MINUTES OF THE COLLEGE- 
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American Journal of Pharmacy, was read and adopted. They 
state that the publication of the work entrusted to their care, 
under the authority and sanction of this College, has continued 
to claim their attention; that four numbers have issued from 
the press since their last report, fully sustaining, in their opi- 
nion, the reputation which the work has always enjoyed 
among its readers. They state that the arrearages due to the 
Journal, (principally from subscribers residing out of the city,) 
would exceed $300. 
At a special meeting of this College, convened by direction 
of the President on the 21st of last February, the following 
communication was read: 
Philadelphia, February \2th, 1840. 
Dear Sir, — 
I have been directed by the Committee for Revising and 
Publishing the United States Pharmacopoeia, appointed by 
the late National Medical Convention at Washington, to ad- 
dress to the College of Pharmacy, over which you preside, in 
pursuance of a resolution of the Convention, a request for the 
co-operation of the College in the work in which the Committee 
is engaged. 
I need not inform you that the Committee will be very 
happy to receive any suggestions in relation to amendments, 
additions, or omissions in the Pharmacopoeia, which may 
be offered by the College. They venture to hope that the 
great importance of a uniform system in the nomenclature 
and preparation of medicines, and the interest which the 
Pharmaceutical, as well as Medical Profession, cannot but feel 
in this object, will induce the College to lend the valuable aid 
of their practical experience and skill. 
With great respect, 
George B. Wood, M. D. 
Chairman of Committee for Revising and Publishing IT, S. Pharmacopoeia. 
To D. B. Smith, Esq., 
President of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, 
