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The further measures adopted, were to fix the periods for 
the stated meetings, to direct the preparation and publication 
of an address to the members and graduates of the College, 
inviting their co-operation, to direct the purchase of the 
necessary books and stationary, and to determine the subject 
for consideration at the ensuing meeting, which was fixed for 
the 21st inst. The measures thus proposed were all duly 
fulfilled; the stated meetings were fixed for every second 
Tuesday from the 7th of April. The address or invitation 
was prepared, published in the American Journal of Phar- 
macy, and distributed in the form of a circular especially 
addressed to every member and graduate, for the character of 
which see accompanying copy. The stationary and books 
were obtained; and at the ensuing meeting was commenced 
the actual revision of the Pharmacopoeia, by entering upon 
an examination of the primary and secondary lists of the 
Materia Medica, and the table of weights and measures. It 
was now found to be expedient that more frequent meetings 
should beheld than the College had directed, and accordingly, 
by adjournments, weekly sessions of the Committee took 
place, and continued from the 21st of April until the heat and 
increased demands upon the members for their professional 
labors, incident to that season, compelled the Committee, on 
the 30th of June, to adjourn until the 14th of July, and finally 
on that day to adjourn until the 25th of August, since which 
period the meetings have been regularly and punctually held 
on every second Tuesday. 
The examinations and consequent discussions incident to 
a careful and thorough revision of the Materia Medica, occu- 
pied the Committee during seven of their sessions, inde- 
pendent of the attention and reflection, which, during the 
interval, engaged them individually. The number of the 
Committtee was increased, by the election, on the 21st of 
April, of Ambrose Smith and Augustine H. Duhamel, 
as collaborators. In the choice of these gentlemen, the 
Committee again found reason for congratulation in the 
active, zealous, and persevering attention, with which their 
co-operation was characterized. Many original suggestions 
