382         Pharmateutical  Colleges  and  Associations.  { 
Hays  (of  Shippensburg)  and  Stein  (of  Reading)  the  Committee  on  Legislation  and 
Trade  Interests. 
Mr.  Kennedy  showed  a  sample  of  sulphate  of  sodium,  obtained  as  a  by-product  in 
the  manufacture  of  carbonic  acid  water  (soda  water),  the  cost  of  which  is  thereby 
somewhat  lessened.  The  same  gentleman  also  read  a  paper  on  Aspidium  marginale, 
reporting  favorable  results  with  the  oleoresin  in  expelling  taenia,  and  confirmatory 
remarks  on  the  same  subject  were  made  by  Prof.  Maisch. 
Mr  W.  F.  Horn  read  a  paper  on  the  preparation  of  phosphoric  acid,  advocating  a 
plan  similar  to  that  of  Prof.  Markoe,  using,  however,  a  small  quantity  of  iodine,  and 
■discarding  the  use  of  bromine  altogether. 
Mr.  Lemberger  exhibited  seven  samples  of  resin  of  podophyllum,  and  called  atten- 
tion to  the  difference  in  color  and  the  causes  to  which  this  is  due. 
Prof.  Remington  exhibited  a  pharmaceutical  still  (see  May  number,  p.  225),  and 
explained  its  arrangement. 
Prof.  Maisch  exhibited  a  number  of  drugs,  some  of  them  rare  or  recently  intro- 
duced, and  others  to  show  their  handsome  preservation.  Jaborandi,  boldo,  Strychnos 
tieute,  Str.  potatorum,  Berberis  nervosa,  Eriodictyon  glutinosum,  Diospyros  kaki, 
Aralia  papyrifera,  Zizyphus  vulgaris,  the  fruit  of  Myroxylon  pereira?  and  the  white 
balsam  expressed  from  it;  Abrus  praecatorius  (seeds  and  root),  handsome  augustura 
bark,  nutmegs  with  mace,  and  others. 
The  following  delegates  to  the  next  meeting  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical 
Association  were  elected:  Charles  H.  Heinitsh,  Lancaster;  Dr.  George  Ross, 
Lebanon;  George  A.  Kelly,  Pittsburg;  William  Harris,  Hamburg;  W.  F.  Horn, 
Carlisle. 
A  committee,  consisting  of  Messrs.  Maisch,  David  Horn  and  John  B.  Raser, 
reported  in  favor  of  holding  the  next  annual  meeting  at  Allentown  on  the  second 
Tuesday  of  June,  1880.  The  report  was  adopted.  Mr.  Chas.  Klumpp  was  elected 
Assistant  Secretary ;  and,  after  transacting  some  routine  business,  the  Association 
adjourned. 
The  Pittsburg  College  of  Pharmacy  tendered  a  steamboat  excursion  to  the  mem- 
bers of  the  Pennsylvania  Pharmaceutical  Association  and  their  ladies.  The  com- 
pany embarked  on  the  steamer  "  Chartiers  Valley,"  and  proceeded  up  the  Allegheny 
river  to  the  cork  factory  of  Armstrong  Bros.  &  Co.,  which  was  thoroughly  inspected. 
The  steamer  afterwards  landed  near  Saw  Mill  Run,  where  a  large  number  ascended 
the  inclined  plane  to  Duquesne  Heights.  Subsequently  the  steamer  proceded  up  the 
Monongahela  river  to  Biaddocks,  where  a  train  of  cars  was  in  waiting  to  convey  the 
party  to  the  Edgar  Thompson  Steel  Works,  where  the  manufacture,  casting  and 
finishing  of  Bessemer  steel  was  witnessed.  On  the  return  trip,  the  "  City  Farm  "  (poor- 
house)  wasvisted,  and  at  7  o'clock  the  steamer  arrived  at  her  landing  in  Pittsburg.™ 
At  9  o'clock  the  same  evening,  the  members  and  ladies  assembled  at  the  Seventh 
Avenue  Hotel,  again  as  the  guests  of  the  Pittsburg  College  of  Pharmacy,  and  sat 
down  to  the  bountiful  banquet  provided  for  the  occasion,  which  was  heartily  enjoyed 
by  all,  and  was  enlivened  by  music,  toasts  and  speeches. 
During  the  night  and  following  morning  most  of  the  visitors  left,  a  small  party 
returning  East  by  way  of  the  oil  regions,  receiving  at  Oil  City  the  attentions  of  their 
fellow  member  A.  R.  Griffith,  who  conducted  them  to  the  various  places  of  inter- 
est in  that  interesting  neighborhood. 
The  success  of  the  second  annual  meeting  of  the  Pennsylvania  Pharmaceutical 
Association  is  largely  due  to  the  exertions  of  its  officers,  and  to  the  kind  and  efficient 
co-opeiation  ot  the  Pitr.sburg  College  of  Pharmacy.  The  interest  awakened  promises 
to  be  lasting  and  fruitful  of  good  results. 
