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be  valuable  to  collate  the  history  of  the  numerous  individual 
attempts  to  cultivate  drugs. 
In  regard  to  the  work  of  the  sub-committee  on  Education  he 
said  we  need  in  addition  to  the  papers  and  compilations,  files 
of  catalogues  from  colleges  and  schools.  Old  lecture  note  books, 
accounts  of  individuals  while  at  college,  contributions  of  old 
diplomas,  matriculation  cards,  etc.,  call  for  the  activity  of  others 
than  college  professors. 
The  chairman  said  at  present  the  principal  work  will  be  that  of 
collecting  material,  and  little  more  than  this  can  be  done  and  done 
well.  He  also  reported  that  the  Lloyd  Library  is  willing  to  co- 
operate with  the  A.  Ph.  A.  in  the  collection  of  such  docu- 
mentary material.  It  was  suggested  that  the  housing  of  such  docu- 
mentary material  for  the  present  be  in  the  Lloyd  Library.  Other 
objects  of  historic  interest  had  best  be  housed  in  connection  with 
State  historical  collections.  When  we  are  ready  for  a  national  phar- 
maceutical museum  we  can  call  upon  these  State  repositories  for 
their  contributions. 
In  conclusion  he  called  attention  to  the  impetus  which  the  study 
of  pharmaceutical  history  has  received  everywhere  in  connection 
with  a  similar  interest  that  is  spreading  even  more  rapidly  in  the 
related  profession  of  medicine.  "  May  the  movement  started  at  our 
semi-centennial  meeting  grow  to  such  an  extent  that  its  influence 
will  be  felt  throughout  every  province  and  State  of  this  North 
American  continent.  Nothing  will  serve  better  to  offset  the  present 
commercial  tendency  which  manifests  itself  in  pharmacy  to-day,  not 
only  in  this  country  but  everywhere.  It  would  be  useless  to  deplore 
this  tendency,  but  we  ought  to  be  mindful  of  the  introduction  of 
such  other  tendencies  that  will  assure  us  of  a  more  harmonious 
development  of  that  calling  which  we  all  love  and  to  which  we  are 
devoting  our  lives." 
The  following  papers  were  received  :  "  Daniel  B.  Smith,  the  first 
President  of  the  A.  Ph.  A.,"  by  M.  I.  Wilbert ;  "  Historical  Sketch 
of  the  Chicago  College  of  Pharmacy,"  by  Albert  E.  Ebert ;  "  Silas 
H.  Douglas  as  Professor  of  Chemistry  and  Pharmacy  before  the 
Establishment  of  a  School  of  Pharmacy  in  Michigan,"  by  Albert  B. 
Prescott ;  "  History  of  Echinacea  Angustifolia,"  by  J.  U.  Lloyd ; 
"Detroit's  First  Pharmacy,"  by  H.  B.  Mason;  "  Justus  von  Liebig," 
by  Wm.  C.  Alpers ;  "  Gastric  Digestion  and  William  Beaumont,"  and 
