Am.  Jotje.  Pharm.  \ 
Oct.  1, 1871.  i 
Minutes  of  the  College, 
473 
McAfee.  The  Board  of  Trustees  afterwards  appointed  Committees  on  charter, 
on  progress  of  pharmacy,  on  drug  market,  on  pharmacopoeia,  on  unofficinal  for- 
mulas, on  pharmaceutic  legislation,  on  finance,  on  business,  on  room. 
Pharmacy  in  Pitti?burg. — Recently  several  members  of  the  American  Phar- 
maceutical Association,  on  their  way  to  St.  Louis,  stopped  at  Pittsburg,  with 
the  view  of  visiting  some  of  the  large  manufacturing  establishments  for  which 
the  Iron  City  is  noted.  A  number  of  pharmacists  and  druggists  of  that  city? 
having  been  apprised  of  this  intended  visit,  very  kindly  took  charge  of  the 
party — ladies  and  gentlemen — and  showed  them  many  places  of  interest.  In 
the  evening  the  entertainers  and  their  guests  met  in  a  parlor  of  the  Mononga- 
hela  House  for  a  friendly  chat,  and  after  discussing  the  aims  of  pharmaceutical 
societies,  and  the  difficulty  surrounding  their  establishment  on  a  firm  and  last- 
ing basis,  the  Pittsburg  pharmacists  present  resolved  to  renew  their  endea- 
vors made  a  year  or  two  ago,  to  form  a  Pharmaceutical  Association  of  Alle- 
gheny County,  and  for  this  purpose  appointed  Mr.  McClarran,  President  jjro 
temp.,  and  Mr.  Abell  Secretary  pro  temp.  Judging  from  the  gentlemen  we  had 
the  pleasure  of  meeting,  there  is  ample  material  of  good  quality  in  Pittsburg 
and  its  sister  cities  Allegheny  and  Birmingham,  to  form  a  good  society;  and 
when  every  individual  will  have  learned  to  surrender  an  iota  of  his  private  inte- 
rest for  the  weal  of  the  profession,  he  will  in  a  short  time  be  amply  repaid  by 
the  benefits  which  will  accrue  to  every  member  of  such  a  society  after  it  has 
acquired  solidity  and  strength.  We  bid  our  West  Pennsylvanian  friends  a 
hearty  God  speed. 
General  Austrian  Apothecaries'  Societv. — The  annual  meeting  of  this 
body,  which  was  announced  for  Sept.  4th,  was,  on  account  of  the  election  for 
the  Legislature,  postponed,  and  was  held  in  the  city  of  Linz  on  Sept.  17th,  18th 
and  19th. 
A  stated  meeting  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  was  held  at  the 
College  building  September  25th,  1871.  Pillwyn  Parrish,  President,  in  the 
chair.    21  members  present. 
The  minutes  of  the  last  meeting,  as  also  the  minutes  of  the  Board  of  Trus- 
tees, were  read  and  approved. 
The  Committee  on  Deceased  Members  read  the  following  biographical  notice 
of  our  late  member  William  Taylor: 
William  Taylor  was  a  native  of  Lancaster,  Pa.,  who  came  to  Philadelphia 
about  the  year  1848,  and  entered  the  store  of  Edward  Parrish,  where  he  ac- 
quired a  knowledge  of  the  business,  and  graduated  in  the  College  in  1851. 
He  soon  after  purchased  the  drug  store  at  the  south-east  corner  of  Ninth 
and  Race  streets,  from  which  in  a  few  years  he  removed  to  a  new  building  at 
the  north-east  corner.  There  he  continued  to  practice  pharmacy  until  the  time 
of  his  death,  although  occupying  during  two  terms  the  office  of  Coroner  of  the 
city  of  Philadelphia.  In  his  responsible  official  position,  he  was  esteemed  an 
honest  and  capable  officer. 
