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macists  and  druggists  residing  in  different  parts  of  the  State  have  corresponded  with 
the  Secretary,  Dr.  J.  A.  Miller  of  Harrisburg,  and  with  the  chairman  of  the  Execu- 
tive Committee,  Mr.  Chas.  H.  Cressler  of  Chambersburg.  These  and  all  others 
entitled  to  membership  are  invited  to  connect  themselves  now  with  the  Association, 
under  the  following  clause  of  the  By-Laws  (Chap.  I,  Art.  5): 
tc  The  Executive  Committee  shall  take  into  consideration  and  report  without  delay 
on  all  matters  of  business  and  on  all  propositions  of  membership,  and  audit  all  bills 
against  the  Association  ;  and,  in  the  interim,  they,  <vjith  the  President,  shall  have  the 
pouoer  to  elect  applicants  for  membership." 
Augusta  Pharmaceutical  Association — We  have  received  the  Constitution  and 
By-Laws  of  this  Association,  which  was  organized  May  nth,  1878. 
St.  Louis  College  of  Pharmacy. — The  Annual  Meeting  was  held  on  Monday, 
May  27th.  An  election  of  officers,  trustees  and  a  board  of  pharmacy  for  the  city 
of  St.  Louis  took  place,  with  the  following  result  :  President,  Theodore  Kalb  ; 
Vice  President,  Chas.  Gietner  5  Secretary,  E.  P.  Walsh  5  Treasurer,  F.  W. 
Sennewald  ;  Board  of  Trustees— H.  E.  Hoelke,  W.  H.  Crawford,  M.  W. 
Alexander,  Geo.  Ude  and  F.  X.  Crawley  5  Board  of  Pharmacy — Theo.  Kalb,  F. 
X.  Crawley,  Chas.  Habicht,  M.  W.  Alexander  and  I.  M.  Good.  Votes  of  thanks 
were  tendered  to  Dr.  Chas.  A.  Lips,  the  retiring  Treasurer,  who,  for  the  last  twelve 
years,  had  served  the  College  in  this  capacity,  his  annual  report  showing  the  College 
to  be  in  a  prosperous  condition.  The  Board  of  Trustees,  at  a  subsequent  meeting, 
organized  itself  by  electing  M.  W.  Alexander  chairman  and  Chas.  Gietner  Sec'y. 
Pharmaceutical  Society  of  Ireland.— At  a  special  meeting  of  the  Council,  held 
at  the  College  of  Physicians,  Dublin,  on  Wednesday,  May  8th,  Prof.  Tichborne, 
Ph.D.,  F  C.S.,  was  elected,  unanimously,  President,  in  place  of  Sir  Dominick 
Corrigan,  Bart.,  resigned.  Dr.  A.  Smith,  Vice-President,  declined  to  accept  the 
post  of  President,  and  requested  the  Council  to  allow  him  to  remain  as  Vice-Presi- 
dent of  the  Society.  Mr  Bennett,  of  Kingstown,  and  Mr.  Brunker,  of  Dublin, 
were  elected  to  fill  the  two  vacancies  on  the  Council. 
Pharmaceutical  Society  of  Paris.— Mr.  Mehu  presided  at  the  meeting  held 
May  8.  Mr.  Stan.  Martin  presented  a  specimen  of  Sapindus  with  stinging  hairs, 
which  grows  on  the  Senegal,  and  the  fruit  of  which  is  employed  there  by  the  natives 
as  a  dcpurative.  A  note  by  Mr  Duf'resne  was  read,  in  which  he  described  certain 
falsifications  of  pancreatin  and  his  observations  of  its  digestive  power. 
Mr.  Mehu  directed  attention  to  the  presence  of  small  quantities  of  copper  in  some 
commercial  "samples  of  boric  acid;  he  had  also  met  with  a  boro-taitrate  of  potas- 
sium having  a  greenish  color,  which,  however,  was  not  due  to  copper. 
Mr.  Coulier  made  an  interesting  communication  on  the  drugs  which  are  used  by 
the  Persians  for  dyeing  the  hair;  he  presented  to  the  Society  specimens  of  the  plants 
from  which  the  materials  are  obtained,  and  which  proved  to  be  the  henna  (Lawsonia 
alba,  Lam.)  and  the  silvery  indigo  plant  (Indigofera  argentea,  Lin.) 
