THE 
AMERICAN  JOURNAL  OF  PHARMACY. 
JULY,    1  8  7  0. 
THE  CONYENTION  FORTHE  FIFTH  DECENNIAL  REVISION 
OF  THE  PHARMACOPCEIA  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES. 
The  fifth  decennial  convention  to  revise  the  Pharmacopoeia  of 
the  United  States,  met  in  the  hall  of  the  National  Medical  Col- 
lege, Washington^  D.  C,  on  Wednesday,  May  the  4th,  at  10} 
o'clock,  A.  M. 
On  motion  of  Dr.  Miller,  Secretary  of  the  Convention  of  1860, 
Dr.  Carson,  of  Philadelphia,  was  called  to  the  chair,  and  Dr. 
John  C.  Riley,  of  Washington,  chosen  Secretary  pro  tern. 
Dr.  Miller  moved  that  a  committee  of  five  be  appointed  to 
nominate  permanent  officers  of  the  Convention,  which  was  passed, 
and  the  chair  appointed  Dr.  Squibb,  of  New  York  ;  Dr.  Ruschen- 
berger,  United  States  Navy ;  Mr.  Colcord,  Massachusetts  ;  Dr. 
Geo.  M.  Dove,  Massachusetts,  and  Dr.  Jenkins,  Kentucky. 
Dr.  Howard,  of  the  District  of  Columbia,  moved  that  the  chair 
appoint  a  committee  of  credentials,  to  consist  of  five,  which  was 
carried,  and  the  chair  announced  the  committee  as  follows  :  Dr. 
F.  Howard,  District  of  Columbia ;  Mr.  Procter,  Philadelphia  ; 
Dr.  R.  Amory,  Massachusetts ;  Mr.  Ebert,  Illinois,  and  Dr. 
Maddux,  Maryland. 
The  committee  reported  the  following  delegates  as  duly  ac- 
credited to  this  Convention  :  St.  Louis  Medical  College — A. 
Litton,  M.  D.,  J.  S.  B.  Alleyne,  M.  D.  Maryland  College  of 
Pharmacy — W.  S.  Thompson,  J.  Faris  Moore,  Louis  Dohme. 
Missouri  Medical  College — Charles  0.  Curtman,  M.  D.  St. 
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