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for  the  senior  class,  admission  to  be  gained  through  competitive  examination  in  gen- 
eral and  professional  subjects. 
Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy. —  As  previously  announced,  Prof.  Samuel  P. 
Sadtler  has  been  elected  to  the  chair  of  chemistry,  vacated  through  the  resignation 
of  Prof.  Bridges,  who,  as  emeritus  professor  of  chemistry,  will  continue  his  connec- 
tion with  the  college,  in  which  he  became  professor  in  1842.  To  the  Peter  Wil- 
liamson scholarship,  instituted  some  years  ago,  have  recently  been  added  two  Robt. 
Bridges  scholarships. 
Pittsburg  College  of  Pharmacy — This  institution  has  recently  removed  to  new  and 
conveniently  located  quarters.  The  election  of  Prof.  H.  G.  Debrunner  to  the  chair 
of  chemistry,  in  place  of  Prof.  Phillips,  resigned,  has  been  announced  before. 
St.  Louis  College  of  Pharmacy. — Hereafter  two  courses — one  to  the  juniors,  the 
other  to  the  seniors — will  be  delivered,  and  admission  to  the  latter  will  be  gained 
only  by  passing  the  junior  examination  in  every  branch  taught.  The  laboratory- 
practice,  inaugurated  last  year,  will  be  continued  under  Prof  Curtman  in  chemistry,, 
and  Prof.  Good  in  pharmacy. 
We  have  not  learned  of  any  changes  introduced  in  the  remaining  colleges  of 
pharmacy  during  the  past  spring  and  summer. 
Rock  County  (Wis.)  Pharmaceutical  Society. — This  society,  organized  in  June,, 
held  a  meeting  last  month  at  the  Taylor  House,  Clinton  Junction,  the  attendance 
being  better  than  expected.  A  number  of  members  were  elected  and  reports  read 
from  the  Treasurer  and  the  various  committees,  that  on  the  drug  market  offerings 
suggestions  as  to  its  better  regulations. 
Mr.  Fenton,  of  Beloit,  gave  an  account  of  his  manner  of  making  suppositories  y 
Mr.  Heimstreet,  of  Janesville,  read  a  paper  on  the  fluctuations  of  leading  articles  of 
the  drug  market  during  the  past  ten  years,  and  Mr.  Ruyden,  of  Rockton,  111.,  dis- 
cussed the  duties  of  the  pharmacist.  Attention  was  drawn  to  the  difference  in  size 
and  color  of  sugar-coated  calomel  pills  and  some  discussion  had  on  the  subject. 
The  Committee  on  Papers  and  Queries  offered  a  number  of  queries  on  practical 
subjects,  which  were  accepted  by  different  members,  and  the  Committee  on  Exhibits 
made  a  report  on  the  articles  placed  on  exhibition,  which  filled  three  rooms  and  were 
tastefully  arranged  by  the  Local  Secretary,  O.  E.  Woodward,  of  Clinton. 
The  Secretary  laid  before  the  meeting  a  number  of  letters,  among  them  corres- 
pondence from  the  South  Carolina  and  Pennsylvania  Pharmaceutical  Associations. 
A  resolution  condemning  the  payment  of  commissions  to  physicians  on  prescrip- 
tions was  passed  receiving  the  unanimous  vote  of  those  present. 
The  association  elected  as  Local  Secretary  Mr.  F.  F.  Prentice,  of  Janesville,  at 
which  place  the  next  meeting  will  be  held,  October  15th. 
Messrs.  E.  B.  Heimstreet  and  F.  F.  Prentice,  of  Janesville,  and  A.  H.  Hollister^ 
of  Madison,  were  appointed  delegates  to  the  next  meeting  of  the  American  Phar- 
maceutical Association. 
In  October  next  an  effort  will  be  made  to  form  a  State  pharmaceutical  associa- 
tion for  Wisconsin. 
