Am.  Jour.  Pharrn.  \ 
April,  1886.  J 
Minutes  of  the  College. 
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The  report  of  the  Editor,  Professor  Maisch,  was  offered,  accepted,  and,  as 
usual,  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Publication.  The  language  of  the  report  is 
as  follows : 
"The  Editor  respectfully  reports  that  during  the  past  year  ending  with  the 
month  of  March,  the  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy  published  sixty-four 
original  papers,  an  increase  of  one  over  the  previous  year.  This  sum  does  not 
include  the  miscellaneous  "Gleanings"  prepared  monthly  by  Mr.  J.  Eob. 
Moechel  and  by  Mr.  Geo.  H.  Ochse,  Ph.  G.,  nor  the  Gleanings  in  Materia  Me- 
dica,  various  items,  Editorials,  Keviews,  and  other  notices  prepared  by  the 
Editor.  The  publication  last  year  of  the  New  Mexican  Pharmacopoeia  offered 
an  excellent  opportunity  of  studying  the  pharmacy  as  practised  in  a  neighbor- 
ing country;  accordingly  considerable  space  was  devoted  to  the  formulary  of 
that  pharmacopoeia,  and  more  particularly  to  its  materia  medica,  all  that 
seemed  to  be  of  importance,  or  of  interest,  being  published  in  a  condensed 
form.  Deducting  these,  and  the  remaining  original  papers  contributed  by  the 
Editor — nineteen  in  all — there  remain  forty-five  papers,  of  which  number 
eleven  were  contributed  by  only  six  members  of  the  College,  showing  a  greater 
lack  of  interest  in  the  Journal  on  the  part  of  the  members  of  this  College  than 
has  been  experienced  by  the  Editor  during  any  one  year  since  he  had  been  first 
elected  to  this  position  fifteen  years  ago.  Eight  of  these  papers  were  read  at 
the  pharmaceutical  meetings.  The  remaining  original  contributions  consisted 
of  nineteen  papers  containing  more  or  less  condensed  abstracts  of  forty -two 
theses,  and  of  fifteen  valuable  papers  contributed  by  eight  non-members. 
The  Editor  desires  to  express  his  obligations  to  the  contributors,  and  the  hope 
of  a  continuance  of  their  valued  interest  in  the  Journal. 
Eespectfully  submitted, 
John  M.  Maisch,  Editor. 
The  report  of  the  Committee  on  Publication  was  called,  and,  in  response,  the 
chairman  submitted  the  following,  which  was,  on  motion,  accepted  and  referred. 
"  The  Publication  Committee  respectfully  report  that  they  have  attended  to 
the  duties  assigned  them  during  the  year  just  closed.  The  Journal  has  been 
issued  with  its  usual  promptness ;  the  standard  attained  by  the  Journal  as  an 
able  and  faithful  exponent  of  the  progress  of  pharmacy  and  allied  sciences,  we 
think,  has  been  maintained. 
The  vast  number  of  pharmaceutical  publications  now  issued,  and  the  rigid 
supervision  by  the  Committee  of  all  advertisements,  restricts,  somewhat,  our 
income  from  what  might  be  a  source  of  profit ;  but  the  admission  of  which 
we  think,  would  not  be  in  accord  with  the  objects  for  which  the  Journal  was 
established.  The  Committee  have  endeavored  to  reduce  the  expense  of  publi- 
cation as  far  as  would  be  consistent  with  true  economy — for  that  purpose  they 
invited  proposals  for  printing,  and  for  paper,  and  binding.  The  changes  made, 
while  not  impairing  the  quality  and  general  appearance  of  the  Journal  will 
result  in  a  considerable  annual  saving.  We  would  call  the  special  attention  of 
all  graduates  of  our  College  to  the  J ournal  as  a  desirable  source  of  valuable 
and  new  information  for  them,  and  an  excellent  channel  to  communicate  their 
scientific  observations  to  the  pharmaceutical  world.  The  Editor's  and  Business 
Editor's  reports,  which  accompany  this,  will  give  the  details  of  our  work. 
Eespectfully, 
H.  N.  Eittenhouse,  Chairman  Public.  Com." 
