360  Pharmaceutical  Colleges  and  Associations,  {Amju°y?'i886?rm" 
them  a  considerable  distance  down  the  Chesapeake  Bay,  dinner  and  supper  being 
served  aboard.  With  speeches,  music,  singing  and  other  entertainments,  the 
hours  passed  rapidly,  aud  late  in  the  evening  the  company  parted  in  Balti- 
more. 
Massachusetts  Pharmaceutical  Association. — At  the  fifth  annual  meeting  held  in 
Boston,  June  1-3,  President  Pease  in  the  chair,  an  address  of  welcome  by  the 
Mayor,  the  President's  address,  and  the  reports  of  officers  and  committees  were 
first  made,  and  an  appropriation,  not  to  exceed.  $50,  was  voted  in  furtherance 
of  the  plan  proposed  for  the  reorganization  of  the  National  Retail  Druggists' 
Association.  Among  the  papers  read  was  one  by  Prof.  Markoe  on  the  reaction 
between  potassium  bromide,  chloral  hydrate  and  alcohol ;  S.  A.  D.  Sheppard, 
on  business  methods ;  J.  W.  Colcord,  pharmaceutical  education  ;  Prof.  Pengra, 
on  new  remedies  ;  F.  A.  Davidson,  on  kaolin;  H.  Canning,  on  toilet  articles ;  J. 
W.  Colcord,  on  an  improved  percolator;  W.  C.  Durkee,  on  calcium  carbonate, 
and  W.  W.  Bartlet,  on  milk  analysis.  The  present  officers  are:  H.  Canning, 
Boston,  president ;  J.  H.  Manning,  Pittsfield,  G.  E.  Fairbanks,  Worcester,  and 
W.  E.  Luscomb,  Salem,  vice-presidents ;  J.  W.  Colcord,  Lynn,  secretary,  and  F. 
H.  Butler,  Lowell,  treasurer.  Hotyoke  was  selected  as  the  place  for  the  next 
meeting,  which  will  be  held  on  the  first  Tuesday  of  June,  1887. 
Missouri  Pharmaceutical  Association. — The  eighth  annual  meeting  was  held  at 
Sweet  Springs,  June  15  and  16.  President  A.  T.  Fleischmann  in  the  chair.  The 
president's  address  dealt  with  various  questions  of  importance  to  pharmacists, 
which  were  further  considered  by  a  special  committee  and  subsequently  acted 
upon  by  the  Association.  The  reports  of  the  various  officers  showed  a  cash 
balance  on  hand  of  $196.64,  and  a  total  membership  of  nearly  700,  including 
the  newly  elected  members.  A  circular  from  the  National  Retail  Druggists'  As- 
sociation was  read  and  referred  to  a  committee,  which  recommended  the 
appointment  of  a  delega'-ion  to  this  body,  and  to  the  American  Pharmaceuti- 
cal Association,  the  report  being  adopted.  Greetings  by  telegraph  were  ex- 
changed with  several  State  associations. 
The  following  papers  were  read:  On  ttade  interests,  by  J.  Richardson;  on 
pharmaceutical  legislation,  by  Prof.  Good,  and  on  the  commercial  traveler,  by  D. 
Y.  Wheeler.  A  number  of  papers  were  also  presented  by  Prof.  Curt  man,  chair- 
man of  the  Committee  on  Queries,  and  mostly  read  by  title. 
The  amusements  provided  consisted  of  concerts  and  various  races  and  tour- 
naments. 
The  officers  elected  for  the  ensuing  year  are :  A.  H.  Caffee,  of  Carthage,  pres- 
ident ;  C.  E.  Corcoran,  of  Kansas  City,  B.  O.  Wood,  of  Monroe  City,  and  D.  Y. 
Wheeler,  of  Sedalia,  vice-presidents;  J.  M.  Good,  treasurer,  and  G.  H.  C.  Klie, 
secretary.  The  next  meeting  will  again  be  held  at  Sweet  Springs,  on  the  third 
Tuesday  of  June,  1887,  and  it  is  contemplated  to  extend  the  sessions  over  three 
days.    L.  Kuntz,  of  Brownsville,  is  local  secretary. 
Nebraska  Pharmaceutical  Association. — The  annual  meeting  was  held  at  Omaha, 
May  11.  The  business  tiansacted  consisted  in  the  reception  and  discusf-ion  of 
the  reports  of  officers  and  committees,  and  the  consideration  of  a  proposed 
pharmacy  law.  Prof.  O.  A.  Wall  read  a  paper  on  pharmaceutical  nomenclature. 
The  next  meeting  will  again  convene  at  Omaha,  on  the  second  Wednesday  of 
May,  1887.    Jas.  H.  Reed  is  president ;  C.  J.  Daubach,  secretary,  and  N.  A. 
