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EDITORIAL. 
to  the  Society,  until  the  work  on  which  they  have  been  so  long  engaged  is 
brought  to  a  satisfactory  conclusion. 
It  was  moved  by  Dr.  Roscoe,  the  Local  Secretary  for  Manchester,  seconded 
by  Mr.  Daniel  Hanbury,  and  carried  unanimously :  That  the  Report  just  read 
be  received,  approved,  and  adopted. 
Before  the  report  was  adopted  the  meeting  was  addressed  by  Dr.  Basham  and 
another  subscriber,  who  complained  of  the  slowness  with  which  the  Society's 
books  were  published,  and  suggested  that  some  smaller  volumes  might  be 
issued  while  the  publication  of  Gmelin's  Chemistry  was  proceeded  with,  which 
would  have  the  effect  of  keeping  the  subscribers  together,  and  possibly  of  in- 
creasing the  number. 
They  were  replied  to  on  the  part  of  the  Council  by  Dr.  Longstaff  and 
Mr.  Maskblyne,  the  former  of  whom  asserted  that  the  difficulty  was  not  so 
much  financial  as  in  finding  suitable  works  to  publish.  The  latter  stated  that 
he  had  entered  the  Council  with  just  the  same  opinions  as  Dr.  Basham,  but  on 
thoroughly  investigating  the  affairs  of  the  Society  he  had  become  convinced 
that  it  would  not  be  safe  to  undertake  any  other  work  while  the  publication  of 
Gmelin's  Chemistry  was  in  progress.  When  that  work  was  finished  the  Society 
might  be  reconstituted,  and  the  publication  of  others  commenced. 
In  answer  to  a  further  question  from  Dr.  Basham,  the  Secretary  and  Mr. 
Watts  stated  that  the  completion  of  Gmelin's  Chemistry  and  the  copious  index 
would  probably  occupy  thiee  more  volumes,  and  the  publication  extend  over 
three  more  years.  The  last  part  of  the  work  issued  in  Germany  had  but  just 
been  received,  and  the  translation  of  it  would  be  immediately  proceeded  with. 
The  thanks  of  the  meeting  were  voted  to  the  President,  Council  and  Officers, 
also  to  the  Local  Secretaries. 
The  Menier  Materia  Medica  Prize. — By  a  decree  of  the  Emperor 
Napoleon,  dated  Dec.  17,  1859.  The  superior  school  of  Pharmacy,  of 
Paris,  is  authorized  to  accept  an  annual  donation  of  500  francs,  from  M. 
Menier,  to  found  a  prize,  devoted  specially  to  Materia  Medica,  to  be  called 
the  Menier  prize,  and  when  it  is  not  adjudged,  the  amount  will 
accrue  towards  augmenting  the  prize  given  in  the  year  following. 
M.  Menier  is  the  well  known  Pharmacien  Druggist  of  Paris. 
Appointments. — Robert  Ben tley,  F.  L.  S.,  M,  E.  C.  S.,  &c,  Professor  of 
Botany  and  Materia  Medica  to  the  Pharmaceutical  Society  of  Great 
Britain,  has  been  appointed  Professor  of  Botany  in  Kings  College,  Lon- 
don, in  place  of  the  late  Prof.  Arthur  Henfrey. 
M.  J.  Regnauld,  M.  D.,  Pharmacien  of  the  first  class,  has  been  named 
Professor  of  Pharmacology  to  the  Faculty  of  Medicine  of  Paris,  in  an 
imperial  decree,  dated,  Nov.  13, 1859,  the  same  chair  vacated  by  Soubeiran, 
and  which  was  then  entitled  the  chair  of  Pharmacy.  It  appears  that 
advantage  has  been  taken  of  the  temporary  vacation  of  this  chair,  to  re- 
organize it  on  a  new  and  more  extended  basis. 
Dr.  William  Pepper,  of  Philadelphia,  has  been  elected  to  the  chair  of 
Theory  and  Practice,  in  the  Medical  Department  of  the  University  of 
Pennsylvania,  to  fill  the  vacancy  occasioned  by  the  resignation  of  Prof. 
George  B.  Wood. 
Dr.  Edward  Warren,  of  Edenton,  North  Carolina,  has  been  elected  to 
the  Chair  of  Materia  Medica  in  the  University  of  Maryland,  vacated  by  the 
decease  of  Br.  Fricke. 
