370  Pharmaceutical  Colleges  and  Associations.  {Am/U0iyr,587arm* 
Rock,  vice-president ;  J.  M.  Beidelman,  Little  Rock,  secretary,  and  E.  P. 
Schaer,  Little  Rock,  treasurer.  Hereafter  the  annual  meeting  will  be  held 
at  the  time  and  place  of  the  meeting  of  the  State  Medical  Society. 
The  Delaware  State  Pharmaceutical  Association,  at  a  meeting  held  in  Wil- 
mington, May  12th,  elected  the  following  officers  :  H.  R.  Bringhurst,  Wilming- 
ton, president  ;  J.  G.  Bragdon,  Middleton,  D.  J.  Burton,  Dover,  andG.  E.  Smith, 
Canvel,  vice-presidents :  and  John  M.  Harvey,  secretary  and  treasurer. 
The  annual  meetings  will  be  held  on  the  first  Thursday  in  May.  The  place 
for  the  next  meeting  will  be  announced  after  further  consultation. 
The  Florida  State  Pharmaceutical  Association  was  organized  at  Jacksonville 
June  8.  The  first  session  was  held  in  the  hall  of  the  Board  of  Trade,  Henry 
Robinson  presiding.  After  the  organization  had  been  agreed  to,  and  a 
number  of  committees  appointed,  the  members  went  in  the  afternoon  on  an 
excursion  by  rail  to  Pablo  Beach,  and  on  the  following  morning  proceeded 
in  the  steamer,  "  Seth  Low,"  to  the  coral  banks  in  the  Atlantic  Ocean,  a  ses- 
sion being  held  on  the  downtrip.  The  Constitution  and  By-laws  reported 
by  a  committee,  were  considered  and  adopted,  after  which  the  following 
officers  were  chosen  :  President,  Dr.  Henry  Robinson,  Jacksonville  ;  Vice- 
presidents,  W.  A.  Rawls,  Tallahassee,  Ed.  Delouest,  Ocala,  and  H.  C.  Cush- 
man,  Pensacola ;  Secretary,  Jas.  A.  Conover,  Jacksonville;  Treasurer,  John 
M.  Dixon,  Titusville.  A  number  of  standing  committees  were  elected,  and 
delegations  to  various  associations  were  appointed.  The  first  annual  meet- 
ing of  the  association  will  be  held  in  Tallahassee  on  the  second  Tuesday  of 
May,  1888. 
The  Indiana  Pharmaceutical  Association  met  June  7  and  8  at  its  sixth 
annual  meeting  in  Richmond,  President  Leo  Eliel  in  the  chair.  The  pres- 
dent's  address,  the  reports  of  officers  and  committees,  the  reading  of  a 
number  of  practical  papers,  and  the  pending  pharmacy  law  formed  the 
chief  subjects  of  discussion.  The  newly  elected  officers  are  Dr.  W.  C. 
Bryant,  Frankford,  president;  J.  K.  Lilly,  A.  G.  Luken  and  F.  Gsesser,  vice- 
presidents  ;  J.  R.  Perry,  Indianapolis,  secretary,  and  W.  H.  Ross,  Richmond, 
treasurer.    The  next  meeting  will  take  place  at  Fort  Wayne. 
The  Iowa  State  Pharmaceutical  Association  was  in  session  May  11  and  12,  at 
its  eighth  annual  meeting  in  Waterloo.  The  president's  address,  and  re- 
ports of  officers  and  committees  were  read  and  fully  discussed,  much  time 
being  occupied  with  the  discussion  on  the  liquor  laws  of  that  State  and 
their  effect  upon  legitimate  pharmacy.  Prof.  Boerner  read  a  paper  on  the 
cost  of  preparations  made  by  the  pharmacist;  H.  Tiarks  one  on  ointment  of 
zinc  oxide,  recommending  the  use  of  commercial  zinc  white ;  J.  H.  Atkin- 
son, one  on  the  deficiency  of  strength  claimed  for  certain  elixirs  of  berber- 
ine.  The  officers  elected  are  :  W.  C.  Bryant,  Cedar  Falls,  president ;  Jer. 
Burbank,  Denison,  I.  James,  La  Porte,  and  F.  W.  Brinkhoff,  Pella,  vice- 
presidents;  Dr.  Rosa  Upson,  Marshalltown,  secretary;  and  C.  H.  Ward, 
Des  Moines,  treasurer.  The  association  adjourned  to  meet  again  in  Des 
Moines  May  2,  1888  ;  Norman  Lichty,  local  secretary. 
