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MASSACHUSETTS  COLLEGE  OF  PHARMACY. 
We  have  frequently  noticed  that  the  solubility  of  gun-cotton  in  ether 
is  influenced  by  the  length  of  time  the  cotton  is  acted  on  by  the  acid  mix- 
ture, and  that  when  three  and  a  half  or  four  minutes  elapse,  the  change 
has  been  sufficiently  completed.  When  not  sufficiently  changed,  cotton  as- 
sumes, in  contact  with  ether,  a  consistence  like  gum  tragacanth  mucilage,  or 
starch  jelly. 
RESOLUTIONS,  ETC.,  ADOPTED  AT  A  MEETING  OF  THE  BOARD 
OF  TRUSTEES  OF  THE  MASSACHUSETTS  COLLEGE  OF  PHAR- 
MACY, NOV.  15,  1852. 
Resolved,  1st. — That  we  heartily  approve  of  the  proceedings  of 
the  National  Pharmaceutical  Convention,  held  in  Philadelphia, 
October,  1852,  and  recognize  in  its  doings,  the  spirit  that  should 
actuate  the  pharmaceutists  of  this  wide-spread  Republic. 
Resolved,  2d. — That  we  approve  of  the  objects  and  designs  of 
the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  and  will  lend  our  aid 
and  influence  in  promoting  its  objects,  and  for  extending  the  use- 
fulness of  the  Association. 
Resolved,  3d. — That  we  adopt  the  Code  of  Ethics  of  the  Ameri- 
can Pharmaceutical  Association,  passed  by  that  body,  A.  D.  1852, 
as  the  Ethics  of  the  Massachusetts  College  of  Pharmacy. 
Voted. — That  a  committee  of  six  be  appointed  to  collect  statisti- 
cal information  of  the  state  of  Pharmacy  in  New  England,  for  the 
use  of  this  College,  and  to  act  upon  the  resolutions  and  queries 
offered  by  Mr.  Edward  Parrish,  of  Philadelphia,  in  the  National 
Pharmaceutical  Convention  ;  and  that  Samuel  M.  Colcord,  Ashel 
Boyden,  Thomas  Restieaux,  William  A.  Brewer,  Samuel  R.  Phil- 
brick,  and  Henry  D.  Fowle,  constitute  said  committee. 
Voted — That  the  Committee  have  power  to  fill  any  vacancies 
that  may  occur  in  their  number. 
Voted. — That  a  copy  of  these  resolutions,  &c,  be  forwarded  to 
the  Secretary  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association. 
A  true  copy. 
Attest,       Henry  W.  Lincoln, 
Secretary. 
[Note.  We  publish  the  above  exhibit  of  the  action  of  the  Trustees  of 
the  Massachusetts  College  of  Pharmacy,  with  the  consent  of  the  President 
and  officers  of  the  Board,  subject  to  their  approval  at  the  annual  meeting  not 
yet  held. — Editor.] 
