A%JcAV\',m3KU'}  America?!  Pharmaceutical  Association.  437 
The  Secretary  laid  before  the  Association  two  volumes  of  the 
Medical  and  Surgical  History  of  the  War  of  the  Rebellion,  received 
from  the  Surgeon  General  U.  S.  A.,  also  one  volume  of  the  Report 
of  Columbia  Hospital  for  Women,  and  Lying-in  Asylum,  Washing- 
ton, D.  0.    By  J.  Harry  Thompson,  A.M.,  M.D. 
The  President  read  his  Annual  Address,  reviewing  the  labor  of  the 
Committees  and  making  several  important  recommendations  aiming 
at  an  increased  usefulness  of  the  Association.  The  address  was  well 
received,  and  referred  to  a  committee  of  three,  consisting  of  Messrs. 
Chas.  Bullock,  L.  V.  Heydenreich  and  Dr.  E.  P.  Nichols.  The  As- 
sociation  then  adjourned  until  9  o'clock  the  following  morning. 
Second  Session—  Wednesday  Morning. 
After  the  reading  and  approval  of  the  minutes  of  the  first  session 
the  Nominating  Committee  recommended  the  election  of  the  following 
officers  for  the  ensuing  year : 
President,  John  F.  Hancock,  of  Baltimore,  Md. 
Vice-Presidents,  William  Saunders,  of  London,  Ontario 
John  T.  Buck,  of  Jackson,  Miss. 
Paul  Balluff,  of  New  York. 
Treasurer,  Chas.  A.  Tufts,  of  Dover,  N.  II. 
Permanent  Secretary,  John  M.  Maisch,  of  Philadelphia. 
Reporter  on  the  Progress  of  Pharmacy,  C.  Lewis  Diehl,  of  Louis- 
ville, Ky. 
Executive  Committee,  Thos.  S.  Wiegand,  chairman,  of  Philadel- 
phia ;  George  Leis,  of  Lawrence,  Kan. ;  Chas.  L.  Eberle,  of  Phila- 
delphia ;  Henry  J.  Mennioger,  of  Raleigh,  N.  C.  ;  and  John  M. 
Maisch,  ex  officio. 
Committee  on  Drug  Market,  P.  W.  Bedford,  chairman,  of  New 
York;  Win.  If.  Brown,  of  Baltimore  ;  Wm.  P.  Keffer,  M.D.,  of  New 
Orleans;  Wm.  IL  Brill,  of  Pittsburg;  and  Wm.  S.  Merrell,  of  Cin- 
cinnati. 
Committee  on  Papers  and  Queries,  Jos.  P.  Remington,  chairman, 
of  Philadelphia;  Lewis  Dohme,  of  Baltimore ;  and  Benj.  Lillard,  of 
Nashville,  Tenn. 
Business  Committee,  Edward  P.  Nichols,  M.D.,  chairman,  of  New- 
ark, N.  J.  ;  Joel  S.  Orne,  of  Cambridgeport,  Mass.;  and  John  F. 
Judge,  of  Cincinnati, 
The  report  was  accepted,  and  Messrs.  Boyd  and  Hassencamp  hav- 
