292     CONVENTION  TO  REVISE  THE  U.  S.  PHARMACOPOEIA. 
SECOND  DAY. 
The  Convention  was  called  to  order  at  10  A.  M.,  by  Dr.  Car- 
son, the  President,  and  the  minutes  of  the  preceding  day  were 
read  and  approved. 
Dr.  Howard,  from  the  Committee  on  Credentials,  reported 
the  following  additional  delegates  :  Wm.  K.  Bowling,  M.  D., 
University  of  Nashville,  Tenn. ;  S.  C.  Chew,  M.  D.,  University 
of  Maryland ;  Silas  L.  Loomis,  M.  D.,  and  Charles  B.  Purvis, 
M.  D.,  Howard  University  Pharmaceutical  College ;  Frederick 
Horner,  Jr.,  University  of  Virginia;  Chas.  H.  Thomas,  Woman's 
Medical  College,  Philadelphia. 
The  chair  presented  a  communication  from  the  Missouri  Medi- 
cal College ;  which  was  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Revision. 
Dr.  Lee,  from  the  Committee  to  Report  a  Plan  to  revise  the 
Pharmacopoeia,  submitted  the  following  report : 
The  committee  appointed  with  instructions  to  report  a  plan 
for  the  revision  of  the  United  States  Pharmacopoeia  for  the  year 
1870,  would  respectfully  report  that  they  recommend  the  follow- 
ing resolutions  for  adoption  by  this  Convention  : 
1.  Resolved,  That  a  Committee  of  Revision  and  Publication  be  ap- 
pointed, to  consist  of  fifteen  members,  including  the  President  of  this 
Convention  as  one,  to  which  shall  be  referred  all  communications  relating 
to  the  revision  of  the  Pharmacopoeia,  and  three  members  shall  form  a 
quorum, 
2.  Resolved,  That  this  committee  shall  meet  in  the  city  of  ,  and 
foe  convened  as  soon  as  practicable  by  the  President  of  the  Convention 
for  final  organization. 
3.  Resolved,  That  the  committee  shall  be  authorized  to  publish  the 
work  after  its  revision  and  to  take  all  other  measures  that  may  be  neces- 
sary to  carry  out  the  views  and  intentions  of  the  Convention. 
4.  Resolved,  That  if,  in  the  judgment  of  the  Committee  of  Revision,  it 
should  be^^ome  necessary  before  the  meeting  of  the  Convention  of  1880  to 
revise  its  labors,  it  is  hereby  authorized  to  publish  a  new  edition. 
5.  Resolved,  That  the  expenses  of  the  Committee  of  Revision  shall  be 
paid  from  the  income  of  the  copyright. 
6.  Resolved,  That  measures  of  capacity  be  abandoned  in  the  Phar- 
macopoeia, and  that  the  quantities  in  all  formulas  be  expressed  both  in 
weights  and  in  equal  parts  by  weight. 
7.  Resolved,  That  in  the  revision  of  the  officinal  list  and  formulas  the 
wants  of  the  medical  profession  in  all  parts  of  the  United  States  should 
