CONVENTION  FOR  REVISING  THE  PHARMACOPOEIA.  373 
Dr.  A.  J.  Fuller,  of  Maine  ;  Dr.  G.  W.  Russel,  of  Connecticut ;  Dr.  Jacob 
Bigelow,  of  Massachusetts;  Dr.  Joshua  Riley,  of  District  of  Columbia; 
Mr.  A.  P.  Sharp,  of  Maryland  ;  Dr.  H.  F.  Askew,  of  Delaware  ;  Dr.  Lewis 
A.  Edwards,  U.  S.  Army ;  Dr.  George  Clymer,  U.  S.  Navy. 
Dr.  Bache  moved  that  the  Chair  appoint  a  committee  of  five,  to  report 
a  plan  for  organizing  the  Convention  of  1870,  which  was  carried,  and  the 
following  gentlemen  were  appointed,  viz :  Dr.  F.  Bache,  Dr.  E.  R.  Squibb, 
Dr.  Miller,  Mr.  George  W.  Andrews,  and  Dr.  Joseph  Carson. 
On  motion  of  Dr.  Bache,  a  recess  of  half  an  hour  was  taken  to  allow  the 
two  committees  to  consult  and  report. 
On  coming  again  to  order,  Dr.  Askew  read  the  report  of  the  nominating 
committee,  which  proposed  for  the  Committee  on  Revision  and  Publication 
of  the  Pharmacopoeia  the  following  gentlemen  : 
Dr.  Franklin  Bache,  of  Philadelphia  ;  Dr.  E.  R.  Squibb,  of  New  York  ; 
Mr.  C.  T.  Carney,  of  Massachusetts  ;  Dr.  George  B.  Wood,  of  Philadelphia  ; 
Dr.  H.  T.  Cummings,  of  Maine  ;  Mr.  William  Procter,  Jr.,  of  Philadel- 
phia;  Dr.  Joseph  Carson,  of  Philadelphia;  Mr.  William  S.  Thompson,  of 
Baltimore,  and  Mr.  A.  B.  Taylor,  of  Philadelphia. 
The  report  was  accepted,  and  its  nominations  confirmed. 
The  committee  to  make  arrangements  for  the  Convention  of  1870  re 
ported,  through  its  chairman,  Dr.  Bache,  that  the  same  rules  as  adopted  in 
1850  for  the  present  Convention  be  taken,  by  simply  changing  dates. 
This  report  was  adopted. 
Mr.  Wm.  Hegeman,  of  New  York,  moved  to  ask  an  expression  of  the 
opinion  of  the  Convention  in  reference  to  the  subject  of  a  bill  now  before 
Congress  to  provide  for  the  greater  security  of  the  medical  profession  and 
the  public  in  the  matter  of  importation  of  drugs  and  medicines. 
The  President  thought  that  though  the  subject  mentioned  by  the  gentle- 
man was  one  of  high  interest  and  importance  to  the  general  profession,  yet 
it  would  be  better  for  the  Convention  to  confine  its  deliberations  to  the 
specific  matter  which  had  called  them  together. 
Mr.  Parrish  thought  that  great  praise  was  due  to  the  New  York  Col- 
lage of  Pharmacy  for  their  action  in  reference  to  establishing  standards  for 
the  strength  and  purity  of  drugs  and  medicines,  but  at  the  same  time  he 
deemed  it  not  within  the  scope  of  the  objects  of  the  present  Convention  to 
interfere  with  the  matter. 
Mr.  Carney,  of  Boston,  thought  the  cause  of  pure  drugs  and  medicines  be- 
fore Congress  might  be  advanced  by  a  simple  expression  of  opinion  by  this 
body. 
The  President  said  that  there  would  soon  meet  two  bodies,  the  American 
Medical  Association  and  the  Pharmaceutical  Association,  for  the  considera- 
tion of  whom  the  measure  proposed  would  be  altogether  appropriate. 
On  motion  of  Dr.  CarBon,  several  sections  of  the  bill  before  Congress  were 
read. 
Dr.  Bache,  whilst  acknowledging  the  great  importance  of  the  matter, 
