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MINUTES OF THE 
ART. XLII. — PROCEEDINGS OF THE NEW YORK 
COLLEGE OF PHARMACY. 
At a Stated Meeting of the College of Pharmacy of the 
City of New York, held June 19th, 1845, 
Upon reading the Minutes of the Board of Trustees, the 
attention of the College was called to the correspondence 
between Mr. Wm. Bailey and the President : whereupon 
it was, on motion, 
Resolved, That copies of the correspondence between 
Mr, Wm. Bailey, of Wolverhampton, and the President, 
relative to the Blue Pill Mass, together with a sketch of 
the mode of its analysis, furnished by Professor Reid, be 
forwarded to the publishers of the American Journal of 
Pharmacy, with permission to publish the same if they 
deem proper. 
Wolverhampton, 18th April, 1845. 
Sir, — I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt, per 
" Cambria " steamer, of a copy of a resolution of the Col- 
lege of Pharmacy of the City of New York, passed at its 
stated meeting, held on the £Oth ult., relative to a specimen 
of Blue Mass handed to you by Mr. Aspinwall, stated to 
have been imported by Messrs. Gumming, Main & Co. — 
said to have been prepared by me, and supposed to contain 
25 per cent, of mercury. I feel obliged, by your courtesy 
and justice, in apprising me of it. In reply, I beg to state 
for the information of your committee, firstly, that I never 
sold any to that house ; and secondly, that I do not con- 
sider myself responsible for any Pharmaceutical Prepara- 
tion, or Chemical, except those which bear my stamp, (one 
of which I enclose for your inspection;) and any article 
said to be mine, not having such stamp attached, you may 
consider fictitious and an imposition. 
