440  Nineteenth  Annual  Meeting  of  the  {^^t'^;^^''- 
Chairman,  Mr.  Diehl,  called  the  attention  of  the  President,  officers 
and  members  to  the  numerous  preparations  and  apparatus  exposed, 
dwelling  particularly  upon  those  which  are  of  special  interest,  either 
from  their  novelty  or  from  their  superiority  in  construction,  prepara- 
tion or  properties. 
Third  Session. —  Wednesday  Afternoon. 
The  Association  reassembled  at  4|   o'clock,  and  approved  the 
minutes  of  the  morning  session.    The  report  of  the  Committee  on 
Legislation  was  read,  the  Committee  reappointed  and  Mr.  Hubert 
Primm,  of  Missouri,  added  thereto. 
Prof.  Procter  read  a  majority  report  of  the  Committee  on  the 
Practicability  of  Inviting  the  International  Pharmaceutical  Congress 
to  meet  in  this  country  in  1876,  The  motion  to  extend  such  an  in- 
vitation was  carried,  by  a  vote  of  83  against  2.  It  was  further  re- 
solved that,  in  case  the  invitation  be  not  accepted,  the  pharmacists  of 
foreign  countries  generally  be  invited  to  be  present  at  the  meeting  of 
this  Association  in  1876,  which  is  to  be  held  in  the  city  of  Philadel- 
phia, and  that  a  Committee,  consisting  of  five  members,  be  appointed, " 
with  instructions  to  report  at  a  future  meeting  what  arrangements 
may  be  necessary  for  that  meeting.  The  President,  at  a  subsequent 
session,  appointed  this  Committee  as  follows  :  Prof.  Ed.  Parrish, 
Philadelphia ;  S.  M.  Colcord,  Boston  ;  E.  L.  Milhau,  New  York  ; 
Prof.  J.  F.  Moore,  Baltimore  :  Prof.  E.  S.  Wayne,  Cincinnati :  and 
George  Buck,  Chicago. 
The  Secretary  was  instructed  to  publish  in  the  Proceedings  the 
letter  received  from  the  North  German  Apothecaries'  Society  in  an- 
swer to  the  address  sent  last  year. 
The  following  scientific  papers  were  read :  On  the  exports  of  Vir- 
ginia, A.D.  1610,  by  Daniel  Hanbury  ;  On.  Pepsin  and  Rennet,  by 
Clemmons  Parrish;  On  the  Pulverization  of  Camphor,  by  J.  C. 
Lowd;  On  Extract  of  Beef,  by  A.  E.  Ebert. 
A  vote  of  thanks  was  passed  to  the  retiring  officers,  and  the  ap- 
pointment of  a  permanent  Committee  on  the  Pharmacopoeia  directed, 
to  be  composed  of  one  member  from  each  incorporated  pharmaceutical 
body  represented  in  this  Association,  said  member  to  be  nominated 
by  each  delegation  ;  vacancies  to  be  filled  and  new  members  added  in 
the  same  manner,  and  the  Committee  is  to  hold  a  meeting  annually, 
at  each  meeting  of  the  Association. 
The  Association  adjourned  until  Thursday  morning  at  9  o'clock. 
