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of  the  18th  was  participated  in  by  a  large  number  of  members.  The  features 
of  that  event  were  the  inspection  of  Dickinson  College,  founded  in  1783,  and 
the  Indian  School.  One  evening  was  devoted  to  a  burlesque  college  examina- 
tion, in  which  a  number  of  members  acting  as  students  were  examined  by  Prof. 
Remington  and  Messrs.  Kline  and  Redsecker.  The  papers  presented  as  theses 
by  this  impromptu  class  were  highly  entertaining  and  in  no  small  degree 
instructive. 
The  paper  mill  and  printing  office  of  Mt.  Holly  Springs  came  in  for  a  full 
share  of  the  attention  of  the  visitors.  The  last  day  of  the  meeting  was  devoted 
to  an  excursion  to  the  historic  battlefield  of  Gettysburg. 
THE  CALIFORNIA  PHARMACEUTICAL  SOCIETY. 
The  annual  meeting  of  this  Society  was  held  in  S  m  Francisco,  at  the  College 
of  Pharmacy  Building,  May  29,  1896. 
The  attention  of  the  meeting  was  chiefly  occupied  with  trade  interests.  This 
was  in  accordance  with  the  previously  arranged  plan  to  administer  the  affairs 
of  the  Society  separately  from  those  of  the  California  College  of  Pharmacy. 
The  Society,  therefore,  considered  such  subjects  as  "The  Patent  Medicine 
Evil,"  "  The  Best  Way  of  Dealing  with  Cutting  on  Proprietary  Articles,"  and 
"  How  to  Improve  the  Drug  Business." 
The  loss  of  profits  on  patent  medicines  has  been  a  severe  blow  to  the  phar- 
macists of  that  State,  and  the  members  of  the  Society  were  very  much  in 
earnest  in  their  determination  to  remedy  the  evil.  It  was  proposed  to  establish 
a  manufactory  by  the  Society  and  make  a  line  of  cough  mixtures,  liniments, 
alteratives,  tonics,  etc.,  to  replace  those  produced  by  nostrum  makers.  This 
plan,  it  was  thought,  would  doubly  aid  the  pharmacist,  though  it  would 
be  severe  on  the  wholesale  druggist  and  the  manufacturer.  A  committee  was 
appointed  to  put  the  plan  into  operation. 
THE  INDIANA  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION. 
This  Association  met  in  Indianapolis,  June  3,  1896.  President  Moffett,  in  his 
address,  recommended  the  employment,  at  a  fixed  salary,  of  a  State  organizer, 
in  order  to  bring  all  the  pharmacists  of  the  State  into  membership,  and  thus 
form  a  body  that  could  effectually  deal  with  "  cutters  "  and  those  who  supply 
physicians  with  remedies  reaay  for  dispensing.  This  suggestion  was,  at  a  later 
session,  adopted  by  the  Association.  One  paper  was  read;  it  was  entitled, 
"  The  Examination  of  Powdered  Gamboge,"  and  was  by  Mr.  E.  G.  Eberhardt 
(see  page  371  of  this  journal).  Addresses  were  made  by  Prof.  J.  M.  Good,  of 
St.  Ivouis,  and  Dr.  J.  F.  Hibberd,  of  Richmond,  Ind.  The  proposed  pharmacy 
law  was  the  chief  subject  discussed  by  the  Association,  and  a  preliminary  draft 
of  a  bill  was  read  and  considered.  The  following  officers  were  elected  :  Presi- 
dent, Otto  Gross  ;  Vice-Presidents,  Brune  Knoefel,  John  Kennedy  and  Thomas 
Thornberg;  Secretary,  Arthur  Timberlake  ;  Treasurer,  Grant  Allen  ;  Executive 
Committee,  E.  H.  Burton,  Charles  Eichrodt  and  S.  Muhl.  The  Association 
will  meet  in  Indianapolis  next  year. 
MISSOURI  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION. 
The  eighteenth  annual  meeting  of  the  Missouri  Association  was  held  at 
Excelsior  Springs,  Mo.,  June  9th  to  12th,  1896.   In  the  address  of  the  President, 
