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EDITORIAL. 
The  British  Pharmaceutical  Conference. — This  body  commenced  its 
annual  meeting  on  Tuesday,  Sept.  5th,  1865,  at  Odd  Fellows'  Hall,  Bir- 
mingham, England,  Mr.  Henry  Deane,  President.  About  seventy  mem- 
bers were  present,  including  many  of  the  most  prominent  pharmaceutists 
of  England.  One  hundred  and  eight  new  members  were  elected  at  the 
first  sitting.  The  report  of  the  Executive  Committee  was  then  read  by 
Dr.  Attfield,  followed  by  President  Deane's  Address,  which  is  a  document 
of  considerable  interest  and  spirit.  The  reading  of  papers  then  com- 
menced, Of  these  about  thirty  were  read  during  the  several  sittings,  and 
after  each  paper  a  discussion  of  its  merits,  or  remarks  in  reference  to  it, 
were  made,  a  feature  to  some  extent  adopted  in  our  own  Association.  The 
Editors  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Journal  for  October  1st  have  published  the 
proceedings  in  full,  by  issuing  a  double  number,  82  pages  of  which  are1 
thus  occupied.  Two  or  three  of  these  papers  are  included  in  the  present 
number  of  this  Journal.  On  Friday  evening,  Sept.  8th,  a  Conversazione 
was  held  at  Odd  Fellows  Hall,  followed  by  a  supper.  At  the  final  sitting 
of  the  Conference,  held  Sept.  12th,  officers  were  elected  for  the  ensuing 
year.  These  are,  Prof.  Bentley  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Society,  President; 
Mr.  Deane,  Mr.  Edwards  of  Liverpool,  Mr.  Hanbury,  Mr.  Parr  of  Not- 
tingham, and  Mr.  Stoddard  of  Bristol,  as  Vice  Presidents.  Dr.  Attfield 
continues  Secretary,  assisted  by  Mr.  Reynolds  of  Leeds, 
The  meeting  was  considered  to  be  highly  successful,  and  adjourned  to 
meet  in  Nottingham  in  September,  1866. 
Meetings  of  Pharmaceutical  Associations  in  Germany. — The  meeting 
of  the  Allgem.  Oesterr.  Apotheker  Verein  (General  Austrian  Apotheca- 
ries' Association,)  was  held  at  Graz.  During  the  different  sessions  seventy- 
five  members  were  present.  On  the  evening  of  the  15th  of  August,  the 
majority  were  present  at  a  social  entertainment.  The  sessions  commenced 
at  10  o'clock  on  the  16th,  with  the  usual  annual  reports  ;  afterwards,  the 
creation  of  a  general  Austrian  Apothecaries'  Pension  Fund  was  resolved 
upon,  and  the  Constitution  for  the  same  considered.  At  two  o'clock  the 
Association,  with  many  ladies,  sat  down  to  a  festive  dinner.  On  the  18th 
the  Association,  accompanied  by  their  ladies,  made  an  excursion  to  rolling 
works,  glass  factories,  and  coal  mines  in  the  neighborhood.  The  last 
session  took  place  on  the  19th  ;  a  library  and  a  collection  of  drugs  and 
preparations  was  established,  and  a  pharmaceutical  laboratory,  to  be  es- 
tablished in  Vienna,  resolved  upon.  Delegates  were  elected  for  the  meet- 
ing of  the  General  German  Apothecaries'  Association,  at  Brunswick,  and 
the  International  Pharmaceutical  Congress.  Discourses  were  delivered  on 
several  interesting  subjects,  among  which  we  enumerate  one  on  drugs 
from  tropical  countries,  by  Mr.  Dietrich,  of  Prague  ;  on  Castor,  by  Mr. 
Tucks,  of  Vienna  ;  and,  by  Dr.  Ledlitzki,  of  Vienna,  on  a  colony  of  castors 
kept  by  Prince  Schwarzenberg,  in  Bohemia. 
The  specimens  exhibited  consisted,  among  others,  of  all  varieties  of 
