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Minutes  of  the  College. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
Nov.,  1886. 
on  the  question  of  suitable  diet  for  persons  suffering  from  certain 
diseases  which  cause  too  large  a  secretion  of  uric  acid. — Jour.  Chem. 
Soc,  September  1886  ;  Monatsh.  Chem.,  vii.?  105. 
MINUTES    OF  THE    PHILADELPHIA  COLLEGE  OF 
PHARMACY. 
A  stated  meeting  of  the  members  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy 
was  held  September  27th,  1886,  at  3.30  p.  m.  in  the  hall,  Charles  Bullock  pre- 
siding; twenty-three  members  being  present.  The  minute  of  the  previous 
meeting  was,  as  usual,  read  and  adopted.  The  proceedings  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees  at  the  September  meeting,  as  also  those  of  a  special  meeting  of  the 
Board  to  take  action  on  the  death  of  Dillwyn  Parrish,  were  presented,  and  on 
motion  approved. 
The  report  of  delegates  to  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  held  at 
Providence  in  September,  was  offered  by  the  Chairman,  Mr.  Alonzo  Robbins, 
and  accepted.  The  following  summary  of  that  report  presents  subjects  of 
interest.  The  committee  appointed  to  consider  suggestions  embraced  in  the 
address  of  the  President  of  the  Association  recommended,  1st. — '*  That  the  Asso- 
ciation seek  the  aid  of  the  American  Medical  Association  for  the  purpose  of 
inducing  an  adherence,  in  prescribing,  to  officinal  medicines  only,  and  that  the 
various  State  Associations  use  similar  effort  to  secure  the  same  object  with 
their  respective  State  Medical  bodies."  2d. — "That  there  be  a  revision  of 
existing  methods  in  the  management  of  the  Association  with  a  view  to  secur- 
ing improvement."  3rd. — "That  the  influence  of  the  Association  should  be 
used  to  prevent  further  multiplication  of  colleges  of  pharmacy."  Among  the 
items  of  general  business,  the  following  may  be  noted.  The  report  of  the 
committee  on  unofficinal  formulae  was  ordered  to  be  printed.  A  resolution  on 
this  subject  was,  however,  offered  by  Mr.  J.  H.  Redsecker,  of  Lebanon,  Pa.,  to 
the  effect  that  in  addition  to  the  present  committee  of  five  members  from  New 
York  and  Brooklyn  there  shall  be  one  member  appointed  from  each  State 
Pharmaceutical  Association,  all  of  whom  shall,  together,  constitute  the  future 
committee.  Mr.  Charles  A.  Tufts,  of  Dover,  N.  EL,  the  Treasurer  of  the  Associa- 
tion for  many  consecutive  years,  was  elected  to  the  Presidency  for  the  term 
ensuing.  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  and  the  first  Monday  in  September  of  1877,  indicate 
the  place  and  time  for  the  next  meeting. 
The  report  of  the  committee  on  deceased  members  was  made  by  Mr.  Bullock 
and  prefaced  by  some  suitable  remarks.  The  report  consisted,  in  chief,  of  a 
memoir  of  the  late  Peter  Williamson,  which  was  by  motion  received  and 
assigned  to  the  committee  on  publication.  Mr.  Bullock  read  a  letter  from  an 
honored  member,  Samuel  F.  Troth,  addressed  to  his  fellow-members  of  the 
College,  having  reference  to  the  death  of  Dillwyn  Parrish.  At  the  suggestion 
of  the  President,  the  Secretary  was  directed  to  indite  a  reply  to  the  letter  of 
Mr.  Troth.  In  this  connection,  a  historical  note  of  those  associated  with  the 
origin  and  early  history  of  the  College  was  submitted  and  directed  to  be  placed 
upon  the  minutes. 
