526  Pharmaceutical  Colleges,  etc.  {%^\mT' 
man  Apothecaries'  Society,  arid  the  abrogation  of  the  contract  with  the  <{  Phar- 
maeeutische  Zeitung ;"  also  to  empower  the  directory  to  confer  with  the  War 
Department,  with  the  view  of  regulating  military  pharmacy. 
During  the  second  session  Prof.  Dragendorff,  of  Dorpat,  delivered  a  lecture 
on  some  important  proximate  principles  of  vegetables,  and  on  the  qualitative 
and  quantitative  examination  of  adulterations  of  volatile  oils  with  cheaper  oils. 
Prof.  Reichardt  and  Mr.  Rostel  were  elected  delegates  to  the  meeting  of  the 
German  Sanitary  Union,  at  Frankfort. 
After  the  filling  of  vacancies  in  the  directory  various  scientific  subjects  were 
•discussed.  Mr.  Hildebrand  spoke  on  explosions  by  mixtures  of  chlorinated  lime, 
and  on  soluble  pepsin ;  Albers,  on  the  German  Pharmacopoeia ;  Drs.  Brunneu- 
graeber,  Schacht  and  Werner,  on  the  necessity  of  rectifying  chloroform  which  is 
to  be  used  for  inhalation,  to  free  it  from  muriatic  acid  ;  Dr.  Reichardt,  on  hyoscya- 
mia  and  atropia,  and  their  products  of  decomposition  under  the  influence  of 
alkalies  and  acids. 
The  Society  adjourned  finally  after  having  selected  Munich  as  the  place  for 
holding  the  third  annual  meeting. 
The  Twelfth  Annual  Meeting  of  the  General  Austrian  Apothecaries' 
Society  was  held,  in  Yienna,  Sept.  15th  and  16th.  At  the  first  session  the 
annual  report  of  the  Directory  was  submitted,  the  Treasurer's  report  read,  and 
the  publication  of  a  textbook  on  pharmacy  resolved  upon.  The  subject  of  an 
international  Pharmacopoeia  was  discussed,  and  the  labors  of  the  Paris  Phar- 
maceutical Society  in  this  direction  related.  Dr.  Goddefroy  delivered  a  lecture 
on  the  progress  of  chemistry  as  exemplified  by  the  products  exhibited  at  the 
World's  Exposition  in  Vienna,  which  was  visited  by  the  Society  in  a  body  during 
the  afternoon,  Dr.  Goddefroy  and  Mr.  Klinger  acting  as  guides. 
The  following  officers  were  elected  at  the  second  session  :  Messrs.  Schiffner, 
Fausner  and  Yon  Waldheim,  Directors;  Simoni,  Treasurer;  Ferd.  Kwisda, 
Secretary.  Mr.  Heindl  made  a  donation  of  100  florins  to  the  Society.  Messrs. 
Mall  and  Stapf  made  valuable  donations  to  the  Museum.  The  next  annual 
meeting  will  again  be  held  in  Yienna. 
The  International  Medical  Congress  lately  held  in  Yienna  declared  in 
'favor  of  compulsory  vaccination  by  a  vote  of  155  against  5.  The  desirability 
of  an  international  Pharmacopoeia  was  acknowledged ;  this  should  contain  the 
most  important  remedies,  with  an  exact  description  of  their  physical  properties 
and  of  the  processes  for  their  preparation  ;  Latin  should  be  the  language  of 
'the  official  text ;  the  proportions  of  the  compound  preparations  should  be  given 
in  decatal  numbers.  The  Congress  desired  that  prescriptions  be  hereafter 
compounded  by  metrical  weights.  The  officers  of  the  fourth  Congress  were 
•empowered  to  organize  an  international  commission  for  the  purposes  named. — 
Pharm.  Zeit. 
New  York  College  of  Pharmacy. — At  the  first  conversational  meeting  of 
the  present  session,  Prof.  Chandler  delivered  a  lecture  on  Ozone. 
