AMDec!i;S?fM-}        Pharmaceutical  Colleges,  etc.  585 
by  the  law,  were  exempt  from  examination)  was  174.  The  whole  number 
examined  was  72  ;  of  the  latter,  16  failed  to  pass. 
California  College  of  Pharmacy. — At  the  Second  Annual  Meeting,  held 
November  4th,  the  following  officers  were  elected  :  Wm.  T.  Wenzell,  Pres- 
ident ;  Wm.  Geary,  Treasurer ;  Emlen  Painter,  Secretary ;  John  Calvert., 
Wm.  M.  Searby  and  G.  G.  Burnett,  Trustees. 
1    The  second  course  of  lectures,  with  twenty-four  matriculants,  commenced 
June  16th,  and  will  close  December  18th.    The  faculty  consists  of  Wm.  M 
Searby,  Professor  of  Materia  Medica ;  J.  Calvert,  Professor  of  Pharmacy; 
W.  T.  Wenzell,  Professor  of  Chemistry,  and  H.  Behr,   Professor  of  Botany 
It  is  the  intention  to  commence  the  third  course  of  lectures  in  March  next. 
The  Richmond  Pharmaceutical  Association  held  their  first  annual  meeting 
on  Monday  night,  November  9th. 
The  President  (Mr.  Blair)  delivered  his  annual  address,  which  was  an  inter- 
esting document,  calculated  to  stimulate  the  members  of  the  Association  to 
greater  energy  in  their  efforts  to  carry  forward  the  important  aims  of  the 
Society. 
The  Secretary  and  Treasurer  each  presented  their  respective  reports,  which 
showed  that  the  Association,  although  it  had  just  completed  the  first  year  of 
its  existence,  is  in  a  flourishing  condition. 
The  following  officers  were  elected  for  the  ensuing  year  :  President,  Hugh 
Blair;  First  Yice-President,  Robert  W.  Powers;  Second  Vice  President, 
Jesse  Child;  Recording  Secretary,  Joseph  Anthony;  Corresponding  Secre- 
tary, T.  Roberts  Baker;  Treasurer.  George  L.  Cary  ;  Executive  Committee  : 
William  P.  Poythress  (chairman),  Polk  Miller  and  W.  A.  S.  Conrad. 
Washington  Pharmaceutical  Association. — At  the  annual  meeting,  held 
November  4th,  the  following  officers  were  elected  for  the  ensuing  year :  Pres- 
ident, William  T.  Baldus ;  Vice-President,  Jno.  T.  Cole;  Recording  Secretary, 
Charles  S.  Price  ;  Corresponding  Secretary,  John  Z.  Gibbs  ;  Treasurer,  Chas, 
H.  Warren  ;  Register,  R.  H.  M.  Harrison. 
Pharmaceutical  Society  of  Great  Britain. — At  the  Pharmaceutical  Meet 
ing  held  November  4th,  Mr.  T.  H.  Hills  presiding,  numerous  donations  of 
books  and  drugs  were  made.  Mr.  Thomas  Greenish  then  read  a  paper  on  the 
chemical  nomenclature  of  an  International  Pharmacopoeia,  in  which  it  is  stated 
that  the  opinions  expressed  at  the  Pharmaceutical  Congress  recently  held  at 
St.  Petersburg,  were  in  favor  of  the  Latin  language,  the  metrical  system  of 
weights  and  measures,  the  greatest  simplicity  in  galenical  preparations,  the 
requirement  of  a  fixed  minimum  percentage  of  active  principles  in  narcotic 
and  drastic  drugs,  and  the  fixing  of  the  maximum  of  impurity  allowable  where 
absolute  purity  is  not  essential.  For  the  chemical  nomenclature  the  system  of 
Berzelius  had  been  recommended  by  some  delegates  ;  but  this  appears  to 
have  met  with  little  favor,  Professor  DragendorfF,  for  instance,  expressing 
