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the  ensuing  year,  who  were  duly  elected:  M.  K.  Paine,  Windsor,  President  j  A.  O. 
Gates,  Morrisville,  and  H.  G.  Day,  Biadford,  Vice-Presidents;  A,  W.  Higgins, 
Rutland,  Secretary;  John  E.  Young,  Vergennes,  Treasurer. 
During  the  evening,  a  grand  reception  and  banquet  was  given  to  the  Association 
by  the  St.  Johnsbury  pharmacists,  many  of  the  prominent  citizens  with  their  ladies 
being  present;  and  during  the  day  the  Association  paid  a  visit  to  the  extensive  Fair- 
banks scale  works. 
The  third  and  last  session  was  held  on  Thursday,  October  14th,  when  several 
papers  and  the  report  of  the  Legislative  Committee  were  read  and  discussed,  after 
which  the  Association  adjourned,  to  meet  next  year  at  Montpelier,  Vermont. 
After  adjournment,  the  members  with  their  ladies  enjoyed  a  ride  over  the  Portland 
and  Ogdensburgh  railroad  as  far  as  Greensboro,  and  back,  the  invitation  having  been 
tendered  by  the  Superintendent  of  the  road,  Mr.  W.  H.  Bryant. 
New  York  Alumni  Association  of  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy. 
— The  regular  monthly  meeting  was  held  in  Plimpton  Hall,  Tuesday  evening, 
November  2d,  Dr.  von  Weber  in  the  chair. 
The  Secretary  announced  the  death  of  James  W.  Hommann,  one  of  the  most 
active  members  of  the  Association.  He  died  Monday,  October  25th,  aged  22  years 
and  nearly  5  months.  He  was  born  in  Green  Bay,  Wisconsin,  June  3d,  1853. 
parents  died  while  he  was  quite  young,  leaving  him  to  provide  for  and  educate  him- 
self. He  apprenticed  with  C.  C.  Hughes,  apothecary.  Eighth  and  Race  streets, 
Philadelphia,  and  graduated  from  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  in  1873, 
came  to  New  York  in  1874,  where  he  resided  until  his  death.  He  was  elected  a 
member"  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  at  the  last  meeting.  Mr. 
Hommann  was  a  zealous  student,  and  his  accomplishments  had  lead  his  friends  to 
anticipate  for  him  a  brilliant  career.  Resolutions  were  adopted  expressing  sympa- 
thy of  the  members,  to  be  transmitted  to  his  brother 
Fred.  W.  Latz  was  elected  a  member  of  the  Association. 
A  communication  from  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of 
Pharmacy  was  read,  recognizing  the  Association,  and  offering  greetings  with  wishes 
for  its  prosperity  and  usefulness. 
Mr.  Plummer  read  an  interesting  paper  on  Salicylic  Acid.  He  recommends  gly- 
cerite  of  starch  as  the  best  medium  for  its  local  exhibition.  He  finds  it  of  little  value 
for  preserving  infusions,  &c.,  especially  those  containing  tannin,  which  he  thinks 
interferes  with  its  action.  Mr,  Wilson  said  that,  in  a  paper  by  Dr.  Squibb,  which 
was  published  last  summer,  it  was  stated  that,  if  salicylic  acid  retarded  the  natural 
fermentation  and  digestion  in  the  stomach,  it  could  not  properly  be  administered. 
He  asked  if  any  information  had  been  gained  upon  that  subject.  Mr.  Plummer 
stated  that  he  thought  such  was  not  the  case  (see  page  522  of  November  number), 
and  that  it  Is  being  prescribed  for  Internal  use  by  many  prominent  physicians  of  this 
city. 
Mr.  McElhenle  read  a  paper  on  the  vending  of  nostrums  (see  page  537).  This 
paper  was  called  out  by  an  editorial  in  the  "  Medical  Record/'  October  9th,  under 
the  title,  "Shall  it  be  a  profession  or  a  trade?"  crediting  the  present  status  of  the 
nostrum  tiaffic  to  the  over-sensitive  pocket  nerve  of  the  pharmacist,  and  submitting 
