Am.  Jour.  Pliarm.  ) 
Nov  ,  1885.  J 
Minutes  of  the  College 
589 
Report  of  the  delegates  to  the  recent  session  of  the  American  Pharma- 
ceutical Association  was  made  by  the  Chairman,  Alonzo  Kobbins,  as 
follows : 
To  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmaey  : 
The  undersigned,  Chairman  of  the  Delegation  elected  to  attend  the 
thirty -third  annual  meeting  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association, 
at  Pittsburg,  Pa.,  respectfully  reports  as  follows  : 
The  sessions  were  held  m  Lafayette  Hall,  and  a  large  number  of  mem- 
bers were  in  attendance.  Joseph  Roberts,  of  Baltimore,  Md.,  was  elected 
President  for  the  ensuing  year.  Providence,  R.  I.,  and  the  tirst  Tuesday 
of  September,  1886,  were  selected  as  the  place  and  time  for  holding  the 
next  annual  meeting. 
Owing  to  the  great  number  of  Associations  sending  delegates,  a  timely 
resolution  was  presented  and  adopted,  that  only  delegates  from  Colleges  of 
Pharmacy  and  State  Pharmaceutical  Associations  would  in  the  future  be 
recognized  in  the  appointment  of  the  Committee  on  Noujinations. 
The  adoption  by  the  Association  of  the  New  York  and  Brooklyn  For- 
mulary, and  the  probability  of  its  serving  as  the  basis  for  an  acceptable 
National  Formulary  of  unofficinal  preparations,  promises  to  relieve  phar- 
macists from  the  annoyance  and  loss  resulting  from  the  use  of  a  variety  of 
formulas  for  the  same  preparation. 
A  large  number  of  papers  were  presented  in  answer  to  queries,  but  owing 
to  lack  of  time  many  of  them  were  read  ouly  by  title. 
A  resolution  was  adopted  doing  away  with  future  exhibitions  under  the 
auspices  of  the  Association.  As  the  exhibition  has  unquestionably  aided 
in  attracting  members  to  the  annual  meetings,  and  when  held  in  a  sepa- 
rate building  in  no  way  interfered  with  tbe  work  of  the  Association,  the 
wisdom  of  its  abandonment  is  not  very  apparent. 
The  meetings  of  the  Association  were  held  only  in  the  mornings,  tbe 
evenings  being  devoted  to  various  social  entertainments,  and  the  after- 
noons to  visits  to  a  few  of  the  numerous  manufacturing  establishments  in 
the  vicinity  of  Pittsburg.  McKee's  Glass  A^orks,  Armstrong's  Cork  Fac- 
tory, the  Edgar  Thompson  Steel  Works,  the  Plate  Glass  Works,  and  the 
Works  of  the  Pennsylvania  Salt  Company  at  Natrona,  were  all  visited. 
These  visits  proved  very  interesting  and  instructive  ;  iu  most  of  the  estab- 
lishments the  operations  carried  on,  having  a  direct  bearing  on  their  busi- 
ness, were  of  special  value  to  pharmacists. 
Preceding  the  meeting  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  tlie 
National  Retail  Druggists  Association  held  its  annual  meeting.  The  most 
important  transaction  of  this  body  was  the  consideration  of  resolutions 
towards  reorganization  on  the  basis  of  delegations  from  the  State  Pharma- 
ceutical Associations. 
Respectfully  submitted. 
Alonzo  Robbins,  Chairman. 
September  28,  1885. 
Professor  Sadtler,  in  compliance  with  a  request  of  the  Chairman,  gave  a 
highly  entertaining  verbal  report  of  his  observations  of  the  Pharmaceu- 
tical Institutions  of  England  and  the  Continent,  gathered  during  bis  recent 
tour  of  travel.  These  descriptions  were  of  tbe  rooms  of  the  Pharmaceu- 
tical Society  of  Gieat  Britain,  the  "  Ecole  de  Pharmacie"  of  Paris,  the 
Pharmaceutical  Institutes  of  Strassburg  and  Gottingen,  and  the  Court  Phar- 
macy of  Munich,  the  latter  presenting  some  features  analogous  to  our  free 
dispensaries  of  medicine,  except  that  tbe  royal  personages,  the  Court 
officials  and  other  dignitaries  are  included  in  the  gratuity,  and  receive  not 
only  the  ordinary  medicines,  but  some  luxuries  in  medication,  without 
charge. 
