520  Minutes  of  Pharmaceutical  Meetings.  {"^'^N^nim^''' 
the  charter  granted  in  1850,  but  to  form  a  new  society.  A  consitution  and  by- 
laws were  adopted,  and  the  following  officers  elected  :  President,  Prof.  E.  S. 
Wayne;  Vice-Presidents,  J.  F.  Judge  and  A.  Fennel;  Recording  Secretary* 
Wm.  H.  Adderley;  Corresponding  Secretary,  A.  J.  Tully ;  Treasurer,  W.  H. 
Negley;  Trustees,  Ayers,  Taxis,  Schmidt,  Reum,  Koehler. 
The  California  Pharmaceutical  Society  held  its  third  annnal  meeting  last 
month. 
After  the  reading  of  the  reports  of  committees,  the  following  officers  were 
elected  :  President,  J.  A.  Bauer  ;  Vice-Presidents,  E.  Painter  and  Wm.  Geary ; 
Recording  Secretary,  W.  E.  Mayhew  ;  Corresponding  Secretary,  W.  T.  Wen- 
zell ;  Treasurer,  Wm.  J.  Bryan;  Executive  Committee,  J.  G.Steele,  John  Cal- 
vert, W.  E.  Mayhew,  Wm.  Simpson  and  W.  T.  Wenzell. 
Reports  were  submitted  on  a  number  of  queries,  from  which  it  appears  that 
no  attempt  has  been  made  toward  the  manufacture  of  cod  liver  oil  in  California, 
also  that  rhubarb  is  not  cultivated  there.  Mr.  Calvert  reported  in  favor  of 
reducing  the  strength  of  fluid  extracts  to  one-half  of  their  present  pharmaco- 
poeial  standard. 
Mr.  Wenzell  read  a  paper  on  "  Ergotina,"  describing  at  some  length  the 
intricate  processes  necessary  for  its  extraction. 
On  motion  of  Mr.  Searby,  the  following  was  adopted: 
Resolved,  In  view  of  the  recent  calamity  which  has  befallen  the  city  of  Chi- 
cago, we  hereby  appoint  a  Committee  to  solicit  subscriptions  from  the  mem- 
bers of  this  iSociety,  the  same  to  be  forwarded  to  the  Treasurer  of  the  Chicago 
College  of  Pharmacy,  for  the  immediate  relief  of  any  of  their  members  who 
may  have  suffered  by  the  recent  fire  in  that  city. 
The  Soliciting  Committee  are  Messrs.  Searby.  Mayhew,  Calvert  and  Steele. 
Many  expressions  of  sympathy  for  their  brethren,  and  particularly  for  the 
Chicago  College  of  Pharmacy,  were  advanced  by  various  gentlemen  present, 
and  warmly  endorsed  by  the  meeting. 
Pinwtts  0f  \\t  fljarmatemital  Meetings. 
The  first  meeting  of  the  session  1871-72  was  held,  at  the  College  hall,  on  the 
afternoon  of  Tuesday,  Oct.  17th,  1871. 
Prof.  Bridges  presided, "and  in  the  absence  of  the  Register,  S.  Mason  McCol- 
lin  was  appointed  pro  tempore. 
It  being  the  usual  time  for  the  annual  election  of  Register,  Mr.  Clemmona 
Parrish  was  unanimously  elected  for  the  ensuing  year. 
Prof.  E.  Parrish  presented,  on  behalf  of  S.  Maw,  Son  &  Thompson,  of  Lon- 
don, one  of  their  improved  suppository  moulds,  and  also  suppositories  made  in 
the  same.  These  weigh  only  15  grains,  the  usual  rectum  suppository  in  this 
country  weighing  25  grains.  Some  remarks  were  made  by  members  present  on 
the  relative  advantages  of  suppository  moulds  which  are  solid  and  those  which 
open  by  a  hinge,  as  in  the  case  of  Maw's.  In  the  use  of  the  solid  moulds,  per- 
fect refrigeration  by  ice-water  should  precede  the  pouring  in  of  the  melted  cacao 
