'^'^'juiy^ilssf Pharmaceutical  Colleges  and  Associations.  375 
M.  Good,  Ph.  G. ;  Professor  of  Practical  Pharmacy,  Francis  Hemm,  Ph.  G. ; 
Professor  of  Microscopy,  H.  M.  Whelpley,  Ph.  G.  This  is  the  first  election 
made  under  the  new  charter,  which  abolishes  the  system  of  annually  elect- 
ing a  faculty.  The  present  professors  will  hold  their  positions  until  theix 
resignation  is  accepted  or  they  are  removed  for  just  cause. 
The  Alabama  Pharmaceutical  Association  met  at  Selma,  May  9th,  the  Presi- 
dent, J.  B.  Collier,  in  the  chair.  The  President's  address  and  the  reports  of  offi- 
cers, committees  and  of  the  Pharmacy  board  were  read  and  duly  considered, 
and  resolutions  were  passed  favoring  the  reduction  of  the  internal  revenue  tax 
on  alcohol,  and  the  repeal  of  the  clause  in  the  internal  revenue  law  classify- 
ing druggists  as  liquor  dealers.  Papers  were  read  by  Albert  E.  Brown  on 
emulsions  of  cod  liver  oil  and  of  other  oils  ;  by  T.  T.  Boyd  on  the  action  of 
medicines ;  and  by  E.  P.  Gait  on  antipyrin  and  spirit  of  nitre.  President  J, 
B.  Collier, Secretary  P.  C.  Candidus  and  Treasurer  E.  P.  Gait  were  re-elected  to 
these  offices.  The  eighth  annual  meeting  will  be  held  at  Birmingham  on  the 
second  Tuesday  in  May  (14th),  1889. 
The  Delaware  Pharmaceutical  Society  held  its  annual  meeting  in  Wil- 
mington, May  3rd.  The  usual  routine  business  was  transacted;  some 
changes  were  made  in  the  constitution  and  by-laws ;  certain  provisions  of 
the  pharmacy  law  were  discussed,  and  a  committee  on  the  preliminary 
revision  of  the  Pharmacopoeia  was  appointed.  The  officers  of  the  preced- 
ing year  were  continued,  viz. :  H.  R.  Bringhurst,  president ;  J.  M.  Harvey, 
secretary,  and  J.  J.  Gallagher,  treasurer.  The  next  meeting  will  again  be 
held  in  Wilmington  on  Thursday,  May  2d,  1889. 
The  Indiana  Pharmaceutical  Association  held  its  seventh  annual  meeting  at 
Fort  Wayne,  June  6th.  The  usual  routine  business  was  transacted  and  a 
number  of  papers  were  read,  among  them  one  on  "  College  Diplomas 
Recognized  by  Boards  of  Pharmacy,"  by  A.  J.  Detzer;  "Effect  of  Light  on 
Fluid  Extracts,"  by  J.  K.  Lilly;  ''Random  Notes,"  "  Syrup  of  Ipecac,"  and 
"  Wax  in  Ointments,"  by  L.  Eliel ;  "  White  or  Yellow  Wax  in  Cerates,"  and 
"  Morphine  Oleate,"  by  W.  H.  Ross.  Mr.  A.  L.  Green,  of  Lafayette,  was 
elected  president;  J.  R.  Perry,  of  Indianapolis,  secretary,  and  H.  Pomeroy, 
of  Indianapolis,  treasurer.  The  eighth  annual  meeting  will  be  held  at 
Indianapolis  in  1889,  at  the  same  time  as  the  meeting  of  the  State  Medical 
Society. 
The  Iowa  Pharmaceutical  Assooiation  met  at  its  ninth  annual  meeting  in 
Des  Moines,  May  2,  Pres  dent  W.  C.  Bryant  in  the  chair.  The  president's 
address  and  the  reports  of  officers  and  committees  were  received  and  dis- 
posed of.  Resolutions  were  passed  in  favor  of  reducing  the  tax  on  alcohol, 
and  of  abolishing  the  liquor  dealer's  tax  on  druggists.  The  new  liquor  law 
of  Iowa  materially  modifies  or  repeals  some  of  the  provisions  of  the  phar- 
macy law,  and  it  was  the  opinion  of  those  present  that  after  the  expiration 
of  the  permits  now  held  by  them,  pharmacists  cannot  sell  liquor  with  any 
degree  of  self  or  professional  respect.  Papers  were  read  by  H.  Tiarks,  on 
"  Detannating  Fluid  Extracts ;"  by  F.  Lax,  on  "  The  Preparation  of  Galeni- 
