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State  Pharmaceutical  Associations. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharnu 
Aug.,  im. 
most  important,  one  perhaps,  being  the  estabUshment  of  a  department  of 
pharmacy  in  the  State  University.  The  various  officers  and  committees 
made  their  reports.  The  poison  law,  the  revenue  tax  on  alcohol,  and  other 
trade  measures  were  fully  discussed.  The  officers  for  the  present  year  are : 
J.  C.  Henning,  Stillwater,  president ;  Karl  Simmon,  St.  Paul,  secretary;  and 
Chas.  L.  Roos,  New  Ulm,  treasurer.  The  next  meeting  will  be  held  at  St. 
Paul,  June  11,  1889. 
The  Missouri  Pharmaceutical  Association  had  its  tenth  annual  meeting  at 
Pertle  Springs,  commencing  June  19,  President  Gallagher  in  the  chair.  The 
president's  address  passed  in  review  the  progress  of  the  Association,  and 
made  suggestions  for  future  work.  The  reports  of  the  secretary  and  treas- 
urer, and  of  the  different  committees  w^ere  presented  and  acted  upon. 
Twenty-nine  papers  were  received;  among  the  titles  we  notice  the  follow- 
ing :  "  Preliminary  Education  of  the  Pharmacist,"  by  Prof.  Curtman ;  "  Phar- 
macy Legislation,"  by  Prof.  Good  ;  "  Mineral  Waters,"  by  Dr  Enno  Sander  ; 
"Castor  Oil,"  by  G.  H.  C.  Klie ;  "Oil  of  Citronella,"  by  C.  H.  Ault ; 
"  Pharmacopoeial  Microscopy,"  by  Prof.  Whelpley ;  "Observations  on  Pre- 
cipitates," by  Prof.  Wall ;  "  Uses  of  Paper  Pulp,"  by  J.  C.  Falk,  etc. 
Prof.  J.  M.  Good  was  elected  president,  G.  H.  C.  Klie,  secretary,  and  G. 
J.  Meyer,  treasurer.  The  next  meeting  will  again  be  held  at  Pertle  Springs,. 
June  18,  1889. 
The  New  York  State  Pharmaceutical  Association  convened  its  tenth  annual 
meeting  at  the  Prospect  Park  House,  Catskill,  June  19.  President  Sager 
presented  an  address,  and  the  secretary,  treasurer,  and  the  various  commit- 
tees made  reports,  including  a  report  from  the  Board  of  Pharmacy.  A  sec- 
tion of  the  Penal  Code  of  New  York,  requiring  the  registration  of  the  sales 
of  all  poisons  and  poisonous  substances,  caused  some  discussion,  resulting 
in  the  appointment  of  a  committee  charged  with  securing  a  revision  of  this 
clause. 
Among  the  papers  read  were  the  following :  "  Pharmacopoeial  Plants  of 
New  York  State,"  by  Dr.  H.  B.  Huested;  "Homes  of  South  American 
Drugs,"  by  Dr.  H.  H.  Rusby ;  "  Flowers  and  their  Winged  Friends,"  by  Dr- 
R.  G.  Eccles ;  "  Treatment  and  Distillation  of  Peppermint  Plants,"  by  A.  M. 
Todd  (see  July  number,  p.  328);  "Morphine  Solutions,"  by  Dr.  Eccles; 
"  Elixir  of  Phosphate  of  Iron,  Quinine  and  Strychnine,"  by  F.  P.  Dalzel ; 
"Pharmaceutical  Notes,"  by  F.  J.  WuUing;  "Pharmacopoeial  Assays,"  by 
W.  G.  Gregory,  and  several  papers  relating  to  trade  matters.  In  a  paper  on 
"  Factitious  Glycerin,"  Prof.  Bedford  reported  that  he  had  been  unable  to 
find  in  the  market  a  spurious  article.  In  another  paper  he  argued  in 
favor  of  consolidating  the  four  Pharmacy  Boards  of  New  York  State  into 
one  body ;  and  in  a  third  paper  he  presented  good  reasons  for  not  offering 
competitive  prizes  for  essays  read.  Dr.  R.  G.  Eccles,  Brooklyn,  was  elected 
President ,  Clay  W.  Holmes,  Elmira,  secretary,  and  C.  H.  Butler,  Oswego^ 
treasurer.  The  next  meeting  will  be  held  at  Binghamton,  at  a  date  to  be 
named  by  the  Executive  Committee.  J.  Schnell,  Binghamton,  is  local  secre- 
tary. 
