Am.  Jour.  Pharm.  ) 
May,  1879.  J 
Minutes  of  the  College. 
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These  minutes  also  record  the  resignation  of  Dr.  Robert  Bridges  as  Professor  of 
Chemistry  in  the  College. 
The  amendment  to  the  by-laws  of  the  College,  which  was  proposed  at  the  meet- 
ing in  December  last,  and  laid  over  under  the  rules  for  consideration  at  this  meet 
ing,  was  read  and,  on  motion,  adopted,  as  follows: 
CHAPTER  VIII.— ARTICLE  XIII. 
All  such  persons  as  from  their  knowledge  of  Materia  Medica,  Chemistry,  Pharmacy  and  their  collat 
eral  hranches  of  science,  shall,  in  the  opinion  of  the  College,  merit  that  distinction,  may  be  elected  hono  ■ 
rary  or  active  members  of  the  College. 
Thomas  S.  Wiegand,  Librarian,  read  his  annual  report,  which  was,  on  motion, 
accepted. 
Philadelphia,  March  31st,  1879. 
The  Librarian  respectfully  reports  that  there  has  been  added  to  the  Library  about  one  hundred  and 
fifty  volumes.  Among  these,  there  has  been  added  the  entire  Series  of  the  "Journal  de  Pharmacie  et  de 
Chimie,"  commencing  in  the  year  1809,  six  volumes  being  the  "Bulletin  de  Pharmacie,"  the  next  issue 
being  ''Journal  de  Pharmacie  et  des  Sciences  Accessoires,"  and  since  1842  it  has  been  continued  as  "Jour- 
nal de  Pharmacie  et  de  Chimie."  The  exchanges  have  been  bound  as  usual,  and  the  Library  can  now  be; 
consulted  with  great  advantage,  as  each  class  and  each  subject  is  arranged  in  its  proper  classification. 
Joseph  P.  Remington,  Curator,  read  a  report  which  embraces  the  changes  in  the 
Cabinet  and  Museum  during  the  year.    It  was,  on  motion,  accepted. 
The  Curator  would  respectful  report  that  the  changes  and  improvements  authorized  by  the  College 
and  Board  of  Trustees  in  the  distribution  and  re-arrangement  of  specimens  and  apparatus  have  been 
thoroughly  appreciated  by  all  who  are  interested  in  the  use  of  these  very  valuable  parts  of  the  equipment 
of  the  College.  The  building  of  the  new  walnut  cases  along  the  western  wall  of  the  Museum,  and  the 
removal  of  some  of  the  apparatus  used  to  illustrate  lectures  on  physics  to  a  suitable  case  in  the  second 
story  lecture  room,  have  probably  contributed  more  to  the  general  improvement  than  any  other  change. 
The  reception  of  many  valuable  specimens  during  the  past  year  encourages  the  hope  that  it  will  not 
be  long  before  our  institution  will  possess  the  most  complete  collection  of  objects  of  pharmaceutical  inter- 
est in  this  country.  Space  will  not  permit  the  rehearsing  in  detail  of  all  of  the  donations  to  our  Cabi- 
net, but  I  may  be  permitted  to  call  attention  to  the  very  valuable  and  interesting  collection  of  Japanese 
drugs  which  have  been  sent  out  from  Japan  through  the  courtesy  of  Prof.  S.  Nagayo  and  H.  Miyaka,  of 
Tokio;  to  specimens  of  true  damiana,  Turnera  aphrodisiaca ;  two  specimens  of  Aplopappus;  several  eri  - 
odictyons  and  grindelias  ;  chittem  bark  from  Oregon,  fruit  of  Solanum  paniculatum,  oil  of  tucuma  and  of 
batiputa,  and  many  others  of  greater  or  lesser  rarity  and  value.  The  Curator  feels  that  the  pharmaceu- 
tical meetings  have  assisted  largely  in  adding  specimens  to  the  Cabinet,  and  takes  this  opportunity  to 
appeal  to  members  to  still  further  increase  the  resources  and  add  to  the  general  interest  by  placing  not 
only  crude  drugs,  but  pharmaceutical  preparations  illustrating  improvements  or  important  changes,  and 
this  is  now  of  particular  interest  from  the  fact  of  the  near  approach  of  the  revision  of  the  Pharmacopoeia 
of  1880.  If  members  cannot  attend  the  meetings  personally,  our  Actuary,  who  has  already  given  a 
great  deal  of  time  and  interest  to  matters  relating  to  the  Cabinet,  will  be  glad  to  receive  papers  and 
specimens,  and  place  them  on  record  for  comparison  or  for  permanent  preservation.  Such  a  collection, 
appropriately  labeled  and  dated,  would  become  more  and  more  valuable  as  time  rolls  on.  In  thanking, 
on  behalf  of  the  College,  the  various  members  for  their  donations,  the  Curator  would  call  the  attention 
of  the  members  particularly  to  the  munificent  gift  of  one  hundred  dollars  towards  preserving  and  protect - 
ing  Cabinet  specimens  by  one  of  our  well-known  citizens,  an  alumnus  of  this  College,  and  one  who  has 
ever  felt  a  great  interest  in  assisting  in  the  work  of  increasing  her  resources^Frederick  Gutekunst,  of 
Philadelphia. 
Respectfully  submitted,  JOSEPH  P.  REMINGTON,  Curator. 
March  31st,  1879. 
Prof.  Remington  announced  the  arrival  of  two  cases  of  drugs  for  the  College 
from  Dr.  Dymock,  of  Bombay,  which  have  not  yet  been  unpacked. 
The  following  letter  addressed  to  Charles  Bullock,  acknowledging  the  receipt  of 
the  specimens  of  drugs  sent  to  Japan  by  the  College,  was  read. 
