566  Pharmaceutical  Colleges,  etc.  {*\l7Xm^ 
Some  discussion  was  entered  into  upon  the  subject  of  domestic  opium,  and 
the  different  makes  were  freely  discussed,  with  the  resulting  opinion  that  our 
warmer  climates  might  produce  opium,  if  grown  properly,  equal  in  quality  to 
the  article  from  the  usual  source. 
After  the  usual  friendly  greetings,  the  meeting  adjourned. 
Clemmons  Parrish,  Registrar. 
Ifearnwceuttcal  Colleges  anfo  ^mtwiim. 
Cincinnati  College  of  Pharmacy. — We  are  pleased  to  learn  that  this  Col- 
lege has  entered  upon  its  second  course  of  instruction  with  a  class  of  about 
fifty  students. 
The  members  of  the  College  met  October  27th  to  greet  Professor  Waynev 
who  had  returned  home  from  a  tour  to  Europe,  and  gave  an  account  of  the- 
state  of  pharmacy  in  London,  Paris,  Geneva  and  Berlin.  The  company  after- 
wards sat  down  to  a  sumptuous  supper,  and  with  many  a  brilliant  sally  and 
quick  repartee,  and  toast  and  song,  the  evening  sped  swiftly  away. 
At  the  monthly  meeting  of  the  College  fifty  elegant  specimens  of  materia 
raedica  were  presented  on  behalf  of  Messrs.  Cheney,  JVIyrick,  Hobbs  &  Co.,  or 
Boston  ;  also  specimens  of  American  antimony,  Kieserite,  curare,  amygdaloid 
benzoin,  button  lac,  ambergris,  a  Chinese  opium  pipe,  a  fine  photograph  of  the 
statue  of  Esculapius,  and  other  rare  articles  by  Professor  Wayne. 
Professor  Judge  also  presented  to  the  College  a  number  of  valuable  books 
to  form  a  nucleus  for  a  College  Library,  and  at  his  motion  a  Committee  of 
three  was  appointed  on  Library,  consisting  of  Messrs.  Judge,  Fratz  and  Ayers* 
The  Secretary  of  the  College,  Mr.  J.  M.  Ayers,  in  a  letter  to  the  Editor,  writes  t 
"  If  any  of  our  friends  have  books  they  may  feel  disposed  to  donate  to  our 
Library,  they  may  send  them  per  express,  at  our  expense,  addressed  to  {  Li- 
brary Committee  Cincinnati  College  of  Pharmacy,  care  of  F.  E.  Suire  &  Co.„ 
Cincinnati,  0.' 
"  Our  College  is  already  counting  on  the  pleasures  of  the  excursion  to  Rich- 
mond next  September,  and  I  assure  you  we  will  be  represented  by  a  full  dele- 
gation at  the  meeting  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  at  that 
time." 
Chicago  College  of  Pharmacy. — The  course  ot  instruction  commenced  on 
the  second  of  October,  the  introductory  address  being  delivered  by  Professor 
Bartlett. 
The  apparatus,  specimens  and  books  collected  for  this  College  in  England 
and  France  have  arrived,  and  form  very  valuable  collections. 
Pharmaceutical  Society  of  Great  Britain. — At  the  Pharmaceutical  meet- 
ing held  November  6th,  Mr.  A.  F.  Haselden  occupied  the  Chair.  Some  valu- 
able donations  to  the  library  were  received. 
Mr.  Hanbury  exhibited  some  leaves  of  Rheum  officinale,  Baillon,  recently 
described  as  the  source  of  true  Chinese  rhubarb.* 
*  See  page  546  of  this  Journal. 
