380  Pharinaceutical  Colleges  and  Assoaiations.  {^/^^iS^™^ 
they  are  entitled  "  The  genus  Luffa  "  and  Xotes  on  some  old  remedies." 
Of  the  paper  by  Mr.  Jos.  W.  England,  Reference  table  of  doses,"  the  intro- 
ductory part  will  be  found  on  another  page,  and  it  is  proposed  to  print  the 
table  in  the  next  number. 
The  officers  elected  are  Wm.  Harris  of  Hamburg,  president;  John  W. 
Miller  of  Allegheny  and  J.  H.  Stein  of  Reading,  vice  presidents ;  J.  A.  Mil- 
ler of  Harrisburg,  secretary  and  Jos- L.  Lemberger  of  Lebanon,  treasurer. 
The  association  adjourned  on  Wednesday'  night  to  meet  next  year  in  Scran- 
ton  on  the  second  Tuesday  (11th)  of  June ;  Wm.  H.  McGarrah  was  elected 
local  secretary. 
Owing  to  arrangements  previousl}'  made  by  the  druggists  of  Titusville  for 
an  excursion,  the  Association  finished  its  labors  on  Wednesday,  the  fourth 
session  closing  at  il  P.  M.  On  Thursday  morning  the  members  and  friends, 
numbering  about  two  hundred,  left  on  the  7.45  train  for  Mayville,  and  there 
took  a  steamer  which  conveyed  the  party  to  some  of  the  places  of  interest 
on  Lake  Chautauqua.  Coleman's  band  was  in  attendance,  and  dancing  was 
indulged  in  by  some  of  the  company.  The  party  landed  at  Jamestown,  X.Y., 
where  dinner  was  taken  at  the  Sherman  House,  and  where  they  were  hospitab- 
ly received  by  the  Mayor  and  the  druggists.  From  here  several  of  the  mem- 
bers started  for  home,  others  left  at  Corry,  and  the  majority  departed  from 
Titusville  by  earlj^  train  on  Fridaj\  A  party  of  nine  drove  on  Friday 
forenoon  to  the  farm  of  Mr.  W.  P.  Black,  nine  miles  from  Titusville,  to 
witness  the  shooting  of  an  oil  well.  Sixty  quarts  of  nitroglycerin  were  low- 
ered in  three  canisters  to  a  depth  of  900  feet,  and  after  having  been  exploded, 
ejected  from  the  depth  a  mixture  of  w- ater,  mud  and  oil  with  such  a  force  as 
to  carry  ofi'the  top  of  the  derrick.  This  to  the  visitors'  novel  sight  amply 
repaid  for  the  delay.  After  all  the  visitors  had  left,  Titusville  andthe  neigh- 
boring country  was,  on  Friday  evening,  visited  b}'  severe  thunder  storms, 
causing  considerable  damage  to  property  and,  for  a  time,  interrupting 
travel  by  railroad. 
The  Virginia  Pharmaceutical  Association  commenced  its  seventh  annual 
meeting  in  Danville  May  8th,  and  adjourned  on  the  next  evening.  Presi- 
dent R.  Brj'don  read  his  annual  address,  making  various  recommenda- 
tions, with  the  view  of  increasing  the  interest  in  the  meetings.  Reports 
were  read  from  the  officers  and  the  various  committees,  including  one 
on  the  jS'ational  Formulary.  The  proposition  requiring  on  each  label 
of  patent  medicines  a  quantitative  formula  was  favorably  considered. 
Papers  were  read  by  Prof.  F.  P.  Dunning  on  "Oxidation  of  Sulphites;" 
by  T.  F.  Knock,  on  "  Hydronaphthol ;  "  by  J.  A.  Miller,  on  "  Simple  Syrup  ;  " 
by  A.  W.  Jacobs,  on  ''Oils  of  Orange  and  Lemon,  "  and  by  J.  W.  Thomas, 
on  "Peanut  and  Cotton-seed  Oils."  Dr.  E.  A.  Craighill  was  elected  jDresi- 
dent,  and  the  following  officers  were  re-elected:  C.  B.  Fleet,  secretary; 
T.  Roberts  Baker,  corresponding  secretarj^  and  F.  H.  Masi,  treasurer. 
The  next  meeting  will  be  held  at  the  Hygeia  Hotel,  Old  Point  Comfort, 
on  the  third  Tuesday  (18th)  of  Jime,  1888.  The  local  secretary  is  F.  H.  Masi, 
of  Norfolk. 
