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after  ten  years,  a  convention  of  all  incorporated  medical  societies  and  colleges,  and 
in  the  original  plan  delegates  from  volunteer  associations  were  included.  When 
the  second  convention  was  called,  of  course  a  call  could  not  be  issued  including 
the  pharmaceutical  societies,  the  first  one  of  which  was  established  over  a  year  after 
the  convention  had  been  held. 
In  1830,  however,  I  find  in  the  historical  introduction  to  that  "  Pharmacopoeia  ,v 
the  following:  "In  accordance  with  the  powers  granted  them,  the  Committee  on 
Publication  submitted  an  amended  draft  to  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy, 
by  whom,  after  a  careful  review,  a  resolution  was  adopted  approving  of  the  work, 
and  recommending  the  members  of  the  College  to  use  the  work  "  It  is  plain  from 
this,  that,  as  soon  as  the  National  Convention  saw  an  opportunity  of  inviting  the 
co-operation  of  the  pharmaceutical  bodies  it  was  done,  and  that,  secondly,  the 
**  United  States  Pharmacopoeia  "  is  owned  by  right  as  much  by  the  representatives  of 
the  American  pharmaceutical  societies  as  by  the  American  medical  societies  ;  in 
other  words,  it  is  joint  ownership  of  the  two  branches. 
In  1840  there  was  again  formal  authority  conferred  upon  the  Committee  of 
Revision  "to  request  the  co-operation  of  the  Colleges  of  Pharmacy  of  the  United 
States."  And  then  it  was  that  the  President  of  the  Convention  was  directed  to  issue, 
in  1849,  the  call  including  the  Colleges  of  Pharmacy  in  the  United  States.  The 
co-operation  of  the  Colleges  of  Pharmacy  was  sought  in  1830  and  1840,  but  in  1850 
a  formal  invitation  was  given  to  take  part  in  the  Convention. 
Prof.  Bedford.  The  physicians  of  New  York,  it  appears  to  me,  do  not  enter- 
tain a  very  favorable  idea  of  this  plan  of  Dr.  Squibb  5  there  is  a  call  out  for  the 
23d  inst.,  for  the  New  York  County  Medical  Society,  to  discuss  this  same  propo- 
sition. So  far  as  I  know,  amongst  the  medical  profession  and  the  members  of  that 
society,  they  do  not  favor  this  going  to  the  Medical  Association,  but  think  it  should 
follow  the  course  heretofore  taken. 
On  motion  of  Professor  Remington,  the  meeting  adjourned. 
William  J  Jenks,  Secretary. 
PHARMACEUTICAL  COLLEGES  AND  ASSOCIATIONS. 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association — The  Committee  on  Prize  Essays  have 
made  the  following  report : 
The  undersigned  committee,  having  carefully  examined  the  papers  presented  at  the  meeting  of  the 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  held  at  Philadelphia  in  September  last,  and  printed  in  the  pro- 
ceedings, have  arrived  at  the  decision  that  none  of  the  essays  offered  comes  fully  within  the  terms  of  the 
stipulations  made  by  the  donor,  restricting  the  award  "  to  the  best  essay  or  written  contribution  contain- 
ing an  original  investigation  of  a  medicinal  substance,  determining  new  properties  or  containing  other 
meritorious  contributions  to  knowledge,  or  for  improved  methods  of  determined  merit  for  the  preparation 
of  chemical  or  pharmacal  products." 
In  view  of  the  apparent  difficulty  of  obtaining,  by  the  present  method,  original  communications  of  suf- 
ficient importance  and  merit  to  justify  the  awarding  of  a  prize,  the  committee  would  respectfully  suggest 
the  following  modification  of  the  present  plan,  which  is  believed  to  give  better  results, _and  does  not  con- 
flict with  any  of  the  stipulations  in  the  original  grant  : 
1.  The  duties  of  the  Committee  on  Prize  Essays  shall  be  two-fold,  viz.  : 
