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The  Committee  on  the  Pharmacopoeia  reported  through  its  Chairman,  Jos. 
Hoberts,  Phar.  D.,  on  the  dismissals  and  additions,  and  through  Mr.  Louis 
'Oohme,  on  the  changes  in  the  processes  of  the  new  pharmacopoeia.  These 
reports,  when  finished,  were  ordered  to  be  printed  and  to  be  circulated  among 
■the  medical  profession. 
Dr.  R.  Murdoch  delivered  a  lecture  on  botany,  the  subject  being  well  illus- 
trated by  drawings.  A  vote  of  thanks  was  tendered  to  the  lecturer,  and  a  reso- 
lotion  introduced  by  Mr.  J.  F.  Hancock,  and  passed,  advocating  the  establish- 
ment of  a  botanical  garden  in  one  of  the  public  parks,  and  a  chair  of  botany 
an  the  College.  A  Committee  to  act  and  report  on  this  resolution  was  appointed 
as  follows  :  Messrs.  J.  F.  Hancock,  Jos.  Roberts,  Louis  Dohme,  J.  J.  Smith 
and  N.  H.  Jennings. 
After  the  reading  by  Mr.  J.  F.  Hancock  of  the  report  on  deceased  members, 
■Professor  Moore  exhibited  several  pharmaceutical  novelties  which  had  been 
placed  on  exhibition  ;  also  a  number  of  preparations  of  the  new  pharmacopoeia, 
about  which  subjects  an  entertaining  and  profitable  discussion  took  place. 
Mr.  Louis  Dohrne  read  a  paper  on  the  oleates  of  mercury  and  morphia,* 
after  which  the  College  adjourned. 
On  the  evening  of  the  same  day  a  pleasant  reunion  took  place  at  the  Rennert 
House,  where  the  members  of  the  Maryland  College  with  their  invited  guests 
assembled,  to  hear  first  the  President's  address  by  Professor  J.  F.  Moore,  and 
then  the  annual  address  delivered  by  Professor  I.  J.  Grahame.  Both  were  lis- 
tened to  attentively,  and  besides  retrospects  contained  many  valuable  sugges- 
tions. The  company  afterwards  sat  down  to  a  sumptuous  repast,  and  after 
justice  had  been  done  to  all  the  good  things  upon  the  table,  toasts  were  offered 
and  responded  to  until  the  meeting  adjourned. 
The  Cincinnati  College  of  Pharmacy,  which,  during  the  past  session,  has 
§iad  a  class  of  51  students,  on  March  12th  conferred  the  degree  of  Graduate  in 
Pharmacy  upon  the  following  gentlemen:  William  E.  Kieley,  Andrew  W.  Bain, 
Jos.  H.  Feemster,  Augustus  G.  Luken,  Chas.  P.  Rendigs,  Henry  Wagner, 
Chas.  E.  Ferris,  John  E.  Martin,  Gustav  Weisbrodt,  George  D.  Pinger. 
Professor  J.  F.  Judge  gave  a  historical  sketch  of  the  rise  of  pharmacy,  and 
•alluded  to  the  efforts  made  in  Cincinnati  since  1849  to  establish  a  pharmaceu- 
tical educational  institution,  which  have  resulted  in  the  organization  of  the  pre- 
sent College. 
The  valedictory  address  on  behalf  of  the  College  was  delivered  by  Judge 
Stallo,  who  in  the  course  of  his  remarks,  said  : 
"  I  honor  this  school  the  more,  gentlemen,  from  the  Fact  that  it  does  not  re- 
ceive aid  from  the  State  or  city.  I  expect  far  more  from  an  institution  which 
grows  out  of  the  necessities  of  a  community  or  section  of  country  than  from  one 
which  springs  from  the  ambitious  devices  of  political  bodies.  National  bureaus 
of  education  are  being  established  by  bodies  of  politicians.  I  knew  a  man  who 
as  now  a  President  of  an  agricultural  college  established  by  legislation.  Some 
years  ago  he  came  to  my  office,  and  wanted  me  to  help  him  to  a  consulship  or 
^ollectorship,  or,  in  fact,  anything. 
"  I  do  not  believe  that  the  public  will  gain  at  all  by  the  actions  of  these  poli- 
ticians in  these  directions.    They  are  very  unfit  men  to  manage  such  a  subject, 
*  The  paper  is  printed  ou  page  1.08  of  the  present  number. 
