Am'j™*7?m'}  Minutes  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Meeting.  39 
Philadelphia,  Twelfth  mo.  26th,  1876. 
An  adjourned  meeting  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  was  held  this 
day  at  the  College  hall,  No.  145  N.  Tenth  street.  Dillwyn  Parrish,  President,  in 
the  chair,  and  twelve  members  in  attendance. 
The  minutes  of  the  last  meeting  were  read  and  adopted  Those  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees  were  also  read,  and  on  motion  adopted. 
The  Secretary  reported  that  the  resolution  of  thanks,  directed  by  the  College  last 
month  to  be  sent  to  Messrs.  F.  C.  Calvert  &  Co.,  of  Manchester,  England,  had  been 
engrossed  and  forwarded  to  them  as  requested. 
Mr.  Bullock,  Treasurer  of  the  Committee  on  Centennial  Purchases,  reported 
through  Mr.  Wiegand  that  he  would  have  remaining  a  small  sum  of  money,  and 
requested  the  College  to  direct  the  amount  to  be  returned  to  the  Treasurer  of  the 
College,  which  request  was  acquiesced  in  and  the  motion  agreed  to. 
Mr.  Mclntyre,  Registrar  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Meetings,  stated  that  he  had 
sent  out  notices  and  invitations  to  others  interested  in  pharmaceutical  science  beside 
the  members  of  the  College,  to  attend  such  meetings,  and  desired  to  know  if  his 
course  was  approved. 
It  being  the  general  opinion  that  it  was  desirable  to  have  a  full  attendance  of  all 
who  might  take  an  interest  in  pharmacy  it  was,  on  motion, 
Resolved,  That  we  recognize  the  invitations  sent  out  by  the  Registrar  as  being 
strictly  within  the  intention  of  the  College  in  instituting  the  Pharmaceutical 
Meetings. 
Mr.  Boring  stated  that  the  meetings  of  the  Alumni  Association  had  been 
.generally  held  in  the  College,  and  desired  to  know  if  the  continuance  of  this 
practice  was  acceptable  to  members,  which,  meeting  with  an  affirmative  response,  it 
was,  on  motion, 
Resolved,  That  the  Alumni  Association  of  the  College  be  invited  to  hold  such 
meetings  as  they  may  desire  in  the  College  building. 
Professor  Remington  presented  an  original  portrait  in  oil  of  the  late  William 
Redwood  Fisher,  Professor  of  Chemistry  in  this  College  in  1841-42.  This  portrait 
was  given  to  the  College  by  Mrs.  William  J.  Geen  of  this  city,  through  the  inter- 
position of  Professor  Joseph  Carson,  who  was  Professor  of  Materia  Medica  in  the 
College  at  the  same  time. 
The  portrait  is  a  valuable  one,  and  completes  the  line  of  pictures  of  the  Professors 
from  the  foundation  of  the  College  to  the  present  time. 
On  motion  of  Mr.  Bakes,  the  Hall  Committee  were  directed  to  have  the  portrait 
framed  in  accordance  with  the  others,  and  hung  in  its  place  in  the  Hall  of  the 
College. 
On  motion  of  Professor  Remington  the  thanks  of  the  College  were  directed  to 
be  presented  to  Mrs.  Geen  for  the  acceptable  gift,  and  also  to  Professor  Joseph 
Carson  for  the  interest  he  has  taken  in  the  College  in  connection  therewith. 
There  being  no  further  business,  on  motion,  adjourned. 
William  J.  Jenks,  Secretary. 
MINUTES  OF  THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  MEETING. 
The  third  meeting  of  the  session  was  held  December  19th,  1876,  Dillwyn  Parrish 
in  the  chair.  The  minutes  of  the  previous  meeting  were  read  and  approved. 
Donations  to  the  library:  "  The  Chemists1  and  Druggists'  Diary,"  1877,  London, 
from  the  publishers ;  the  "Greek  Pharmacopoeia, "  from  Prof.  X,  Landerer,  of  Athens; 
to  the  Cabinet:  Mate  or  Paraguay  tea,  in  original  packages,  from  Alonzo  Robbins. 
R.  V.  IVlattison  read  a  paper  on  Diluted  Phosphoric  Acid  (see  page  8),  claiming 
for  his  process  rapidity  and  safety  in  execution,  no  special  apparatus  being  required, 
and  it  being  not  expensive  in  a  small  way. 
