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AmoDg  the  papers  read  were  the  following:  Preparation  and  Preservation 
of  Hypodermic  Solutions,"  and  "Preservation  of  Medicated  Waters,"  by  F. 
Lascar ;  on  the  "  Morphiometric  Assay  of  Opium,"  by  K.  N.  Girling  and  T.  R. 
Keene,  and  several  on  counter  prescribing.  A  resolution  was  passed  authori- 
zing the  secretary  to  purchase  300  copies  of  the  National  Formulary  for 
the  use  of  the  members.  The  president  C.  L.  Keppler,  the  recording  secre- 
tary, L.  F.  Chalin,  and  the  corresponding  secretary,  Mrs.  Eliza  Rudolf  were 
reelected  to  these  offices,  and  Erich  Brand,  of  New  Orleans,  was  elected 
treasurer.  The  Association  finally  adjourned  to  meet  again  in  New  Orleans 
on  the  second  Wednesday  (10th)  of  April,  1889. 
The  Massachusetts  Pharmaceutical  Association  held  its  seventh  annual  meet- 
ing in  the  lecture  room  of  the  Massachusetts  College  of  Pharmacy,  June  5, 
President  Manning  delivered  his  annual  address.  The  secretary,  treasurer 
and  the  various  committees  presented  their  reports,  and  Mr.  Whitney  re- 
ported on  the  work  done  by  the  Pharmacy  Board.  Papers  were  read  by 
H.  Canning  on  "  Liquor  Sales  and  Liquor  Licenses ;"  by  B.  F.  Stacey  on 
^'Pharmacy  Laws;"  by  A.  P.  Hemphill  on  "Internal  Revenue  and  Temper- 
ance;" by  L.  L.  Jenkins  on  the  "  Sale  of  Opiates ;"  by  Prof.  Markoe  on  "  In- 
compatibles  in  Prescriptions;"  by  J.W.  Colcord  on"Ingluvin  ;"  by  J,  A.  Rice 
on  "  Vanilla  and  Vanillin  ;"  by  E.  C.  Durkee  on  "Extract  of  Vanilla,"  and  on 
^'  Polish for  Marble;"  by  A.  D.  Mowry  on  " Triturates ;"  by  W.  P.  Draper 
on  "  Mucilage  of  Acacia ;"  and  by  H.  J.  Richardson  on  "  Plasters."  President 
for  the  current  year,  is  B.  F.  Stacey,  of  Charlestown ;  secretary,  J.  W.  Col- 
cord, of  Lynn,  and  treasurer,T.  B.  Nichols,  of  Salem.  The  next  meeting  will 
be  held  at  New  Bedford,  in  June,  1889,  the  date  to  be  announced  by  the  ex- 
ecutive committee;  F. R.Hadley  is  local  secretary. 
The  Nebraska  State  Pharmaceutical  Association  had  itSi  seventh  annual 
meeting  in  Lincoln,  May  8th,  president  M.  E.  Shultz  in  the  chair.  The  first 
business  transacted  was  the  consideration  of  amendments  to  the  by-laws, 
reported  on  by  a  special  committee.  The  annual  address  of  the  president 
and  the  reports  of  officers  and  of  standing  and  special  committees  furnished 
considerable  matter  for  discussion  and  action.  The  establishment  of  a 
School  of  Pharmacy  in  connection  with  the  State  University  was  favorably 
considered.  Papers  on  apprentices,  on  progressive  pharmacy,  and  on  the  in- 
fluence of  patent  medicines  were  read.  W.  B.  Shryock  of  Louisville  is  presi- 
dent for  the  current  year.  The  secretary,  C.  J.  Daubach  of  Lincoln,  and  the 
treasurer,  J.  Forsyth  of  Omaha,  were  reelected.  The  next  meeting  will  again 
be  held  at  Lincoln,  on  the  second  Tuesday  (14th)  of  May,  1889;  local  secre- 
tary, A.  J.  Shilling. 
The  New  Jersey  Pharmaceutical  Association  assembled  in  Morristown,  May 
23d,  at  its  eighteenth  annual  meeting,  President  G.  S.  Cook  in  the  chair.  The 
usual  reports  by  the  secretary  and  treasurer  were  read,  the  latter  being 
coupled  with  the  request  by  Mr.  Wm.  Rust  to  be  relieved  of  the  duties  of 
treasurer  at  the  close  of  the  fiscal  year,  in  February  next.  The  president's 
report  dealt  largely  with  the  relations  between  physicians  and  pharmacists, 
and  with  certain  provisions  of  the  pharmacy  law.    Reports  were  also  read 
