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MINUTES  OF  THE  COLLEGE. 
A.  B.  WENRICH.  Myerstown,  Pa  Pharmacy  vs.  Vox  Populi. 
J.  ALEX.  WILHELM,  York,  Pa  A  Chologogue  tincture  of  Gentian. 
J.  L.  WILLIAMSON,  Bethlehem,  Pa  Rennet  and  its  Preparations. 
SAMUEL  P.  WRIGHT,  Smyrna,  Del  Suppositories. 
The  report  of  the  Committee  of  Conference  with  the  medical  societies 
was  read  and  accepted,  and  the  Committee  discharged. 
To  the  President  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy. 
Sir  : — At  a  meeting  of  the  Joint  Committee  of  physicians  and  phar- 
maceutists appointed  to  consider  the  subject  of  Legislation  in  reference 
to  the  adulteration  and  deterioration  of  drugs,  held  at  the  Hall  of  the 
College  of  Physicians  last  evening  (29th  inst.),  the  Secretary  was  di- 
rected to  transmit  to  the  Chairman  of  each  Society  represented  in  the 
Joint  Committee  a  copy  of  the  following  resolutions,  together  with  a  copy 
of  the  "  Draft  of  a  proposed  Law  "  therein  referred  to  : 
"■Resolved,  That  the  Joint  Committee  appointed  by  the  College  of 
Physicians,  the  State  Medical  Society,  the  County  Medical  Society,  and 
the  College  of  Pharmacy,  respectfully  advise  the  several  bodies  which 
they  represent  that,  in  their  opinion,  the  draft  of  a  law  proposed  and 
considered  by  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  embodies  a 
better  plan  than  any  other  which  has  been  brought  to  their  notice  for  the 
suppression  of  adulteration  and  sophistication  of  drugs  and  medicines." 
'■Resolved,  That  the  expression  of  opinion  of  the  Joint  Committee  in 
the  resolution  just  adopted,  refers  exclusively  to  those  sections  of  the 
'Draft  of  a  Proposed  ]..aw  '  which  relate  to  the  adulteration  and  sophis- 
tication of  drugs  and  medicines. 
The  above  resolutions  are  extracted  from  the  minutes,  and  were  adopted 
by  the  Joint  Committee  as  their  final  action  in  reference  to  the  subject 
under  consideration,  after  which  the  Committee  adjourned  '  sine  die.' 
Alfred  B.  Taylor, 
Secretary  of  the  Joint  Committee. 
Philadelphia,  Dec.  mh,  1869. 
Prof.  Joseph  Carson,  M.D.,  was  elected  an  honorary  member,  and 
Charles  Bauer  an  active  member  of  the  College. 
The  Treasurer  of  the  late  Building  Committee  was  directed  to  pay  the 
balance  to  his  credit  to  the  Chairman  of  the  Sinking  Fund  Committee. 
The  reports  of  Committee  on  revision  of  the  Pharmacopoeia,  of  Publi- 
cation Committee  and  of  the  Committee  on  Latin  Labels  were  read  and 
accepted. 
To  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  : 
The  Committee  appointed  by  the  College  on  the  Revision  of  the  United 
States  Pharmacopoeia  respectfully  report — 
That  shortly  after  their  appointment  the  committee  met  for  organiza- 
tion, when  the  general  committee  was  divided  into  sub-committees,  each 
consisting  of  three  members.  The  different  parts  of  the  Pharmacopoeia 
were  apportioned  amongst  these  committees  for  consideration  and  report. 
The  various  sub-committees  have,  from  time  to  time,  reported  to  the 
general  committee,  when  their  reports  have  been  discussed  and  amended, 
and  either  rejected  or  adopted. 
The  subject  of  weights  and  measures  has  been  considered,  and  various 
propositions  brought  forward.  It  has  been  proposed  to  use  avoirdupois 
instead  of  troy  weight.    The  French  system  of  decimal  weights  and 
