Am'o£t%1warm'}   Pharmaceutical  Colleges  and  Associations.  539 
Measures  were  taken  for  the  incorporation  of  the  new  association.  The  Chair 
was  empowered  to  select  delegates  to  attend  the  Interstate  Pharmaceutical 
Convention,  at  Excelsior  Springs,  Mo.,  next  year,  and  delegates  to  the  Ameri- 
can Pharmaceutical  Association  were  elected.  Quite  a  number  of  papers  were 
read  at  this,  the  first  meeting.  Namely  :  On  Defects  of  the  Pharmacopoeia,  by 
C.  M.  Ford  ;  On  Poison  Law,  by  C.  S.  Prowitt ;  On  Blackberry  Cordial,  by 
C.  D.  Lippincott;  On  Mountain  Sage,  by  N.  Anderson;  On  Colorado  Cough 
Root,  by  J.  Kochan  ;  On  Training  of  Apprentices,  by  Mr.  Dahl ;  and  On  the 
Manufacture  of  Fluid  Extracts  by  Pharmacists,  by  C.  D.  Lippincott. 
The  next  meeting  will  be  held  at  Colorado  Springs,  September  8,  1891 ;  the 
Local  Secretary  is  G.  B.  Storer. 
The  North  Dakota  Pharmaceutical  Association  convened  in  fifth  annual 
convention  at  Grand  Forks,  August  5,  President  Christianson  in  the  Chair. 
The  usual  routine  business  was  transacted.  Papers  were  read  "  On  the  Prac- 
tice of  Pharmacy,"  by  Dr.  De  Vaux,  and  "  On  Ferrous  Chloride  and  its  Prepa- 
rations," by  Frank  Frisby,  of  Bismarck,  the  latter  being  awarded  the  Associa- 
tion's prize  of  $25.  Mr.  Frisby  also  received  the  prize  offered  for  the  best 
pharmaceutical  preparations  made  by  a  member  of  the  Association.  Consid- 
erable discussion  was  had  on  the  prohibition  law  of  the  state  and  its  vexatious 
effects  upon  the  legitimate  drug  business.  A  committee  was  appointed  to 
draft  a  pharmacy  law,  and  another  committee  to  make  arrangements  for  a 
joint  meeting  with  the  State  Medical  Society.  Resolutions  of  thanks  were 
passed  to  H.  L.  Haussamen,  formerly  Secretary  of  the  Association,  and  now  a 
resident  of  Costa  Rica.  The  executive  officers  for  the  current  year  are :  D. 
N.  Siegfried,  of  Sanborn,  President  ;  L-  C.  Christianson,  of  Fargo,  Secretary, 
and  E.  C.  Maxcy,  of  Fargo,  Treasurer. 
.  The  South  Dakota  Pharmaceutical  Association  met  at  Watertown,  August 
19,  transacting  the  customary  routine  business,  and  listening  to  the  reading  of 
papers  On  Instruction  of  Apprentices,  by  R.  T.  Hill ;  On  Patent  Medicines,  by 
D.  S.  White  ;  On  Explosive  Medicines,  by  G.  W.  Lowry  ;  On  Pepsin  of  differ- 
ent manufacture,  by  J.  A.  Bower  ;  On  Excessive  Doses  in  prescriptions,  by  J.  H. 
Marshall ;  On  the  Purity  of  Ice  Water,  by  R.  M.  Cotton  ;  and  On  the  Study  of 
Botany,  by  Z.  A.  Crain. 
A  re-organization  of  the  Association  was  effected  in  conformity  with  the  new 
Pharmacy  Law  ;  W.  A.  Burnham,  Croton,  was  elected  President ;  I.  A.  Keith, 
Lake  Preston,  Secretary,  and  G.  W.  Lowry,  Sioux  Falls,  Treasurer.  Madison 
was  selected  as  the  place  for  holding  the  next  meeting,  August  20,  1891,  with 
M.  A.  Bartlett  as  Local  Secretary. 
The  Virginia  Pharmaceutical  Association  met  at  its  Ninth  Annual  Meeting 
in  one  of  the  parlors  of  the  Hygeia  Hotel,  at  Old  Point  Comfort,  September  9 
and  10  ;  President  Stratton  in  the  Chair.  The  usual  routine  business  was 
transacted,  and  papers  were  read  On  Success  in  the.  Drug  Business,  by  W.  A 
Strother ;  On  the  National  Formulary,  by  E.  A.  Craighill ;  On  Digitalis,  by 
C.  B.  Fleet;  On  Adulteration  of  Powdered  Drugs,  and  On  Soda  Bicarbonate, 
by  Prof.  Dunnington.  The  lecture  by  Prof.  Remington  On  the  Metric  System 
was  attended  by  this  Association  and  by  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Asso- 
ciation. E.  R.  Beckwith,  Petersburg,  was  elected  President  ;  C.  B.  Fleet, 
Lynchburg,  Secretary,  and  C.  S.  Lumsden,  Lynchburg,  Treasurer.  The  next 
meeting  will  be  held  at  Roanoke,  September  8,  1891. 
