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MINUTES  OF  THE  COLLEGE. 
they  should  be  judged  independent  of  all  political  considerations  by  the 
proper  scientific  representatives  of  the  professions  of  medicine  and  phar-  , 
macy  in  the  respective  localities. 
Your  memorialists,  therefore,  with  an  exclusive  view  to  the  important 
public  interests  involved,  respectfully  ask  that  no  appointment  to  the 
office  of  Special  Examiner  of  drugs  at  this  port  be  definitely  concluded, 
without  the  official  approval  of  this  College,  or  some  competent  medical 
body  selected  for  the  purpose. 
The  President  of  the  College  is  directed  to  sign  this  memorial,  and  to 
affix  the  seal,  attested  by  the  Secretary,  and  the  Corresponding  Secretary 
to  forward  it  with  an  appropriate  explanatory^  letter. 
On  motion,  the  Correspomling  Secretary  is  instructed  to  furnish  the 
President  of  the  New  York  College  of  Pharmacy  with  a  copy  of  this  me- 
morial.    Then,  on  motion,  adjourned.        Edward  Parrish,  Secretary. 
The  fortieth  annual  meeting  of  the  College  was  held  at  the  hall,  3d 
mo.  25th,  1861.  Present  27  members.  The  President  in  the  Chair.  The 
minutes  of  the  last  semi-annual  and  of  the  recent  special  meeting  were  read 
and  approved. 
The  minutes  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  for  the  last  six  months  were 
read  by  A.  B.  Taylor,  Secretary  of  the  Board.  From  these  it  appears  that 
the  instructions  of  the  College  in  regard  to  the  purchase  of  a  microscope, 
and  the  requisite  botanical  works  for  the  use  of  the  Committee  on  Her- 
barium have  been  carried  into  effect. 
The  condition  of  the  School  of  Pharmacy,  as  shown  by  the  said  minutes, 
has  been  highly  prosperous  during  the  past  session  ;  of  the  one  hundred 
and  twenty-five  matriculants,  39  have  taken  the  degree,  which  was  con- 
ferred on  them^  and  the  graduates  of  the  summer  term,  by  the  President, 
at  the  annual  commencement  on  the  14th  instant,  as  follows  : 
GRADUATING  CLASS.  SUBJECT  OF  THESIS. 
J.  M.  Abernethy,  New  Jersey  An  investigation  of  the  Jiesinoids. 
George  D.  Blomer,  Philadelphia  Pennsylvania  •  --Nepeta  Cataria. 
,         ni  M  J  1  r.         1      •        S  T/ie  comparative  value  of  the  com- 
Fredenck  Brown,  Jr.,  -  •  •  Philadelphia  Pennsylvania-  •  •  J  ,,,,rcialianeties  of  Aloes. 
ci-  J  ^'^'^  Honey  Bee  and  the  products  it 
F.  B.  Carbonell,  Santiago  Cuba  \  furnishes  to  Pharmacy. 
"VVilliani  P.  Clothier,  Philadelphia  Pennsylvania    -Euonymus  Atropurpureus. 
Charles  H.  Cressler,  Chambersburg  Pennsylvania  •  •■Ergot  of  Zea  Maize. 
Charles  F.  Dare,  Philadelphia  Pennsylvania  . .  ■  Scfp)arius. 
George  H.  Davis,  Philadelphia  Pennsylvania  ■  •  -  Cimicfuga  Eacemosa. 
"William  H.  Evans,  Philadelphia  Pennsylvania  •  •  -Aletris  Farinosa. 
Robert  Gibson,  Philadelphia  Pennsylvania  •  •  •  Tlie  Root  of  Gossypium  Herlactum. 
William  H  GifiFard,  Tuckerton  New  Jersey  Fowdtred  Extract  of  Byoscyamus. 
Exte mpo-) -aneous  Ph arm  acenii«U 
Preparations. 
William  H.  H.  Githens,-  Philadelphia  Pennsylvania 
William  D.  Hariison,-  •  •  -London  England  Magnolia  Glauca. 
George  E.  Hayes,  Athens  Georgia  Some  Narcotic  Extracts. 
T.  Jefiferson  Hedges,  Philadelphia  Pennsylvania  -  •  -Helianthemum  Canadense. 
Emile  Heydenreich  Sonltz-sous-forets-  -France  Phosjiltate  of  Sesquioxide  of  Iron 
W.  Ralph  Higinbothom,  Bermuda  Frazera  Walter i. 
