"^"DeHiis™'}  Minutes  of  Pharmaceutical  Meetings.  567 
The  North  German  Apothecaries  Society  held  its  annual  meeting  at  Dres- 
den, on  the  14th  and  15th  of  September,  Mr.  Danckwortt,  of  Magdeburg,  pre- 
siding. The  deliberations  were  mainly  confined  to  questions  relating  to  So- 
ciety affairs.  The  union  with  the  South  German  branch  was  resolved;  and  the 
alterations  of  the  constitution,  as  proposed  by  that  branch,  were  adopted.  It 
was  recommended  that  the  Archiv  and  Neues  Jahrbuch  fur  Pliarmacie  be 
merged  into  one  journal.  The  following  prize  query  for  apprentices  for  the 
year  1871 — 72  was  adopted  :  "  Qualitative  and  quantitative  examination  of  so- 
called  pure  sulphuric  and  muriatic  acids,  obtained  from  three  different  manufac- 
tories, for  their  impurities,  particularly  arsenic,  nitrogen  compounds  and  sul- 
phurous acid,  and  the  determination  of  their  specific  gravities  and  amounts  of 
anhydrous  acids." 
The  members  and  guests  present  during  the  meeting  numbered  270.  The 
next  meeting  will  beheld  in  Frankfort-on-the-Main,  together  with  the  South 
German  branch.  The  cable  message  sent  by  the  American  Pharmaceutical 
Association  did  not  arrive  until  after  the  final  adjournment. 
The  Pharmacopceia  Committee  of  Germany  consists  of  five  apothecaries,  three 
physicians,  two  professors  of  pharmacy  and  two  professors  of  chemistry.  Among 
the  members  we  notice  the  following  names,  more  or  less  known  on  this  side  of 
the  Atlantic  ;  Professor  Falk,  of  Marburg,  Dr.  Carl  Schacht,  of  Berlin,  Pro- 
fessor Buchner,  of  Munich,  Mr.  Wolfrum,  of  Augsburg,  and  Professor  Fehling, 
of  Tiibingen.  The  following  gentlemen  have  been  appointed  as  consulting 
experts  :  Dr.  Liebreich,  of  Berlin,  Dr.  Schwanert,  Professor  of  Chemistry  at 
Greifswaldj  Messrs.  Kobligk,  of  Berlin  and  Lehmann,  of  Rendsburg. 
Austrian  Apothecaries  Society. — The  annual  meeting  of  this  body  took 
place  at  Linz,  September  17,  18  and  19.  The  reports  and  discussions  related 
chiefly  to  society  affairs,  the  cabinet,  library,  laboratory,  &c.,  and  to  the  con- 
dition of  pharmacy  in  Austria.  The  entire  membership  is  559,  of  which  number 
475  are  active  members. 
The  Collegio  de  Farmaoeuticos,  in  Madrid,  Spain,  celebrated  on  the  21st 
of  August  last,  the  134th  anniversary  of  its  foundation.  A  pharmaceutical  ex- 
hibition is  contemplated  in  that  city  during  the  coming  year. 
The  Asociacion  Medico-farmaceutica  Espanola  has  been  formed  on  the 
30th  of  August  in  Madrid.  The  Association  numbers  1,061  members,  residing 
in  36  provinces. 
The  second  meeting  of  the  Session  1871-2  was  held  on  Tuesday  afternoon, 
Nov.  21,  1871,  Dr.  Wilson  H.  Pile  presiding. 
The  minutes  of  the  previous  meeting  were  read  and  adopted. 
