300       Pharmaceutical  Colleges  and  Associations.  {k^£^y£t?' 
Alumen. — Bright  ensrather. 
Tinct.ferri  chlorid. — A  coarse  brick-red. 
Ferri proto-sulph. — Nothing  particular. 
Zinci  sulph. — Violet  shade. 
Potass,  iodid. — Nothing  particular. 
Donovan's  solution. — Brick-red. 
Dilute  tinct.  iodine.   }  „  .  ,  , 
Bromine  water.         \  Brlck  red' 
Plumb,  acet. — Dirty  violet. 
Potass,  bromid.- — Nothing  particular. 
Water. — A  violet  shade. 
To  repeat,  it  ought  to  be  preferred  because  of  its  cheapness,  and  because  it 
does  not  react  with  iron  salts. 
After  a  discussion  by  the  members,  on  the  advantage  of  using  yellow  wax 
in  ointments,  the  meeting  adjourned. 
Joseph  P.  Remington,  Registrar. 
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The  National  CollecxE  of  Pharmacy,  Washington,  D.  C,  held  its  annual 
meeting  April  6th.  The  President,  W.  S.  Thompson,  delivered  an  able  address, 
after  which  the  following  officers  were  elected  for  the  ensuing  year  :  President. 
R.  13.  Ferguson  ;  1st  Vice-Presidents,  F.  S.  Gaither,  Phar.  D.,  W.  B.  Entwistle  ; 
Treasurer,  8.  W.  Cromwell ;  Corresponding  Secretary,  D.  P.  Hickling,  Phar.  D.; 
Recording  Secretary,  J.  C.  Fill ;  Librarian  and  Curator,  George  Wooldrige. 
The  honorary  degree  of  Doctor  in  Pharmacy  was  conferred  on  Professors  0. 
Oldberg  and  R.  H.  Stabler. 
The  class  during  the  past  winter  numbered  thirty,  and  the  graduating  class 
consisted  of  T.  P.  Cole,  F.  S.  Gaither  and  C.  L.  R.  Sayre. 
The  Mississippi  State  Pharmaceutical  Association  held  its  annual  meet- 
ing in  the  city  of  Columbus,  April  8th,  President  Hampden  Osborne  in  the 
chair.  In  his  annual  address  the  President  reviewed  the  progress  of  the  As- 
sociation, urged  the  necessity  of  systematic  education,  referred  to  the  loose 
system  of  apprenticeship  in  the  southern  portion  of  our  republic,  expressed  a 
hope  in  the  final  success  of  the  bill  for  regulating  the  practice  of  pharmacy, 
and  discussed  various  other  subjects  of  interest. 
The  following  officers  were  elected  for  the  ensuing  year:  President,  Jno. 
T.  Buck,  Jackson;  Vice  President,  F.  H.  Duquercron,  Starkville ;  Corres- 
ponding Secretary,  Hampden  Osborne,  Columbus;  Treasurer,  M.  F.  Ash, 
Jackson;  Recording  Secretary,  P.  H.  Keefe,  Vicksburg ;  Committee  on 
Pharmaceutical  Legislation — M.  F.  Ash,  Chairman,  J.  F.  Butler,  Jno.  T.  Buck. 
The  next  meeting  will  be  held  in  Meridian,  on  the  second  Wednesday  of 
April,  1875. 
