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PROCEEDINGS  OF  STATE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSO- 
CIATIONS. 
Georgia,  pp.  32. — (See  June  number,  p.  315).  Next  meeting  in  Atlanta, 
July  10th,  1888;  Wm.  S.  Parks,  Local  Secretary. 
Michigan,  pp.  288. — The  meeting  was  held  at  Petroskey,  July  12  to  14. 
Among  the  papers  read  at  this  meeting  were  the  following  :  "  Use  of  the 
Microscope,"  by  Louisa  R.  Stowell ;  "  Volumetric  Estimation  of  Phosphoric 
Acid,"  by  B.  W.  Cheever  and  E.  K.  Beal:  "  Alkaloidal  Strength  of  Ipecac," 
by  H.  W.  Snow;  "Commercial  Citrate  of  Iron  and  Quinine,"  by  E.  C. 
Federer;  "Spirit  of  Nitrous  Ether,"  by  G.  B.  Topping;  "Analysis  of  the 
Water  of  Lake  Superior,"  by  W.  F.  Jackman;  "  Disinfectant  and  Antiseptic 
Preparations,"  by  A.  S.  Mitchell ;  "  Kerner's  Test,"  by  E.  A.  Ruddiman ; 
"  Color  of  Tincture  of  Opium,"  by  J.  O.  Schlotterbeck ;  "Opium  Assays,"  by 
C.  D.Wiley;  "Bibliography  of  Opium  Assay,"  by  A.  Van  Zwaluwenberg  ; 
"  Instruction  of  Apprentices,"  by  O.  Eberbach ;  "  Cocaine  and  Hygrine," 
by  F.  G.  Novy  ;  "  Estimation  of  Glycerin  in  Fluid  Extracts,"  by  A.  J.  Baum- 
hardt ;  "Pharmaceutical  Literature,"  by  Geo.  McDonald;  "Formulas  of 
the  Dispensatories,"  by  A.  B.  Lyons.  The  next  meeting  was  to  be  held  in 
Detroit,  October  9,  1888,  but  the  time  will  probably  be  changed  to  Septem- 
ber.   Mr.  Jas.  Vernor,  is  local  secretary. 
Ohio,  pp.  193. — (See  July  number  p.  372).  Next  meeting  at  Columbus, 
June  12,  1888;  H.  C.  Cook,  Assistant  Secretary. 
Wisconsin,  pp.  96. — The  meeting  was  held  at  Milwaukee,  August  9  to  11. 
Among  the  papers  read  the  following  may  be  mentioned  :  "  Purity  of  Com- 
mercial Essential  Oils,"  by  C.  H.  Bernhard  ;  "  Saccharole  of  Cinchona,"  by 
Prof.  F.  B.  Power;  " Pharmacopoeial  Syrups,"  by  H.  T.  Eberle.  The  next 
meeting  will  be  held  at  Palmyra,  August  7,  1888 ;  C.  F.  Yates,  local  sec- 
retary. 
California  Pharmaceutical  Society. — The  Eleventh  Anual  meeting  was  held 
in  San  Francisco,  November  10.  The  annual  reports  of  president,  secre- 
tary and  librarian  were  read,  and  various  routine  business  was  transacted. 
The  officers  elected  are  Fred.  C.  Keil,  president;  Professors  Behr  and  Wen- 
zell,  vice-presidents;  Henry  Michaels,  treasurer;  Chas.  M.  Troppmann, 
secretary;  Josephine  Barbat,  librarian,  and  Prof.  Wenzell,  editor.  Propo- 
sitions were  made  to  reduce  the  annual  dues,  and  for  holding  a  meeting  in 
an  interior  town  in  May  next.  Messrs.  Dawson,  Runyon  and  Calvert  were 
appointed  a  Committee  to  solicit  members  for  the  American  Pharmaceuti- 
cal Association. 
The  published  Proceedings  of  this  Society  for  the  years  1885  and  1886, 
which  contain  also  the  commencement  exercises  of  the  California  College  of 
Pharmacy,  make  a  pamphlet  of  eighty-six  pages. 
The  California  College  of  Pharmacy  held  its  fifteenth  annual  commence- 
ment exercises  at  Odd  Fellows'  Hall,  in  San  Francisco,  November  8,  when 
fourteen  candidates  received  the  Degree  of  Graduate  in  Pharmacy.  Valedi- 
tory  addresses  were  made  by  Prof.  Behr  and  by  H.  W.  Crew,  Ph.G.,  and  the 
following  prizes  were  awarded :    Gold  medal  to  M.  H.  Logan ;  microscope 
