524  Pharmaceutical  Colleges,  etc.        {A  n^iw*"' 
was  hardly  as  numerous  as  on  former  occasions,  owing  to  the  increased  hotel 
charges  during  the  sessions  of  the  Conference  of  the  British  Association  for 
the  Advancement  of  Science,  which,  as  usual,  have  been  held  in  the  same  city 
and  about  the  same  time.  The  album  containing  pictures  of  some  of  the  offi- 
cers and  members  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  which  had 
been  collected  for  this  purpose  by  the  Committee  on  Photographic  Album  of 
the  latter  Association,  was  laid  before  the  Conference  on  the  second  day, 
while  the  letter  announcing  it  was  read  at  the  first  session,  and  a  vote  of 
thanks  passed  on  motion  of  Mr.  J.  Williams.  A  resolution  was  passed  direct- 
ing a  message  of  fraternal  greetings  to  be  sent  to  the  American  Pharmaceuti- 
cal Association,  then  in  session  at  Richmond.  A  number  of  new  members 
were  elected,  after  which  Mr.  F.  Baden  Benger  read  the  report  of  the  Execu- 
tive Committee,  and  Mr.  J.  F.  Schacht  the  Treasurer's  report.  A  resolution 
increasing  the  annual  dues  to  7s.  6d.  was  carried  unanimously.  The  President 
then  delivered  his  annual  address,  reviewing  the  origin  of  the  Conference  and 
the  labors  at  the  various  meetings,  the  consolidation  of  several  pharmacopoeias 
into  one  for  Great  Britain  and  one  for  Germany,  the  introduction  of  new  rem- 
edies and  the  revival  of  older  ones,  the  acclimatization  of  the  cinchonas  into 
the  East  Indies,  the  experiments  with  various  new  remedies,  and  the  pharma- 
ceutical examinations  in  various  countries,  and  closed  with  eloquent  tributes  to 
the  memories  of  John  Cargill  Brough  and  Edward  Parrish.  The  address  is  an 
excellent  document,  well  calculated  to  assist  in  raising  the  status  of  pharmacy, 
and  deserving  the  perusal  of  every  pharmacist.. 
A  paper  read  by  Mr.  Hampson  suggested  the  propriety  of  physicians  ap- 
pending to  any  unusual  dose  ordered  by  them,  a  mark,  indicating  that  in  order- 
ing such  a  dose,  no  mistake  has  occurred.  The  discussion  following  the  reading 
of  this  paper  resulted  in  the  appointment  of  a  committee  whose  report  was 
directed  to  be  communicated  to  the  medical  profession. 
Several  very  interesting  and  important  papers  were  read  and  freely  discussed, 
which  we  hope  to  be  able  to  lay  before  our  readers. 
Mr.  T.  B.  Groves,  of  Weymouth,  was  elected  the  successor  of  Mr.  Brady  in 
the  Presidential  chair.  The  next  meeting,  in  1874,  will  be  held  in  London,  and 
Mr.  M.  Carteighe  has  been  elected  Local  Secretary. 
The  annual  dinner  of  the  Conference  took  place,  at  the  Victoria  Hotel,  on 
-the  evening  of  Sept.  16th,  Mr.  F.  M.  Rimmington  in  the  chair. 
Pharmaceutical  Society  of  Paris. — At  the  session  of  Aug.  6th,  Mr.  Grassi 
presiding,  Dr.  de  Yrij  communicated  a  note  on  the  quantitative  examination 
of  cinchona  barks  ;  it  was  accompanied  by  a  specimen  of  Cinchona  officinalis 
and  a  sealed  package  indicating  its  composition.  Mr.  Boudet  had  received 
from  Mr.  Guilliermond  fils  a  memoir  on  the  assaying  of  cinchonas,  in  which  he 
related  the  labors  of  his  father  on  that  important  subject.  A  committee,  con- 
sisting of  Messrs.  Baudrimont,  Marais,  Jungfleisch,  P.  Wurtz,  St.  Martin  and 
P.  Blondeau,  was  appointed  to  report  on  the  comparative  value  of  the  pro- 
cesses suggested  by  Guilliermond,  de  Vrij  and  Carles.  In  a  letter  to  Mr.  Jung- 
ileiscb,  de  Yrij  claims  for  Mr.  Delondre  the  discovery  of  quinidia. 
