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Minutes  of  the  College. 
r  am.  Jour,  Fha&m. 
\    Nov.  1,  1873. 
title  in  the  place  of  the  degree  of  graduate  in  pharmacy.  The  subject  was  de 
ferred  until  the  meeting  next  year. 
A  beautiful  specimen  of  red  cinchona  bark  was  presented  to  the  College  by 
Messrs.  Geo.  D.  Wetherill  &  Co.,  for  display  in  the  cabinet,  or  elsewhere,  as 
the  College  may  direct.  It  was  much  admired  by  the  members  present,  and  it 
is  hoped  will  serve  as  a  nucleus  around  which  will  cluster  many  fine  specimens 
of  materia  medica  from  all  parts  of  the  country. 
Prof.  Maisch,  on  behalf  of  Fred.  B.  Power,  presented  a  fine  specimen  of 
monobromated  camphor,  and  from  Louis  Koch  a  number  of  illustrated  sheets 
of  materia  medica,  by  Prof.  Nees  von  Esenbeck,  being  parts  of  a  work  of  great 
value. 
On  motion,  they  were  all  accepted,  and  the  thanks  of  the  College  were  di- 
rected to  be  presented  to  the  donors. 
A  letter  to  Dillwyn  Parrisb,  President  of  the  College,  was  received  and  readi 
as  follows : 
No.  225  S.  Broad  Street, 
Friday,  Sept.  26,  1873. 
Dillwyn  Parrish,  Esq. 
Dear  Sir. — Mr.  Bechtel,  an  artist  of  this  city,  has  just  finished  a  portrait  in 
oil  of  my  late  father,  which  I  have  had  painted  expressly  for  presentation 
to  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy. 
It  is  a  copy  of  a  photograph  carte  de  visite,  similar  to  the  one  in  the  album 
of  the  College,  which  has  always  been  considered  a  most  excellent  likeness  of 
him  up  to  the  time  of  his  declining  health,  two  years  ago. 
This  portrait  I  request  of  you,  dear  sir,  to  present  to  the  College  in  my  name. 
Your  obedient  servant  and  friend, 
A.  B.  Durand. 
The  portrait  was  accepted,  and,  on  motion,  the  Committee  on  Deceased 
Members  was  directed  to  acknowledge  its  receipt,  and  convey  the  thanks  of 
the  College  to  Mr.  A.  B.  Durand  for  the  valuable  gift,  representing,  as  it  does, 
faithfully,  one  of  our  oldest  and  most  valued  members. 
In  connection  with  this  presentation  Prof.  Procter,  on  behalf  of  the  Commit- 
tee on  Deceased  Members,  read  an  interesting  memorial  of 
ELIAS  DURAND. 
Elias  Durand  (Elie  Magloire  Durand)  was  born  in  the  town  of  Mayenne, 
France,  on  the  25th  of  January,  1794,  second  year  of  the  French  Republic,  in 
the  midst  of  the  most  trying  times  of  the  Reign  of  Terror,  and  was  the  young- 
est of  fourteen  childrea.  His  father,  Andre  Durand,  was  Recorder  of  Deeds 
at  Mayenne,  a  man  much  respected,  and  though  a  royalist  in  opinion,  he 
retained  his  position  as  recorder  through  the  varying  scenes  and  parties  of  the 
Revolutionary  struggle  and  the  Empire  till  his  death,  in  1810,  being  forced  at 
times  to  secrete  himself  with  the  funds  and  records  to  save  them  from  the  party 
in  temporary  power. 
During  the  period  between  1794  and  1808  young  Durand  lived  in  his  native 
town,  and  being  placed  in  due  course  at  the  Collegiate  school,  passed  through 
the  regular  studies.  About  this  time  his  interest  was  attracted  to  the  study  of 
chemistry,  then  claiming  a  large  share  of  scientific  attention,  which  was  prob- 
ably the  cause  of  his  becoming  a  pharmaceutist,  as  in  October,  1808,  he  was 
