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NOTICE. 
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Notice  is  hereby  given,  that  the  Fifteenth  Annual  Meeting  of  the 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association  will  be  held  in  New  York  city,  com- 
mencing at  3  o'clock,  P.  M.,  on  the  second  Tuesday  in  September  (10th), 
1867. 
A  suitable  room  has  been  secured  by  the  local  secretary,  in  the  Univer- 
sity Buildings,  on.  University  Place,  corner  of  Waverly  Place. 
Aside  from  the  importance  of  the  reports  to  be  submitted,  it  may  be  of 
interest  to  the  Association  to  know  that  several  of  our  members,  now 
abroad,  will  act  as  delegates  of  the  Association  to  the  International  Con- 
gress of  Pharmaceutists  at  Paris,  August  21,  and  will  return  in  time  to  be 
present  at  the  session  in  New  York. 
A  cordial  invitation  is  extended  to  all  engaged  in  trade  or  manufactures 
connected  with  pharmacy,  to  send  specimens  of  their  stock  or  products  for 
exhibition  during  the  session. 
These  may  be  sent  to  P.  W.  Bedford,  Secretary  of  the  American  Pharma- 
ceutical Association,  University  Buildings,  New  York  city,  notifications  to 
that  effect  being  addressed  to  him  in  advance,  by  mail,  to  709  Sixth 
Avenue, 
FREDERICK  STEARNS, 
President  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association. 
Detroit,  May  15,  1867. 
(SMtorial  department. 
Professional  Education. — The  delegates  of  most  medical  colleges  of 
the  country  met  on  the  third  day  of  May,  at  the  city  of  Cincinnati,  and, 
after  mature  deliberation,  passed  a  series  of  resolutions  with  regard  to  the 
professional  education  of  medical  students,  of  which  we  give  merely  the 
following  outlines  : 
1.  Every  applicant  for  matriculation  must  prove,  either  by  a  satisfactory 
certificate  or  by  a  direct  examination,  that  he  possesses  a  thorough  know- 
ledge of  the  common  English  branches  of  education,  including  the  first 
series  of  mathematics,  and  sufficient  knowledge  of  Latin  and  Greek  to  un- 
derstand the  technical  terms  of  the  profession. 
2.  The  student  is  required  to  study  four  full  years,  and  to  attend  three 
regular  courses  of  College  instruction. 
3.  The  minimum  duration  of  an  annual  lecture  term  is  six  calendar 
months. 
