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Prof.  Maisch  referred  to  the  decennial  revision  of  the  United  States  Pharmaco- 
poeia, and  endeavored  to  show  the  necessity  for  pharmacists  outside  of  the  large 
cities  participating  in  this  work  by  furnishing  drugs  and  preparations  used  in  their 
localities,  and  by  criticizing  old  processes  in  accordance  with  their  observations.  He 
offered  the  following,  which  after  some  discussion  was  unanimously  adopted  : 
Resolved,  That  a  committee  of  ten  members  be  appointed  whose  duty  it  shall  be 
to  submit  the  present  United  States  Pharmacopoeia  to  as  careful  a  revision  as  can  be 
done  during  the  present  year,  and  that  the  result  of  their  labors  be  communicated 
to  the  President  of  the  Association  on  or  before  the  15th  day  of  January  1880. 
That  these  reports  be  properly  arranged  under  the  direction  of  the  President,  and 
attested  by  the  Secretary,  and  over  the  seal  of  the  Association,  be  presented  to  the 
decennial  convention  which  is  to  meet  in  the  city  of  Washington,  D.  C,  the  first 
Wednesday  of  May,  1880,  as  the  contribution  of  the  Pennsylvania  Pharmaceutical 
Association  toward  the  revision  of  our  national  Pharmacopoeia. 
The  committee  was  subsequently  appointed  as  follows  : 
Charles  T.  George,  of  Harrisburg  5  Chas.  H.  Cressler,  of  Chambersburg ;  W.  F. 
Horn,  of  Carlisle ;  Jos.  L.  Lemberger,  of  Lebanon  ;  G.  W.  Kennedy,  of  Potts- 
vitle  5  E.  T.  Meyers,  of  Bethlehem;  W.  S.  Zeller,  of  Bellefonte ;  Lewis  Emanuel, 
of  Pittsburg  ;  S.  W.  W.  Schaffle,  of  Lewisburg,  and  Wm.  Harris,  of  Hamburg. 
Prof.  Debrunner,  of  Pittsburg,  read  an  interesting  paper  on  the  history  of  poisons, 
which  was  accepted  and  referred. 
The  second  session  was  held  at  3  o'clock,  After  the  reading  and  approval  of  the 
minutes  the  Committee  on  Nominations  reported  that  the  Association  had  good 
cause  to  feel  gratified  at  having  had  since  its  organization  such  a  very  efficient  corps 
of  officers,  who  have  well  managed  the  affairs  of  the  Association.  In  the  opinion  of 
the  committee  it  is  desirable  that  the  offices  should  continne  to  rest  in  the  same  safe 
hands  for  another  year.  The  only  changes  they  deemed  advisable  for  the  present  is 
the  placing  of  a  representative  man  from  the  western  portion  of  the  State  among  the. 
list  of  officers,  and  not  to  make  a  nomination  for  Assistant  Secretary  until  after  the- 
suggestions  of  the  President  shall  have  been  acted  upon,  recommending  the  appoint- 
ment of  this  officer  from  the  place  where  the  next  meeting  is  to  be  held.  The 
committee  recommended  the  following  : 
President,  Charles  A.  Heinitsh,  Lancaster;  First  Vice-President,  Geo.  W.  Ken- 
nedy, Pottsville ;  Second  Vice-President,  George  A.  Kelly,  Pittsburg ;  Secretary,, 
Jacob  A.  Miller,  Harrisburg;  Treasurer,  Joseph  L.  Lemberger,  Lebanon;  Exec- 
ecutive  Committee — Charles  H.  Cressler,  Chambersburg;  J.  A.  Meyers,  Colum- 
bia ;  W.  F.  Horn,  Carlisle. 
The  report  was  adopted,  and  the  officers  were  duly  elected. 
The  Committee  on  the  President's  Address  reported  in  favor  (1)  of  electing  the 
Assistant  Secretary  from  the  place  of  the  next  annual  meeting;  (2)  of  publishing, 
the  Proceedings  of  the  Association  from  its  inception  ;  (3)  of  appointing  a  commit- 
tee on  adulterations  and  sophistications,  and  (4)  of  appointing  a  committee  on  legis- 
lation and  trade  interests.  The  recommendations  were  adopted,  and  after  the  read- 
ing by  Dr.  Ross  of  the  report  on  legislation  concerning  Pennsylvania  laws  affecting 
druggists,  the  chair  appointed  Messrs.  Miller  (of  Harrisburg),  Jos.  Abel  (of  Pitts- 
burg) and  Kennedy  (of  Pottsville)  the  Committee  on  Adulterations;  and  Messrs. 
L.  H.  Harris  (of  Pittsburgh),  W.  H.  Egle  (of  Harrisburg),  Henderson  (of  Pitts- 
burg), Parry  (of  Lancaster),  Burns  (of  Minersville),  Thompson   (of  Danville),, 
