CONVENTION  TO  REVISE  THE  U.  S.  PHARMACOPOEIA.  291 
graduates  of  regular  medical  schools  shall  be  invited  to  attend  the  meet- 
ings of  the  Convention  and  participate  in  its  deliberations,  and  also  the 
Surgeon  General,  U.  S.  A.,  and  Chief  of  Bureau  of  Medicine  and  Sur- 
gery, U.  S.  N. 
The  committee  to  nominate  permanent  officers,  reported  as 
follows  :  President,  Dr.  Joseph  Carson,  Philadelphia ;  Vice- 
Presidents,  Dr.  Thos.  Miller,  Washington,  D.  C,  and  William 
Procter,  Jr.,  Philadelphia ;  Secretary,  Dr.  John  C.  Kiley, 
Georgetown,  D.  C.  ;  Assistant  Secretary,  Dr.  Jas.  M.  Morgan, 
Washington,  D.  C. 
The  committee  recommended  that  the  Convention  direct  the 
Secretary  to  employ  a  stenographer  to  note  the  proceedings  ; 
which  report  was  unanimously  adopted. 
[Owing  to  the  constant  engagement  of  the  stenographic  reporters  at 
this  time  the  Secretary  was  unable  to  procure  one  for  the  service  of  the 
Convention. — Editor.] 
Dr.  Carson,  on  taking  the  chair,  expressed  his  thanks  to  the^ 
body  in  a  few  touching  and  impressive  remarks,  and  announced 
that  the  Convention  was  ready  to  proceed  to  business. 
Alfred  B.  Taylor  submitted  the  report  of  the  Committee  of 
Revision  and  Publication  of  the  United  States  Pharmacopoeia  for 
1860  ;  which  was  accepted. 
The  President  then  called  for  written  contributions  from  so- 
cieties, toward  the  revision  of  the  Pharmacopoeia,  when  the  fol- 
lowing were  presented :  Albert  E.  Ebert,  from  the  Chicago 
College  of  Pharmacy ;  H.  C.  Wood,  M,  D.,  from  the  College  of 
Physicians,  Philadelphia ;  Wm.  Hegeman,  from  the  New  York 
College  of  Pharmacy ;  Alfred  B.  Taylor,  from  the  Philadelphia 
College  of  Pharmacy ;  J.  Faris  Moore,  from  the  Maryland^  Col* 
lege  of  Pharmacy ;  which  were  referred  to  a  committee  of  five  to 
report  a  plan  for  the  revision  of  the  Pharmacopoeia. 
On  motion  of  Dr.  Lee,  it  was  ordered  that  all  societies  not 
prepared  to  report  have  permission  to  hand  in  their  reports  to 
the  Committee  of  Revision. 
Th(3  President  announced  the  following  as  the  committee  to 
report  a  plan  to  revise  the  Pharmacopoeia  :  Dr.  Robert  Bridges, 
William  Procter,  Jr.,  S.  M.  Colcord,  and  Drs.  Walford  and  Lee. 
The  Convention  then  adjourned  to  10  o'clock  to-morrow 
morning. 
