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EDITORIAL. 
Mr.  Samuel  F.  Troth,  in  response  to  an  invitation  from  the  late  annual 
meeting,  read  a  paper  on  the  early  history  of  the  College,  prefacing  it  by 
an  interesting  account  of  Pharmacy,  as  practiced  in  this  city  before  the 
establishment  of  the  School  of  Pharmacy.  On  motion  this  valuable  paper 
was  referred  to  the  Publishing  Committee,  and  a  vote  of  thanks  was  ten- 
dered Mr.  Troth.  It  was,  on  motion,  resolved  that  Messrs.  Charles  Ellis 
and  Dillwyn  Parrish  be  requested  to  prepare  an  additional  paper  recogniz- 
ing the  zeal  and  fidelity  manifested  by  the  late  Henry  Troth,  during  the 
early  existence  of  the  College.  The  resignation  of  Mr.  Edward  Parrish, 
as  Recording  Secretary  of  the  College,  was  read  and  accepted,  and  a  vote 
of  thanks  was  ordered  for.  the  faithful  and  efficient  services  rendered. 
The  semi-annual  election  for  Trustees,  &c,  was  now  ordered,  Messrs. 
Jacob  L.  Smith  and  S.  S.  Bunting  acting  as  tellers,  who  reported  the  fol- 
lowing as  elected : 
Recording  Secretary,  Charles  Bullock. 
Trustees. 
Dr.  W.  H.  Pile,  George  J.  Scattergood, 
W.  J.  Jenks,  A.  B.  Taylor, 
Evan  T.  Ellis,  J.  C.  Savery, 
Edward  Parrish,  W.  C.  Bakes. 
Committee  on  Deceased  Members. 
Edward  Parrish,        William  Procter,  Jr.,        Charles  Bullock. 
On  motion  the  College  adjourned. 
William  C.  Bakes,  Secretary  pro  tern. 
(SMtorial  Department* 
British  Pharmaceutical  Conference. — This  body  met,  according  to 
adjournment,  in  the  city  of  Bath,  on  the  14th  of  September  last.  The 
Minutes  of  the  Meeting  are  published  in  the  October  number  of  the  P/iar- 
maceutical  Journal,  and  are  interspersed  with  short  abstracts  of  the  papers 
read  upon  that  occasion,  a  number  of  which  we  have  reprinted  in  this 
Journal  at  pages  529  to  536.  The  number  of  members  present  was  not 
large,  but  among  them  were  some  of  the  most  prominent  pharmaceutists 
of  England.  The  reading  of  each  paper  was  followed  by  a  discussion  of 
its  merits.  It  is  to  be  presumed  that  the  papers  in  full  will  be  published 
in  some  form,  either  as  a  distinct  annual  or  in  the  Pharmaceutical  Journal, 
as  the  abstracts  are  too  brief  to  convey  a  clear  idea  of  the  papers  read. 
Much  discussion  arose  in  regard  to  the  subject  of  the  sale  of  poisons  on 
the  reception  of  a  report  on  that  subject. 
