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and  arrangement  of  the  statistics  of  pharmacy  in  the  United  States, 
was  adopted,  and  five  fixed  upon  as  the  number  of  members  of  the 
Committee.  The  chair  appointed  the  following  members  to  the 
service:  C.  B.  Guthrie,  T.  B.  Merrick,  Joseph  Laidley,  W.  B. 
Chapman,  and  H.  T.  Cumraings. 
3d.  The  preparation  of  an  Jiddress  on  Pharmaceutical  Educa- 
tion. This  was  on  motion  referred  to  a  Special  Committee  of  three, 
to  report  at  the  next  annual  meeting.  William  Procter,  Jr., 
(Chairman,)  David  Stewart  and  John  Meakim,  were  subsequently 
appointed  by  the  Chair  to  this  duty. 
4th.  The  suggestion  that  the  idea  be  entertained  of  adopting  a 
definite  name  to  define  a  qualified  practitioner  of  pharmacy.  A 
motion  was  made  that  the  members  of  the  Association  adopt  the 
name  Pharmacian  to  designate  their  profession,  but  objection  being 
made  to  it,  the  resolution  was  withdrawn. 
5th.  The  recommended  issue  of  a  cheap  edition  of  the  Pharma- 
copoeia. Professor  Procter  offered  the  following  resolutions,  which 
were  adopted  : 
Resolved,  That  in  the  opinion  of  this  Association,  the  cause  of 
pharmaceutical  progress  will  be  greatly  advanced  by  the  publica- 
tion of  a  large,  cheap,  and  correct  edition  of  the  United  States 
Pharmacopoeia,  in  duodecimo  form,  as  it  will  enable  every  apothe- 
cary  and  physician  to  possess  a  copy  of  that  Code,  and  thus  fami- 
liarize the  classes  of  persons  for  whose  government  it  was  created^ 
with  its  real  nature,  extent,  and  requirements. 
"  Resolved,  That  the  Committee  of  Revision  and  Publication  of 
the  United  States  Pharmacopceial  Convention  of  1850,  be  earnestly 
requested  to  authorize  the  issue  of  such  an  edition  of  that  work." 
The  Committee  to  whom  the  proposition  for  local  secretaryships 
was  referred,  now  made  a  report,  proposing  an  additional  artiele 
to  the  second  section  of  the  Constitution,  which,  under  the  rules3 
must  lay  over  to  a  future  sitting. 
Also,  E.  Parrish  moved,  in  section  2,  article  4,  of  the  Constitu- 
tion, to  strike  out  the  words,  "  in  attendance  at  the  annual  meet- 
ings." 
Resuming  the  consideration  of  the  Report  of  the  Executive  Com- 
mittee, the  meeting  proceeded  to  consider 
6th.  The  suggestion  in  regard  to  appropriate  subjects  for  prize 
essays.    This  was  on  motion  postponed. 
7th.  The  proposition  in  relation  to  home  adulterations  was  adopted, 
and  on  motion  of  C.  B.  Guthrie,  it  was  resolved  to  appoint  a  Com- 
mittee of  three  to  inquire  into  the  nature,  extent,  and  locality  of 
home  adulterations,  and  propose  a  remedy.  C.  B.  Guthrie,  (chair- 
man,) G.  D.  Coggeshall  and  C.  A.  Smith,  were  subsequently 
appointed  by  the  Chair. 
