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The  semi-annual  meeting  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  was 
held  at  the  College  hall  on  the  evening  of  the  30th  of  September,  fourteen 
members  present.  In  the  absence  of  the  President,  the  second  Vice-Presi- 
dent, Dillwyn  Parrish,  presided. 
The  minutes  of  the  last  meeting  were  read  and  approved  ;  the  minutes 
of  the  Board  of  Trustees  were  read  by  Wm.  J.  Jenks. 
Prof.  Procter,  one  of  the  delegates  of  the  College  to  the  International 
Pharmaceutical  Congress,  which  assembled  in  Paris  in  August  last,  read 
the  following  report  of  the  proceedings  of  that  body,  which  was  accepted 
and  directed  to  be  published. 
To  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  : 
The  undersigned,  one  of  your  delegates  to  the  "  International  Congress 
of  Associations  and  Societies  of  Pharmaceutists,"  held  in  Paris  on  the  21st, 
22d,  23d,  and  24th  of  August,  1867,  respectfully  reports  that  he  attended 
that  Convention,  which  convened  in  the  hall  of  the  Societe  de  Pharmacie. 
Delegates  from  Southern  and  Northern  Germany,  Austria,  Belgium,  Den- 
mark, Egypt,  Spain,  the  United  States,  France,  Holland,  Hungary,  Italy, 
Prussia,  Kussia,  Sweden,  and  Switzerland,  were  present.  France  was 
represented  by  nearly  sixty  delegates  from  the  numerous  provincial  asso- 
ciations and  societies. 
The  meeting  was  temporarily  organized  by  M.  Bussy,  of  Paris,  in  the 
chair,  M.  Robinet,  the  Commissioner  of  the  previous  Congress,  acting  as 
Secretary. 
A  Committee  on  Credentials  verified  the  certificates  of  the  delegates, 
and  on  considering  the  manner  of  voting  it  was  determined  that  the  votes 
should  be  by  nations  and  not  by  societies  ;  giving  the  countries  a  number 
of  votes  proportioned  to  the  number  of  Pharmaceutists  they  represented, 
which  was  considered  the  juster  mode,  as  otherwise  France,  who  had  more 
delegates  than  all  the  other  countries  combined,  would  have  out- voted 
them.  The  aggregate  votes  amounted  to  forty,  of  which  the  United  States 
had  four. 
The  election  of  Permanent  Officers  being  in  order,  a  ballot  was  cast, 
and  Dr.  Rieckher,  of  Marbach,  in  Wurtemburg,  was  elected  by  a  large 
majority.  Five  Vice-Presidents  were  then  elected,  in  the  following  order: 
Messrs.  Procter,  of  the  United  States  ;  Dittrich,  of  Austria  ;  Andres,  of 
Russia ;  Ferrari,  of  Spain  ;  and  Mosca,  of  Italy.  M.  Robinet,  of  Paris, 
was  elected  General  Secretary,  and  Messrs.  Tisell,  of  Sweden  ;  Fliickiger, 
of  Switzerland  ;  Schleisner,  of  Denmark  ;  Walter,  of  Holland  ;  Mayet  and 
Limouzin,  of  France,  were  elected  Vice-Secretaries. 
The  communications  received  by  M.  Robinet,  directed  to  the  Congress, 
were  then  read  in  abstract. 
One  of  the  first  subjects  considered  was  the  feasibility  of  a  universal 
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