Am.  Jour.  Pharm  ) 
May,  1879.  / 
Minutes  of  the  College. 
27S 
On  motion  of  Mr.  Wiegand  the  resolutions  were  unanimously  accepted. 
Charles  Bullock  called  the  attention  of  the  members  to  the  fact  that,  in  the  year 
1838,  Edward  B.  Garrigues,  one  of  the  original  members  of  the  College,  had  ten- 
dered his  resignation  as  a  member,  in  consequence  of  his  discontinuance  of  the  drug 
business,  and  that  the  same  had  been  accepted  ;  but  as  Mr.  Garrigues  was  now  again 
in  the  business,  and  one  of  the  founders  of  the  College  (of  which  there  are  but  three 
now  living),  Mr.  Bullock  thought  that  he  ought  to  be  again  a  member,  and,  there- 
fore, moved  that  the  resignation  of  Edward  B.  Garrigues  be  reconsidered  and  that 
he  be  reinstated  a  member  of  the  College  with  all  the  rights  and  privileges  of 
membership. 
The  motion  was  seconded  by  Joseph  P.  Remington,  and,  after  being  united  with 
by  a  number  of  others,  was  unanimously  adopted. 
Then,  on  motion,  adjourned. 
William  J.  Jenks,  Secretary. 
MINUTES  OF  THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  MEETING. 
Philadelphia,  March  1 8th,  1879. 
In  the  absence  of  the  President,  Mr.  Gaillard  was  called  to  the  chair.  The 
minutes  of  the  last  meeting  were  read,  and  the  Registrar  noted  the  fact  that  there 
was  no  record  of  the  remarks  of  Mr.  C.  W.  Hancock  upon  a  variety  of  orange 
now  grown  in  Florida,  which  is  much  prized  for  its  flavor  and  possesses 
also  the  peculiarity  of  separating  into  the  various  divisions  which  are  natural  to 
it  without  any  rupture  of  the  different  sections  occurring,  thus  being  eminently 
adapted  to  use  on  occasions  where  dress  mast  be  considered. 
Mr.  Gaillard  presented  for  the  Secretary  a  copy  of  Paris'  "  Pharmacologia," 
Thatcher's  "Dispensatory"  and  Dr.  Benj.  Smith  Barton's  treatise  on  "Materia 
Medica." 
The  Registrar  presented  to  the  CoMege,  on  behalf  of  the  Smithsonian  Insti- 
tute, the  volume  of  the  report  for  1877  and  three  volumes  of  miscellaneous  con- 
tributions of  the  Institution.  The  Registrar  was  directed  to  return  the  thanks  of 
the  College  for  the  same. 
Justus  Liebig's  treatise  on  "  Organic  Chemistry,"  in  three  volumes  octavo, 
was  presented  to  the  library  by  the  Registrar. 
Dr.  R.  V.  Mattison  read  a  paper  upon  opium  smoking  as  practiced  in  the 
Chinese  quarter  of  San  Francisco.  The  paper  was  referred  to  the  publication 
committee.  During  the  reading  of  the  paper  a  pipe  such  as  is  used  in  smoking 
was  exhibited,  and  in  the  discussion  that  ensued  it  was  stated  that  as  much  as 
420  grains  of  a  soft  extract  of  opium  were  used  in  one  session  of  seven  to  nine 
hours. 
Mr.  Charles   L.  Mitchell  exhibited   specimens  of  purified  taltoiv,  which,  for 
