CONVENTION  FOR  REVISING  THE  PHARMACOPEIA.  371 
From  (he  Massachusetts  Medical  .Society — Dr.  Jacob  Bigelow  and  Dr~ 
Ephraim  Cutter, 
From  the  Jefferson  Medical  College — Dr.  Franklin  Bache. 
From  the  University  of  Pennsylvania — Dr.  Joseph  Carson. 
From  the  Medical  Society  of  the  District  of  Columbia — Dr.  Thomas  Miller, 
Dr.  William  G.  Young,  Dr.  Joshua  Riley,  Dr.  John  C.  Riley  and  Dr.  N.  S. 
Lincoln. 
From  the  University  of  Maryland — Dr.  William  E.  A.  Aikin. 
From  the  Maryland  College  of  Pharmacy — Alpheus  P.  Sharp. 
From  the  United  States  Army— Dr.  Lewis  A.  Edwards. 
From  the  United  States  Navy — Dr.  George  Clymer. 
Dr.  George  B.  Wood,  Chairman  of  the  Committee  appointed  in  1850,  for 
the  Revision  and  Publication  of  the  Pharmacopoeia,  presented  his  report, 
and  also  a  supplemental  report  in  reference  to  the  second  edition  published 
by  authority  of  the  Committee  in  1855,  which  were  read  and  referred  to  an 
Auditing  Committee,  consisting  of  the  Secretary  and  Assistant  Secretary. 
It  was,  on  motion  of  Dr.  Carson,  resolved  that  such  members  of  the  two 
Houses  of  Congress  as  are  medical  graduates,  be  invited  to  attend  the  Con- 
vention, and  participate  in  its  deliberations. 
The  delegates  of  the  several  bodies  represented  in  the  Convention 
were  then  called  on  for  contributions  towards  a  revision  of  the  Phar- 
macopoeia, when  reports  were  handed  in  from  the  Massachusetts  Medical 
Society  by  Drs.  Cutter  and  Bigelow ;  from  the  New  York  Academy  of 
Medicine  and  New  York  College  of  Pharmacy,  by  Dr.  E.  R.  Squibb,  (a  joint 
report)  ;  from  the  New  York  College  of  Pharmacy,  by  William  Hegeman, 
(a  special  report)  ;  from  the  College  of  Physicians  of  Philadelphia,  by  Dr. 
Robert  Bridges;  and  from  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy,  by  Wm. 
Procter,  Jr. 
Mr.  Edward  Parrish  presented  a  report  from  the  American  Pharmaceu- 
tical Association,  a  body  not  incorporated  and  not  represented  in  this  Con- 
vention, which  was  received. 
Dr.  Carson  moved  that  these  reports  be  referred  to  a  committee  of  five, 
with  directions  to  report  a  plan  for  the  revision  and  publication  of  the 
Pharmacopoeia,  which  was  unanimously  carried. 
The  President  then  appointed  the  following  gentlemen,  viz  :  Dr.  Frank- 
lin Bache  and  Mr.  Edward  Parrish,  of  Philadelphia ;  Mr.  Alpheus  P, 
Sharp,  of  Baltimore  ;  Dr.  Thomas  Miller,  of  Washington,  and  Dr.  Guerdon 
W.  Russell,  of  Connecticut. 
On  motion  of  Dr.  Miller,  the  Convention  then  adjourned  until  to-morrow 
morning,  May  3d,  at  11  o'clock. 
Second  Session,  May  od,  1860. 
At  11  o'clock  the  chair  was  taken  by  Dr.  George  B.  Wood,  of  Philadel- 
phia, the  President  of  the  Convention,  and  the  minutes  of  the  meeting  of 
the  preceding  day  were  read  and  approved. 
