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Nineteenth  Annual  Meeting  of  the 
(  Am.  Jour.  Pharm  . 
t     Oct.  1, 1871. 
was  constituted  as  follows  :  Prof.  J.  Faris  Moore,  Maryland  ;  Prof. 
E.  R.  Squibb,  New  York ;  Rob.  J.  Brown,  Kansas ;  and  by  a  reso- 
lution passed  at  the  fifth  session,  increased  to  five,  by  the  appoint- 
ment of  C.  H.  Dalrymple,  New  Jersey,  and  Matthew  F.  Ash,  Missis- 
sippi. 
The  following  papers  were  read  and  discussed :  On  Glycerin,  by 
J.  P.  Remington;  On  Chloral,  by  E.  R.  Squibb,  M.D.  ;  On  Various 
Oils  Used  for  Adulterating  Olive  Oil,  by  H.  N.  Rittenhouse  ;  On 
Pharmaceutical  Apprenticeship,  by  S.  M.  Colcord;  On  Pharmaceutical 
Education,  by  Prof.  A.  B.  Prescott. 
The  report  of  the  Committee  on  the  next  Annual  Meeting  w^as 
read  and  laid  upon  the  table  for  future  action. 
The  following  resolutions  w^ere  severally  discussed  and  passed : 
Resolved^  That  the  Executive  Officers  be  authorized  to  appoint  suit- 
able persons  to  represent  this  Association  at  the  International  Con- 
gress, at  St.  Petersburg,  in  1872. 
Resolved^  That  the  Executive  Committee  be  directed  to  annually 
revise  the  list  of  societies,  libraries  and  individuals  to  whom  compli- 
mentary copies  of  the  Proceedings  shall  be  hereafter  sent. 
Also  a  resolution  empowering  the  President,  upon  the  recommen- 
dation of  the  Treasurer  and  Secretary,  to  remit  the  annual  dues  of 
members  in  adverse  circumstances  until  proper  reasons  for  such  re- 
mission shall  cease  ;  and  that  no  report  of  such  action  involving  per- 
sonal mention  shall  be  made  or  published  at  any  time. 
Adjourned  until  3  o'clock  P.M. 
Fifth  Session. — -Thursday  Aftemoon, 
On  motion  of  Mr.  C.  F.  G.  Meyer,  the  Secretary  was  directed  to 
send  the  following  cable  dispatch  to  the  North  German  Apothecaries 
Society,  this  day  meeting  at  Dresden,  Germany  : 
To  W.  Danckwortt :  The  American  Pharmaceutical  Association 
sends  fraternal  greetings  to  Norddeutschen  Apotheker  Verein. 
Mr.  C.  L.  Diehl  exhibited  and  explained  a  diagram  of  an  appar- 
atus employed  by  him  for  a  number  of  years  in  preparing  ammonia. 
The  following  preamble  and  resolution  was  passed,  and  Messrs. 
Geo.  Buck,  Chicago,  Aug.  Breunert,  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  and  E.  L. 
Milhau,  New  York,  appointed  on  the  Committee  : 
The  practice  adopted  by  the  United  States  government  of  imposing  fines  and 
penalties  upon  druggists  for  the  unintentional  omissions  in  stamping  medicines 
and  perfumery  having  become  prevalent  throughout  the  country,  and  a  system 
