376  Pharmaceutical  Colleges  and  Associations.  {^'^'juii^;im^''^' 
cals  from  Fluid  Extracts;"  by  William  Mcerschel,  on  "Nitrous  Ether;"  by 
F.  0.  Goldthwaite,  on  "  Concentrated  Spirit  of  Nitrous  Ether;"  by  C.  Schadt, 
on  "Commercial  Tincture  of  Chloride  of  Iron  ";  and  by  the  same  member 
on  "Mucilage  of  Acacia."  R.  W.  Crawford,  of  Fort  Dodge,  was  elected 
president;  Rosa  Upson,  secretary,  and  J.B.Webb,  of  DeWitt,  treasurer. 
The  next  meeting  will  be  held  in  Dubuque,  on  the  first  Wednesday  (5th)  of 
June,  1889 ;  T.  W.  Ruete,  local  secretary. 
The  Kansas  PharmaceuHcal  Association  convened  at  Abilene,  May  16, 
President  R.  S.  Drake  in  the  chair.  Reports  were  received  from  the  officers 
and  a  number  of  committees,  and  various  addresses  were  delivered,  inclu- 
ding the  annual  address  by  the  president,  and  one  on  "The  Advancement 
of  Pharmacy,"  by  Prof.  L.  E.  Sayre.  Papers  were  read  by  Miss  Rice,  on' 
■'Commercial  Baking  Powders;"  by  M.  L.  Stone,  on  "The  Prevention  of 
Errors  in  Dispensing  Poisons;"  by  H.  Curry,  on  "  Compound  Spirit  of  Lav- 
ender ;"  by  Prof.  Sayre,  on  "  The  Possible  Presence  of  an  Alkaloid  in  Astrag- 
alus molissimus ;"  by  R.  S.  Drake, on  "  Deviation  from  the  Pharmacopoeia;" 
by  W.  C.  Johnston,  on  "The  Metric  System;"  by  F.  E.  Holliday,  on  "Ex-  ■ 
cipients  for  Permanganate  Pills;"  by  H.  L.  Raymond,  on  "Commercial 
Syrup  of  Ferrous  Iodide;"  by  Prof.  E.  H.  Bailey,  on  ''Commercial  Lead 
Chromate;"  by  A.  J.  Smith,  on  "Glycerin  and  Borax,"  and  by  George 
Weida,  on  "  Cinchona  Assays."  W.  W.  Naylor,  of  Holton,  was  elected 
president;  the  secretary,  assistant  secretary,  and  treasurer  were  re-elected.' 
The  next  meeting  will  be  held  in  Atchison  on  the  second  Wednesday  (12th) 
of  June,  1889. 
The  Kentucky  Pharmaceutical  Association  Sissemhled  in  the  Council  chamber 
of  Henderson  toehold  its  annual  meeting  May  9,  President  J.  W.  Fowler  in 
the  chair.  The  annual  address  of  the  president  was  largely  devoted  to  the 
injurious  effects  of  patent  and  proprietary  medicines,  to  the  proposed 
amended  pharmacy  law,  to  the  injustice  of  the  liquor  tax  imposed  on  phar- 
macists, and  to  the  necessity  of  pharmaceutical  education,  with  words  of 
encouragement  and  commendation  to  those  young  men  seeking  such  pro- 
fessional advancement.  Several  papers  on  practical  subjects  and  on  ethical 
questions  were  read,  and  considerable  discussion  was  had  on  the  new  draft 
of  a  pharmacy  law,  and  on  several  clauses  of  the  liquor  law.  W.  S.  John- 
son, of  Henderson,  was  chosen  president,  and  W.  B.  McRoberts,  of  Stanford, 
and  J.  J.  Brooks,  of  Richmond,  were  re-elected  secretary  and  treasurer  re- 
spectively. The  twelfth  annual  meeting  will  take  place  at  Crab  Orchard 
Springs  on  the  third  Wednesday  (15th)  of  May,  1889. 
The  Louisiana  State  Pharmaceutical  Association  had  a  large  attendance  at 
its  sixth  annual  meeting,  held  in  New  Orleans,  May  8th.  President  C.  L. 
Keppler,  in  his  annual  address,  referred  to  the  healthy  condition  of  the 
Association,  to  the  Pharmaceutical  department  organized  in  connection 
with  the  medical  school  of  Tulane  University,  to  the  proposed  pharmacy 
law  and  to  various  local  matters.  The  different  officers  and  committees 
presented  their  reports  which  were  duly  considered  and  properly  disposed  of. 
