396         Pharmaceutical  Colleges  and  Associations.  {Am'ju°™i8*4ann" 
stahl,  Buffalo,  T.  J.  Macmahan,  New  York,  and  A.  Sager,  Portland ;  Secre- 
tary, Clay  W.  Holmes,  Elmira;  Treasurer,  C.  H.  Butler,  Oswego.  The 
following  papers  were  read  during  the  meeting:  On  Daturine,  by  J.  A. 
Hartz  ;  A  Plea  for  Botany,  by  A.  B.  Huested ;  On  Trade  Interests,  by 
C.  Z.  Otis;  The  Requisites  of  a  Pharmacist,  by  T.  L.  Corwin  ;  Fifty 
Years  Reminiscences  of  the  Drug  Trade,  by  J.  S.  Higgins.  The  Associa- 
tion finally  adjourned  to  meet  at  Saratoga,  on  the  second  Tuesday  of 
June,  1885. 
Drives  through  Central  Park,  a  reception  at  the  Park  Avenue  Hotel,  a 
ball,  and  after  adjournment,  a  steamboat  excursion  around  the  harbor  of 
New  York  constituted  the  entertainments. 
The  Ohio  State  Pharmaceutical  Association  held  its  sixth  annual 
meeting  in  Dexter  Hall,  Cincinnati,  May  27  and  -8.  President  West  in  the 
chair.  After  addresses  of  welcome  by  Maj^or  Stephen  and  Mr.  G.  Merrill, 
the  President  delivered  his  annual  address,  dwelling  more  particularly 
upon  the  pharmacy  law  and  the  food  and  drug  adulteration  law  passed  last 
winter,  and  urging  the  organization  of  local  pharmaceutical  associations. 
Reports  were  also  read  from  the  different  officers  and  committees,  and  the 
following  papers  were  presented  :  On  the  Purity  of  Quinine,  and  On 
Hoffman's  Anodyne,  by  Virgil  Coblentz ;  On  Salicylic  Acid,  by  J. 
Wine-hell  Forbes  ;  On  Extracts  of  Malt,  by  J.  L.  Irwin,  and  Jackson's 
Cough  Syrup,  by  J.  U.  Lloyd.  In  addition  to  the  two  formulas  for  Jack- 
son''s  cough  syrup,  published  in  this  journal  in  1852,  p.  35,  and  1856,  p.  205, 
the  last  mentioned  paper  communicates  two  formulas,  of  which  the  follow- 
ing is  used  in  Cincinnati  :  Extr.  ipecac,  fluid,  f^ss,  extr.  senegse  fluid,  f^iij, 
extr.  rhei  fluid,  fftiv,  morphina?  sulph.  gr.  viij,  ol.  sassafras  gtt  xxxij,  Syr. 
simpl.  q.  s.  ad  Oij. 
The  officers  for  the  present  year  are  :  President,  John  We3^er,  Cincinnati ; 
Vice-Presidents,  W.  J.  Martin,  Cincinnati,  and  M.  D.  Fulton,  Bucyrus  ; 
Secretary,  L.  C.  Hopp,  Cleveland,  and  Treasurer,  Chas.  Huston,  Columbus, 
The  next  meeting  will  be  held  at  Sandusky  on  the  third  Wednesday  of 
May,  1885. 
A  reception  at  the  Grand  Hotel,  a  concert,  a  visit  to  the  Zoological  garden 
and  drives  to  various  parts  of  the  surroundings  entertained  the  visitors  in 
the  evenings  and  after  adjournment. 
The  Pennsylvania  Pharmaceutical  Association  held  its  annual 
meeting  at  Wilkesbarre,  June  3  and  4,  and  was  welcomed  by  Mayor  Bod- 
rick.  President  J.  B.  Duble  occupied  the  chair  and  read  his  annual  address, 
dealing  with  the  proposed  pharmacy  law,  the  patent  medicine  evil,  the 
cutting  of  prices,  etc.  Reports  were  read  from  the  Secretary,  Treasurer 
and  different  committees,  that  of  the  Treasurer  showing  a  balance  on  hand 
of  $259.  The  officers  elected  are  President,  Charles  H.  Cressler,  Chambers- 
burg  ;  Vice  Presidents,  Charles  T.  George,  Harrisburg,  andL.  Wolff,  M.  D., 
Philadelphia  ;  Treasurer,  Joseph  L.  Lemberger,  Lebanon  ;  Secretary,  J.  A. 
Miller,  M.  D.,  Harrisburg.  Two  poems  were  presented  by  the  bards  of  the 
association,  and  twenty-eight  papers  were  read  and  discussed  ;  these  were 
