510  Pharm.  Colleges  and  Assoc.— Editorials.  {Am,oc°tu,ri893  arm' 
tendered  to  Mr.  Henry  Biroth,  and  the  local  committee  for  their  kind  and 
laborious  services  toward  entertaining  visitors  and  making  the  Chicago  meeting 
a  grand  success  and  one  memorable  in  the  history  of  the  Association.  The 
Association  then  adjourned  to  meet  in  Asheville  the  first  Monday  in  September, 
1894. 
In  the  way  of  entertainment  a  number  of  things  were  offered.  Wednesday 
and  Friday  had  been  set  aside  for  visiting  the  Fair.  On  Tuesday  evening  a 
reception  was  tendered  by  the  local  committee  at  the  Casino,  on  the  Fair  grounds, 
where  several  hours  were  enjoyably  spent.  On  the  evening  of  Wednesday, 
August  16,  a  banquet  at  the  Fair  grounds,  took  place  when  the  following 
toasts  were  responded  to.  The  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  Prof.  J. 
P.  Remington';  The  International  Pharmaceutical  Congress,  Michael  Cartleighe; 
The  Illinois  Pharmaceutical  Association,  Dr.  H.  Lee  Hatch  ;  The  Pharma- 
ceutical Schools,  Prof.  A.  B.  Prescott ;  The  World's  Columbian  Exposition,  Dr. 
S.  H.  Peabody  ;  The  Pharmaceutical  Press,  Dr.  H.  M.  Whelpley  ;  The  City  of 
Chicago,  Geo.  P.  Engelhard  ;  The  Ladies,  Prof.  C.  S.  N.  Hallberg.  Prof. 
Remington  acted  as  toastmaster.  A  Lake  excursion  which  had  been  arranged 
to  follow  the  final  adjournment,  had  to  be  abandoned  owing,  to  the  con- 
dition of  the  Lake.  The  Association  went  in  tally-ho  coaches  to  Lincoln  Park 
where  a  luncheon  and  reception  had  been  planned  by  the  local  committee. 
PHARMACEUTICAL  COLLEGES  and  ASSOCIATIONS. 
Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy. — The  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Philadel- 
phia College  of  Pharmacy  have  called  Professor  Edson  S.  Bastin,  A.M., 
F.R.M.S.,  to  the  Chair  of  Materia  Medica  and  Botany,  made  vacant  by  the 
death  of  Professor  John  M.  Maisch.  Prof.  Bastin  has  accepted  this  call,  and 
will  conduct  the  coming  course  of  lectures  in  the  College. 
EDITORIAL. 
In  this  number  our  readers  will  find  a  short  resume  of  the  work  of  the 
meeting  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association. 
Through  the  sickness  of  Prof.  John  M.  Maisch  we  have  had  no  one  at  the 
meetings  to  obtain  a  report  of  the  same  in  time  for  our  last  issue.  We  there- 
fore offer  it  this  month.  The  only  thing  we  could  do  under  the  circumstances 
was  to  cull  from  different  sources,  but  we  endeavored  to  give  as  full  a  resume 
as  possible. 
The  following  letter  explains  itself : 
Dear  Sir  : — I  beg  to  ask  you  the  favor  kindly  to  insert  the  following  publi- 
cation in  the  next  issue  of  your  esteemed  paper  : 
"  It  is  well  known  that  the  next,  the  VIII  International  Congress  of  Hygiene 
and  Demography,  will  be  held  at  Budapest  in  September  of  next  year,  under 
the  high  patronage  of  His  Imprl.  and  Royal  Majesty.  The  preliminary  work 
is  already  progressing  very  briskly.  The  papers  of  subject  for  the  19th  hygie- 
nic and  7th  demographic  sections  being  already  selected,  the  referees  for  these 
papers  have  also  been  asked  to  receive  them,  and  many  of  these  gentlemen 
have  already  sent  in  their  acceptance  of  these  duties.    The  series  of  further 
