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Minutes  of  the  College. 
J  Am.  Jour.  Pharm, 
(       May,  1877. 
This  being  (he  Annual  Meeting,  an  election  for  officers,  trustees  and  the  standing 
committees  was  ordered.  The  Chair  appointed  Messrs.  E.  C.  Jones  and  E.  M. 
Boring  tellers,  who  reported  the  following  gentlemen  unanimously  elected  to  the 
positions  enumerated  below,  viz. : 
President — Dillwyn  Parrish. 
First  Vice  President — Chas.  Bullock. 
Second  Vice  President — Robert  Shoemaker. 
Treasurer — Samuel  S  Bunting. 
Recording  Secretary — William  J.  Jenks. 
Corresponding  Secretary — Alfred  B.  Taylor. 
Board  of  Trustees— Robert  Bridges,  M.D.,  John  M.  Maisch,  Daniel  S.  Jones,  Thomas  S.  WiegancL 
James  T.  Shinn,  T.  Morris  Perot,  William  B.  Webb,  Joseph  P.  Remington. 
Publication  Committee — John  M.  Maisch,  Henry  N.  Rittenhouse,  Thomas  S.  Wiegand,  James  T,. 
Shinn,  Charles  Bullock. 
Sinking  Fund  Committee — Thomas  S.  Wiegand,  T.  Morris  Perot,  James  T.  Shinn. 
Editor — John  M.  Maisch. 
Librarian — Thomas  S.  Wiegand. 
Curator — Joseph  P.  Remington. 
Then,  on  motion,  adjourned.  Wm,  J.  Jenks,  Secretary* 
MINUTES  OF  THE  SPECIAL  MEETING. 
Philadelphia,  April  9th,  1877. 
A  special  meeting  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  was  held  this  dayy 
at  the  hall  of  the  College,  to  consider  the  proposed  alteration  of  the  mode  of  revis- 
ing the  "  United  States  Pharmacopoeia,"  as  suggested  fty  Dr.  E.  R.  Squibb,  of 
Brooklyn,  N  Y. 
Besides  the  members  of  the  College,  there  were  a  number  of  guests  in  attend- 
ance, amongst  whom  were  Drs.  W.  S  W.  Ruschenberger,  Horatio  C.  Wood,  Chas. 
H.  Thomas  and  Clara  Marshall,  of  Philadelphia,  and  Professor  P.  W.  Bedford,  of 
the  New  York  College  of  Pharmacy,  all  of  whom  had  been  invited  to  attend  and 
take  part  in  the  discussion. 
Robert  Shoemaker,  Vice-President,  was  called  to  the  chair,  and  stated  that  at  the 
last  meeting  of  the  College,  two  weeks  previous,  the  meeting  adjourned  to  meet  on 
April  9th  for  the  consideration  of  this  subjcet. 
That  portion  of  the  minutes  of  the  last  meeting  which  specified  the  object  for 
which  this  meeting  had  been  called  was  read  and  the  chairman  announced  that  the 
subject  was  now  open  for  discussion. 
Prof.  J.  M.  Maisch.  Since  I  am  the  mover  of  this  resolution  for  a  special 
meeting,  it  is,  perhaps,  proper  for  me  to  say  a  few  words  to  place  the  whole  matter 
before  this  meeting.  Dr.  Squibb,  of  New  York,  at  the  meeting  of  the  American 
Medical  Association  held  a  year  ago,  proposed  that  the  mode  of  revising  the 
"  Pharmacopoeia "  should  be  entirely  changed  5  and,  more  particularly,  that  the 
American  Medical  Association  should  take  charge  of  the  "  Pharmacopoeia.1' 
This,  in  my  opinion,  is  by  far  the  most  important  portion  of  Dr.  Squibb's  propo- 
sition, since  nearly  all  else  is  dependent  upon  this.  The  second  important  proposi- 
tion, which,  however,  depends  upon  the  first,  is  that  the  "Pharmacopoeia""  should 
be  revised  by  a  council  of  five,  of  which  the  American  Medical  Association  shall 
appoint  a  member  of  that  body  to  act  as  President  of  the  council  ;  that  the  Sur- 
geon-General of  the  Army  and  the  Surgeon-General  of  the  Navy  shall  be  invited 
