Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
May,  1884 
Minutes  of  the  College. 
295 
Paris,  France;  Charles  Patrouillard,  Gisors,  France;  Prof.  C.  Menu,  Paris, 
France;  George  F.  Schacht,  Clifton,  England;  A.  W.  Gerrard,  London, 
England  ;  Richard  Reynolds,  Leeds,  England  ;  Charles  Symes,  Liverpool, 
England;  Prof.  V.  Podwissotzki,  Dorpat,  Russia;  H.  Bonnewyn,  Ixelles, 
Belgium  ;  D.  A.  Van  Bastelaer,  Marcinelle,  Belgium. 
Thomas  S.  Wiegand,  Librarian,  read  his  annual  report,  which  was,  on 
motion,  adopted : 
Philadelphia,  March  31,  1884. 
The  Librarian  respectfully  reports  that  there  has  been  added  to  the  library 
a  number  of  new  and  valuable  works,  mostly  scientific  or  pertaining 
directly  to  pharmacy  ;  a  number  of  volumes  of  theses  have  been  bound,  and 
most  of  the  exchanges  which  we  preserve  have  also  been  placed  on  our 
shelves  ;  new  shelving  having  been  built,  a  better  arrangement  of  the  books 
is  now  possible. 
The  report  of  the  Curator  for  the  year  was  read  by  Mr.  Zeller.  It  was, 
on  motion,  accepted,  and  the  recommendations  therein  contained,  were 
referred  to  the  Board  of  Trustees  for  their  consideration. 
Philadelphia,  March  31,  1844. 
To  the  President  and  Members  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  : 
The  Curator  desires  to  respectfully  report  that  progress  has  been  made  in 
the  arrangement  of  the  cabinet.  Since  the  erection  of  the  new  cases  on  the 
south  side  of  the  museum,  many  specimens  that  had  accumulated  from 
want  of  space  have  been  cared  for  and  arranged  for  exhibition.  Most 
prominent  among  these  is  the  collection  from  East  India,  numbering  94 
handsome  specimens  in  good  condition  ;  next  in  number  are  91  samples  of 
drugs  from  Japan,  these,  with  the  original  collection  shown  at  the  Centen- 
nial Exhibition,  gives  an  aggregate  of  300  specimens  representing  Japanese 
Materia  Medica.  54  specimens  received  from  the  Pharmaceutical  Society 
of  Great  Britain,  through  Mr.  Holmes,  their  Curator,  have  been  given  a 
prominent  position,  also  46  specimens  of  indigenous  Mexican  drugs  received 
from  the  Academy  of  Natural  Sciences  of  this  city,  through  Dr.  Ruschen- 
berger.  (This  is  a  portion  of  the  collection  arranged  by  Prof.  Herrera  for 
the  Mexican  exhibit  during  the  Centennial,  and  contains  many  rare  and 
beautiful  specimens.)  A  collection  of  39  specimens  which  have  been 
arranged,  are  interesting  from  the  fact  that  they  belonged  to  a  lot  from 
British  Guiana  and  were  exhibited  in  the  Crystal  Palace  Exhibition  in 
New  York,  in  1849.  Seven  fine  samples  of  Cinchona  barks,  33  Brazilian, 
and  30  California  specimens,  with  a  series  of  18  bottles  of  Aniline  colors, 
and  120  Chemical  specimens  from  the  Mallinckrodt  Co.,  of  St.  Louis,  in  all 
531  new  specimens  have  been  relabeled,  rearranged,  and  are  now  ready  for 
inspection.  In  order  to  facilitate  the  finding  of  specimens  and  to  aid  stu- 
dents in  comparing  the  same,  the  plan  of  arranging  them  as  much  as  prac- 
ticable according  to  the  order  in  which  they  are  lectured  upon  has  been 
adopted.  Another  feature  introduced  during  the  year  was  that  of  devoting 
a  case  for  the  reception  of  products  (mostly  pharmaceutical  preparations) 
which  were  handed  in  by  the  students  with  their  thesis;  this  exhibit 
seemed  to  be  appreciated  during  the  course  just  closed,  and  it  will  no  doubt 
be  the  means  of  increasing  the  number  of  pharmaceutical  specimens.  The 
Cinchona,  Opium  and  Eucalyptus  collections  have  been  rearranged  and 
displayed  in  the  most  prominent  places  in  a  new  case,  and  can  now  be 
studied  to  best  advantage.  Although  the  cases  just  built  have  given  room 
adequate  for  the  present  number  of  specimens,  it  is  respectfully  suggested 
that  more  room  be  obtained  for  future  additions,  the  shelf  room  not  now  in 
use  is  limited  and  will  very  likely  soon  be  filled,  the  Curator  respectfully 
recommends  that  a  gallery  be  constructed  over  the  present  alcove  cases 
during  the  coming  summer;  it  is  suggested  that  the  work  be  done  during 
