EDITORIAL. 
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1407  New  York  Ayenue, 
WASHiNaTON,  D.  C,  Feb.  16,  1870. 
Prof.  George  B.  Wood,  M.D. 
My  Dear  Doctor — It  affords  me  pleasure  to  inform  you  that  at  a  re- 
cent meeting  of  the  faculty  of  the  National  Medical  College  (Med.  Dept. 
of  Columbia  College,  Washington),  the  following  resolution  was  unani- 
mously adopted  : 
Resolved,  That  the  Dean  be  instructed  to  tender  to  Prof.  George  B. 
Wood,  the  President  of  the  Convention  to  revise  the  PharmacopcBia, 
held  in  1860,  the  college  buildings  for  the  meeting  to  be  held  in  May, 
1870,  and  to  make  the  necessary  arrangements  therefor. 
The  building  is  centrally  situated,  in  the  vicinity  of  the  principal  hotels, 
and  is  well  suited  for  the  purpose. 
Respectfully,  your  obedient  servant, 
John  C.  Riley, 
Dean  of  Faculty  of  National  College. 
Proposed  Congress  of  Colleges  of  Pharmacy  in  relation  to  Educa- 
tion.— The  following  circular,  issued  by  the  Maryland  College  of  Phar- 
macy, is  deserving  of  attention  : 
At  a  stated  meeting  of  the  Maryland  College  of  Pharmacy,  held  April 
14th  inst.,  the  following  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted  : 
''Resolved,  That  a  committee  of  five  be  appointed  to  request  the  several 
Pharmaceutical  Associations  of  the  United  States  to  send  delegates  to  a 
Convention,  proposed  to  be  held  in  the  city  of  Baltimore  in  September 
next,  at  the  time  of  the  meeting  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Asso- 
ciation 
The  purpose  being  to  consult  and  determine  upon  the  best  uniform 
course  of  study  for  those  learning  the  profession  of  pharmacy,  and  to 
recommend  the  same  for  adoption  in  the  Schools  of  the  several  Associa- 
tions they  represent,  to  the  end  that  there  may  be  an  uniform  standard  of 
qualification  for  all  graduating  in  pharmacy." 
Baltimore,  April  21,  1870. 
The  undersigned  Committee,  in  performing  the  duty  assigned  them, 
take  pleasure  in  directing  your  attention  to  the  foregoing  resolution  ;  be- 
lieving that  the  importance  of  the  matter  in  hand  will  commend  itself  to 
your  favorable  consideration,  we  most  respectfully  request  you  to  send 
delegates  to  said  Convention. 
The  Convention  will  meet  at  the  Hall  of  the  Maryland  College  of 
Pharmacy,  and  its  sessions  be  so  fixed  as  not  to  interfere  with  attendance 
at  the  sessions  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association. 
The  Maryland  College  of  Pharmacy  has  appointed  five  delegates  to 
said  Convention,  three  of  whom  are  professors  in  our  College. 
Be  kind  enough  to  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  this,  and  also  notify  the 
Committee  promptly  of  your  action  in  the  premises. 
Jos.  Roberts,  J.  F.  Hancock, 
J.  Brown  Baxley,    J  as.  S.  Stevenson,  Jr., 
A.  P.  Sharp. 
Chicago  College  School  of  Pharmacy. — In  the  April  number  of  the 
Pharmacist  the  Editor  authoritively  announces  the  organization  of  a 
faculty  under  the  auspices  of  the  College,  consisting  as  follows  : 
J.  V.  Z.  Blaney,  A.m.,  M.D.,  Prof,  of  Chemistry  and  Toxicology. 
George  M.  Hambright,  Pharmaceutist,  Prof,  of  Materia  Medica. 
