  reminis- 
cence of  the  appreciation  and  good  will  of  the  members. 
After  the  election  of  officers  for  the  ensuing  year  and  the  trans- 
action of  some  routine  business,  including  a  vote  of  thanks  to  the 
local  committee,  the  principal  of  University  College  and  the  retiring 
president,  the  conference  adjourned  to  meet  in  Bristol,  England,  in 
I9O3.  M.  I.  WlLBERT. 
PHARMACEUTICAL  MEETING.1 
The  first  of  the  series  of  pharmaceutical  meetings  of  the  Phila- 
delphia College  of  Pharmacy,  for  1 902-1903,  was  held  on  Tuesday, 
October  21,  1902.  Mr.  Howard  B.  French,  the  President  of  the 
College,  presided. 
The  first  speaker  was  Dr.  A.  R.  L.  Dohme,  of  Baltimore,  who 
read  an  interesting  paper  on  "The  Writing  of  a  Thesis"  (see 
page  527). 
The  next  paper  was  entitled  "  The  Apprentice  of  Former  Days 
— A  Reminiscence,"  by  William  Mclntyre  (see  page  532).  In  the 
discussion  of  this  paper  Mr.  Evan  T.  Ellis  said  that  the  old-fashioned 
pharmacist  was  usually  a  man  of  marked  personality,  and  quoted 
Professor  Parrish  as  saying  that  a  pharmacist  was  looked  upon  as  a 
kind  of  oracle  in  his  neighborhood,  and  that  all  kinds  of  questions 
were  put  to  him  which  he  was  supposed  to  be  able  to  answer.  Pro- 
fessor Remington  said  in  reference  to  the  popular  health  almanac 
JThe  Committee  on  Pharmaceutical  Meetings  desire  to  state  that  it  is  pro- 
posed to  make  the  meetings  for  the  season  of  1 902-1903  as  interesting  and 
profitable  as  those  in  previous  years.  An  effort  will  be  made  this  year  to  limit 
the  time  for  the  reading  of  papers  to  twenty  minutes,  so  that  ample  time  will 
be  afforded  for  discussion.  Furthermore,  at  each  meeting  special  topics  for 
discussion  will  be  presented,  which  will  serve  to  bring  out  points  of  practical 
and  general  interest  to  the  retail  pharmacist. 
The  following  are  the  members  of  the  Committee  for  1902-19U3  :  Dr.  R.  V. 
Mattison,  Prof.  Joseph  P.  Remington,  Prof.  C.  B.  Lowe,  Mr.  W.  L.  Cliffe  and 
Prof.  Henry  Kraemer. 
