AMERICAN  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION.  505 
monia.  Hennel  Stevens'  group,  though  not  numerous,  is  particularly 
recherche,  consisting  of  Valerianic  Acid,  Valerianate  of  Ammonia,  Amy- 
lene,  Iodide  of  Ethyl  and  Iodoform.  Dr.  W.  H.  Piles'  collection  of 
Hydrometers  and  Specific  Gravity  Bottles  attracted  considerable  atten- 
tion. S.  P.  Peck,  of  Bennington,  Vermont,  exhibited  specimens  of 
Porcelain  and  Wedgewood  Mortars  and  Funnels,  of  Vermont  manufac- 
ture. Among  the  other  objects  of  interest  we  observed  a  small  Beindorf 
apparatus ;  a  Nichols'  patent  improved  Combination  Fountain,  -with 
draught  apparatus  and  coolers,  deposited  by  T.  M.  Perot  &  Co.  ;  a  beau- 
tiful block  tin  Still  and  Condenser,  Gas-burners,  Lamp  stands,  Lamps, 
&c,  from  Garrigues,  Magee  &  Mayer,  of  Philada. ;  and  a  variety  of  Syrups, 
for  mineral  water,  by  E.  H.  Hance,  of  Philadelphia.  The  quality  and 
beauty  of  a  great  proportion  of  the  Chemicals  exhibited  demands  our 
unqualified  approval,  and  speaks  well  for  this  branch  of  American  manu- 
factures. 
Saml.  M.  Colcord, 
W.  Procter,  Jr., 
John  Meakim. 
On  motion,  the  report  was  adopted  and  referred  to  the  Exe- 
cutive Committee. 
The  following  resolution,  offered  by  John  Buck  of  Massa- 
chusetts, was  carried  without  dissent. 
Resolved,  That  the  thanks  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical 
Association  be  respectfully  tendered  to  the  Philadelphia  College 
of  Pharmacy,  for  the  ample  accommodations  with  which  we  have 
been  provided  and  the  very  agreeable  manner  in  wrhich  we  have 
been  entertained. 
The  following  was  offered  by  Prof.  Procter  : 
Whereas,  the  dispensing  of  medicines  on  the  extemporaneous 
prescription  of  physicians  is  the  most  important  of  the  duties  of 
the  pharmaceutist,  involving  a  large  amount  of  ready  knowledge 
and  skill,  and  as  the  demand  for  this  knowledge  is  very  fre- 
quently required  at  a  moment's  notice,  when  delay  might  seri- 
ously retard  the  recovery  of  the  patient  and  impair,  the  useful- 
ness of  the  physician,  and  as  the  feeling  of  responsibility,  at  all 
times  great,  becomes  often  oppressively  burdensome  through  the 
careless  manner  in  which  prescriptions  are  frequently  written, 
and  their  quantities  symbolized,  it  is  hereby 
Resolved,  That  this  Association,  speaking  for  the  pharmaceu- 
tical profession  of  the  United  States,  do  most  respectfully  and 
earnestly  desire  that  the  grave  importance  of  this  deficiency, 
