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Personal  JVotes. 
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t    February,  1904. 
Professor  Diehl  has  also  been  connected  with  th  e  Revision  of  the  United 
States  Pharmacopoeia  for  many  years.  He  was  elected  a  delegate  to  the  Con- 
vention of  1870,  from  the  Chicago  College  of  Pharmacy,  of  which  institution  he 
was  then  a  member,  and  subsequently  delegated  by  the  Louisville  College  of 
Pharmacy  to  the  Pharmacopoeial  Conventions  of  1880,  1890  and  1900,  serving 
now  his  third  term  as  a  member  of  the  Committee  of  Revision  of  the  U.S.P. 
Frank  G.  Ryan,  formerly  Instructor  in  Pharmacy  in  the  Philadelphia 
College  of  Pharmacy,  and  for  the  past  four  years  chief  pharmacist  for  Parke, 
Davis  &  Co.,  having  supervision  over  the  manufacture  of  all  their  chemical, 
pharmaceutical  and  biological  products,  was  recently  elected  to  the  Board  of 
Directors  of  that  firm,  which  position  was  made  vacant  by  the  death  of  Mr. 
Warren,  late  general  manager. 
The  Society  of  Pharmacy  of  Paris. — The  following  corresponding  mem. 
bers  were  elected  at  the  annual  meeting  of  the  society:  Professor  Bruylants, 
University  of  Louvain;  C.  Burhen,  Clarens  (Switzerland);  Codina  y  Langlin, 
Barcelona;  Professor  Dambergis,  Institute  of  Pharmacy  of  Athens;  Prof.  Don- 
ald MacAlister,  University  of  Cambridge  ;  Mr.  Duliere,  Brussels  ;  Professor 
Greenish,  London  School  of  Parmacy;  Professor  Greshoff,  Harlem;  Mr.  Pouls- 
son,  Christiana;  Mr.  Roemers,  Aarhus  (Denmark),  and  Mr.  Waller,  Vexio 
(Sweden). 
Gustav  Pfingsten,  editor  of  Deutsche-Amerikanische  Apotheker-Zeitung ■, 
died  at  his  home  in  New  York  City  on  January  7th.  He  was  born  in  Ranzel, 
near  Cologne,  May  25,  1843,  an&  studied  in  Germany,  coming  to  this  country 
in  1869.  He  received  the  degree  of  M.D.  from  the  New  York  University  Med- 
ical College  in  1889.  He  entered  the  drug  business  soon  after  coming  to  this 
country,  and  continued  the  same  until  the  time  of  his  death.  He  was  very 
active  in  the  work  of  the  German  Apothecaries  Society,  with  which  organiza- 
tion he  became  early  allied,  being  president  for  two  terms,  and  was  editor  of 
the  organ  of  the  society  since  1896. 
Phii.adei.phia  Association  of  Retail  Druggists.— At  the  annual  meet- 
ing of  the  association,  held  January  8th,  the  following  officers  were  elected  for 
the  ensuing  year:  President,  Thomas  H.  Potts;  Vice-Presidents:  William  L. 
Cliffe,  William  E.  Lee  and  David  J.  Reese;  Recording  Secretary,  Nathan  A. 
Cozens;  Financial  Secretary,  Carl  W.  Shull;  Treasurer,  George  W.  Fehr. 
Executive  Committee:  A.  T.  Pollard,  W.  H.  Gaao,  Charles  Leedom,  Richard 
H.  Lackey,  H.  C.  Blair,  A.  J.  Frankeberger  and  H.  A.  Nolte. 
