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PHARMACEUTICAL  COLLEGES  AND  ASSOCIATIONS. 
The  Maryland  Pharmaceutical  Association  was  welcomed  at  its 
annual  meeting  in  Baltimore,  May  13th,  by  Mr.  Joseph  Roberts,  President 
of  the  Maryland  College  of  Pharmacy.  President  Thomson's  address, 
reports  of  officers  and  committees  and  discussions  on  pharmaceutical  mat- 
ters occupied  the  time  of  the  Association.  The  new  officers  are  D.  C. 
Auginbaugh,  Hagerstown,  President ;  Steiner  Schley,  N.J.  Corning  and 
L.  D.  Collier,  Vice-Presidents;  E.  W.  Russell,  Baltimore,  Treasurer;  and 
M.  L.  Byers,  Hagerstown,  Secretary. 
Indiana  Pharmaceutical  Association. — The  third  annual  meeting 
was  held  at  Evansville,  May  13th  to  15th.  Ex-President  G.  H.  Andrews, 
occupied  the  chair.  The  Association  was  welcomed  by  Mayor  Bridwell. 
The  President's  address  and  reports  of  the  various  officers  and  committees 
were  read  and  suitably  disposed  of.  The  most  important  subjects  discussed 
were  pill  coating,  the  pharmaceutical  uses  of  starch,  errors  in  prescriptions, 
the  quality  of  spiritus  frumenti,  percolation,  petroleum  ointments,  etc.  The 
officers  for  the  ensuing  year  are  :  W.  L.  Johnston,  Evansville,  President ; 
G.  Eliel,  T.  Gasser  and  W.  H.  Ross,  Vice-Presidents  ;  Jos.  R.  Perry,  Indian- 
apolis. Secretary ;  and  Emil  Martin,  Treasurer.  On  the  afternoon  of  May 
15th,  the  members,  with  many  guests,  enjoyed  a  steamboat  excursion  on 
the  Ohio  river  to  the  mouth  of  Green  river  and  to  Henderson. 
Nebraska  Pharmaceutical  Association. — At  the'  annual  meeting 
held  in  Omaha,  May  14th,  several  practical  papers  were  read  and  various 
subjects  of  trade  interest  were  discussed.  The  new  officers  are :  Norman 
A.  Kubn,  Omaha,  President ;  J.  Z.  Cross,  H.  Cook  and  J.  Reed,  Vice-Presi- 
dents; H.  H.  Whittlesey,  Crete,  Secretary;  and  C.  M.  Leighton,  Lincoln, 
Treasurer.  Tbe  next  meeting  will  again  be  held  in  Omaha,  on  the  second 
Wednesday,  13th  day  of  May,  1885.    James  Forsyth  is  Local  Secretary. 
Louisiana  Pharmaceutical  Association.— The  second  annual  meet- 
ing convened  at  Baton  Rouge,  on  May  19th,  President  Thibodeaux  in  the 
chair.  The  President's  address,  reports  of  officers  and  committees  and  a 
number  of  papers  on  different  subjects  formed  part  of  the  proceedings.  The 
officers  elected  are  R.  N.  Girling,  New  Orleans,  President;  A.  K.  Finlay 
and  J.  J.  Mellon,  Vice-Presidents;  Ben.  Lewis,  New  Orleans,  Secretary; 
C.  L.  Keppler,  Corresponding  Secretary  ;  and  J.  B.  Lavigne,  Treasurer. 
The  Association  will  hold  its  next  annual  meeting  in  New  Orleans,  either 
in  April  or  May,  and  an  invitation  was  extended  to  the  American  Phar- 
maceutical Association  to  meet  there  likewise,  when  the  International 
Cotton  Exposition  will  be  still  open. 
The  New  Jersey  Pharmaceutical  Association  met  in  Educational 
Hall,  at  Asbury  Park,  May  21st  and  22d,  President  Vandervoort  in  the 
chair,  and  was  welcomed  by  Dr.  Mitcbell,  President  of  the  Board  of  Health. 
The  time  was  occupied  with  the  reading  of  the  President's  address,  of  the 
reports  of  officers,  committees  and  the  Pharmacy  Board,  and  of  papers  on 
