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REPORT ON THE PHABMAouru,]^ 
research, to bring the work up to the improved state of modern 
pharmacy, and to render it a type of the existing condition of 
the profession in this country. How well the Committee have 
understood the character of the duty thus imposed, and how 
faithfully they have respected and regarded the requisitions, 
must be determined by their report which follows, by the 
specimens upon your table, and by their journal and all their 
original documents herewith submitted, vouchers that their 
narrative is an uncolored, undisguised and impartial recital. 
The first step which followed the announcement of their 
appointment, one or two days after the passage of the resolu- 
tion of March 30th, was the organization of the Committee, 
which took place at a meeting held at the Hall of the College 
on the 7th of April, when every member, except one, who 
was prevented by indisposition, appeared, and undertook the 
duty to which he had been called. At this meeting, it was 
determined that it would be inexpedient to select a secretary 
from among their own number; and, as authorised, the Com- 
mittee looked abroad among their associates and the graduates 
of our school, for aid in this department of their organization. 
They needed, for this service, one who, thoroughly acquainted 
with pharmacy and its kindred sciences, possessed, also, the 
enthusiasm, industry, and method, indispensible for the 
punctual and accurate discharge of the duty, laborious and 
extended as it promised to be; and such requisites they found 
subsequently to be possessed in an eminent degree by Mr. 
Wm. Procter, jr., to whom, by an unanimous call of the Com- 
mittee, was assigned the place of secretary and collaborator. 
The Committee cannot withhold the expression of their 
warmest commendation for the manner in which the secretary 
has accomplished the object of his appointment; nor can they 
refrain from self-gratulation at having realized all the expec- 
tations which they had formed of the advantages which his 
acceptance of the trust would give. Thus much in justice to 
that officer, who, in addition to the arduous duties thus 
imposed, performed a prominent and most efficient part in the 
revision. 
