Am'juiyr,'i89iarm' }  Pharmaceutical  Colleges  and  Associations.  371 
The  Maryland  Pharmaceutical  Association  held  its  eighth  meeting  at  the 
hall  of  the  Maryland  College  of  Pharmacy,  April  16,  Prof.  Culbreth  pre- 
siding. It  was  reported  that  the  state  pharmacy  bill  had  passed  the  Senate, 
but  failed  in  the  House  owing  to  the  opposition  of  the  country  storekeepers  ; 
the  bill  will  be  again  presented  to  the  Legislature.  Prof.  Simon  read  a  paper 
on  the  unit  for  atomic  weights,  opposing  the  selection  of  oxygen  for  the  pur- 
pose. E.  M.  Foreman,  Centreville,  was  chosen  President,  J.  W.  Geiger  Secre- 
tary, and  S.  Mansfield  Treasurer.  The  Association  will  meet  again  in  Balti- 
more November  13,  next. 
The  Missouri  Pharmaceutical  Association  met  at  Excelsior  Springs,  June 
9,  for  three  days'  work  and  enjoyment.  The  address  of  president  Bard,  the 
reports  of  the  secretary,  treasurer  and  of  the  various  committees  furnished 
material  for  discussions  ;  likewise  the  papers  read,  among  them  one  by  Prof. 
Curtman,  on  testing  of  chemicals  for  small  amounts  of  impurities  ;  by  G.  H. 
C.  Klie,  on  nitroglycerin,  pyroxylin,  ground  flaxseed  and  others.  The  pro- 
posed amended  pharmacy  law,  the  metric  system,  cut  rates  and  other  subjects 
received  the  attention  of  the  meeting,  and  the  resolutions  adopted  at  New 
Orleans  were  considered  and  approved.  Dr.  Chas  Mohr,  Mobile,  was  elected 
an  honorary  member.  President  for  the  current  year  is  Prof.  F.  Hemm  ; 
secretary  Klie,  treasurer  G.  J.  Meyer,  and  local  secretary  M.  Cravens  were 
re-elected.  The  association  adjourned  to  meet  again  at  the  "Elms,"  Excel- 
sior Springs,  June  14,  T892. 
The  New  Jersey  Pharmaceutical  Association  convened  at  Trenton,  May 
27,  this  being  the  twenty-first  annual  meeting.  In  his  address,  president 
M.  Abernethy  suggested  the  establishment  of  a  State  Laboratory  under  the 
auspices  of  the  Association,  where  pharmaceutical  preparations  should  be  manu- 
factured and  furnished  to  the  members  at  the  lowest  cost  compatible  with  the 
keeping  up  of  the  establishment  ;  he  expressed  the  belief  that  physicians 
would  soon  learn  that  such  preparations  were  made  by  skilful  chemists, 
uniform  in  strength  and  perfect  in  finish,  and  that  every  pharmacist  in  the 
State  would  be  desirous  of  becoming  a  member  of  the  Association.  The  sug- 
gestion was  favorably  considered,  and  a  committee  of  five  was  appointed, 
W.  Scott  Taylor,  Trenton,  chairman,  for  elaborating  a  feasible  plan  for  the 
establishment  of  such  a  laboratory.  Papers  were  read  on  "  Pills,  Tablets  and 
Triturates,"  by  J.  F.  Somerhoff .  "  Amenities  of  Business,"  by  Prof.  Bedford  ; 
"Some  Drugs  and  Foods  in  the  Market,"  by  A.  Drescher  ;  "Rock  Candy 
Syrup,"  by  H.  J.  Lohman  ;  "Aromatic  Spirit  of  Ammonia,"  by  P.  E.  Hommell, 
etc.  President  for  the  current  year  is  F.  R.  Danis,  Morristown  ;  secretary, 
C.  F.  Dare,  Bridgeton,  and  treasurer,  W.  M.  Townley,  Newark,  were  re-elected. 
Plainfield  was  chosen  as  the  place  for  holding  the  meeting  in  May,  1892. 
The  Ohio  State  Pharmaceutical  Association  met  in  Dayton,  June  9,  at  its 
thirteenth  annual  meeting,  president  Heath  in  the  chair.  Reports  were  pre- 
sented by  the  different  officers  and  committees,  and  a  number  of  papers  were 
read  on  the  assaying  of  drugs  and  fluid  extracts,  and  on  various  pharmaceu- 
tical preparations.  Prof.  C.  L.  Diehl,  of  Louisville,  and  A.  E.  Ebert,  of 
Chicago,  were  elected  honorary  members.  M.  A.  Burkhardt,  Dayton,  is  presi- 
dent for  the  current  year  ;  the  permanent  officers  are  L.  C.  Hopp,  Cleveland, 
