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The  Curator  also  presented  his  report,  which  may  be  summarized  as  fol- 
lows :  Allusion  is  made  to  the  good  order  and  condition  of  the  museum 
and  contents,  the  receipt  of  numbers  of  rare  and  new  drugs  is  acknowledged, 
reference  is  made  to  the  importance  of  this  adjunct  of  the  college  as  a  ma- 
terial aid  to  the  educational  system,  and  it  is  urged  that  the  collection 
should  contain  well-made  specimens  of  galenical  preparations.  Attention 
is  called  to  a  new  method  of  indexing  being  perfected  which  when  completed 
will  facilitate  accessibility  to  the  objects. 
The  resignation  of  William  Weber  from  membership  in  the  college  was 
read,  and  on  motion  accepted. 
The  following  gentlemen  were  elected  by  viva  voce  vote  delegates  to  rep- 
resent this  College  at  the  coming  sessions  of  the  Pennsylvania  Pharmaceu- 
tical Association:  Chas.  A.  Heinitsh,  Alonzo  Robbins  and  Robert  Eng- 
land. 
On  motion  the  President  appointed  Messrs.  Jenks,  Maisch,  Trimble,  Rem- 
ington and  Wiegand  as  a  committee  to  receive  and  welcome  the  members 
of  the  Pennsylvania  Pharmaceutical  Association,  on  the  occasion  of  the 
annual  meeting  in  June  next. 
This  being  the  recurrence  of  the  annual  election  the  President  ordered  a 
ballot  with  the  following  result : 
For  President,  Chas.  Bullock ;  1st  Vice  President,  Robert  Shoemaker  ; 
2nd  Vice  President,  W.  J.  Jenks ;  Treasurer,  S.  S.  Bunting;  Corresponding 
Secretary,  Dr.  A.  W.  Miller ;  Recording  Secretary,  W.  B.  Thompson ;  Edi- 
tor, J.  M.  Maisch ;  Librarian,  Thos.  S.  Wiegand ;  Curator,  Jos.  W.  England  ; 
Publication  Committee,  Chas.  Bullock,  H.  N.  Rittenhouse,  T.  S.  Wiegand, 
James  T.  Shinn,  John  M.  Maisch,  Editor ;  Trustees  for  3  years,  T.  Morris 
Perot,  J.  T.  Shinn,  J.  P.  Remington. 
WILLIAM  B.  THOMPSON, 
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MINUTES  OF  THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  MEETING. 
Philadelphia,  March  22d,  1887. 
The  sixth  pharmaceutical  meeting  of  the  present  series  was  held  this  day, 
Wm.  J.  Jenks  being  asked  to  preside. 
The  minutes  of  the  last  meeting  were  read,  and  as  no  corrections  were 
required  they  were  approved. 
Professor  Maisch  presented  a  petrifaction,  Dictyophyton  tuberosum,  sent 
by  Mr.  Luin  B.  Switzer  of  the  last  junior  class,  and  obtained  in  the  neighbor- 
hood of  Bath,  N".  Y.  It  was  directed  to  be  placed  in  the  cabinet  of  the 
museum. 
Mr.  Joseph  W.  England  read  a  paper  upon  antiseptic  cottons  and  gauzes, 
giving  a  concise  history  of  their  origin  and  use,  which  was  referred  to  the 
Publication  Committee ;  numerous  specimens  of  the  products  obtained  by 
the  described  processes  were  exhibited.  In  reply  to  a  question,  Mr.  England 
stated  that  at  the  Philadelphia  Hospital  the  unmedicated  absorbent  cotton 
was  purchased  from  manufacturers.    Prof.  Maisch  stated  that  some  7  or  8 
