MINUTES  CF  THE  PHILADELPHIA  COLLEGE  OF  PHARMACY.  279 
"  The  Journal  has  been  regularly  issued  since  the  last  Annual  Meeting, 
and  its  pages  have  received  the  support  of  contributors  from  various  sec- 
tions  in  a  manner  quite  encouraging  to  the  Editor.  The  subscription  list 
is  well  kept  up,  as  shown  by  reference  to  the  accompanying  report  of  its 
financial  condition.  The  Committee  believe  that  the  Journal  is  not  as 
much  known  in  Europe  as  it  should  be,  chiefly  from  the  fact  that  no  effort 
has  been  made  on  our  part  to  extend  its  circulation  in  that  direction. 
The  idea  is  at  present  under  consideration  to  get  it  introduced  to  some 
extent  by  sending  it  gratuitously  to  scientific  journals  and  individuals, 
so  as  to  bring  the  numerous  American  contributions  to  Pharmaceutical 
science  and  skill  to  the  knowledge  of  European  Pharmaceutists.  Some 
progress  has  been  made  in  this  work  in  Germany,  but  in  England  our 
Journal  is  hardly  known. 
Signed,    Chas.  Ellis, 
"William  Procter,  Jr. 
Edward  Parrish, 
A.  B.  Taylor, 
On  behalf  of  Committee." 
The  Committee  on  the  preliminary  revision  of  the  Pharmacopoeia,  made 
a  full  report,  accompanied  by  their  minutes  and  by  an  imperfect  copy  of 
the  proposed  revised  Pharmacopoeia.    The  following  is  an  abstract  of  the 
report : 
The  Committee  met  on  the  17th  of  May,  1859,  at  the  College  Hall,  organ- 
ized, adopted  rules  and  a  programme  of  the  proposed  labor.  Prof.  Procter 
acted  as  Chairman,  and  James  T.  Shinn  was  appointed  permanent  Secre- 
tary. To  make  the  number  of  the  Committee  12,  and  thus  to  secure  an 
equal  division  in  the  sub-committees,  F.  L.  John  and  John  M.  Maisch 
were  elected  additional  members. 
The  sub-committees  were  appointed  as  follows : 
No.  1.  No.  2.  No.  3. 
Prof.  Procter,  Ch'n.        Edw.  Parrish,  Ch'n.        A.  Smith,  Ch'n. 
A.  B.  Taylor,  C.  Bullock,  W.  H.  Pile,  M.  D. 
T.  S.  Wiegand,  Wm.  R.  Warner,  S.  S.  Garrigues, 
J.  T.  Shinn,  J.  M.  Maisch,  F,  L.  John. 
In  the  division  of  the  labor  of  revision,  each  committee  was  allotted 
about  an  equal  number  of  subjects,  and  directed  to  report  upon  a  certain 
proportion  at  each  stated  monthly  meeting  of  the  general  committee.  Meet- 
ings of  the  committee  were  held  on  the  21st  and  28th  of  June,  on  the  5th, 
12th  and  19th  of  July,  on  the  16th  and  23d  of  August,  18th  of  October, 
15th  and  29th  of  November,  and  20th  of  December  1859,  and  on  the  17th, 
24th  and  31st  of  January,  and  the  21st  and  28th  of  February,  1860.  The 
first  five  of  these  meetings  were  devoted  to  the  consideration  of  the  pre- 
liminary notices  and  the  officinal  list.  After  the  full  consideration  and  dis- 
cussion of  the  list  and  the  adoption  of  numerous  proposed  changes,  it  was 
referred  to  a  special  committee  consisting  of  J.  M.  Maisch,  F.  L.  John, 
