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At  the  afternoon  session  the  following  permanent  officers  were  elected  :  President, 
Geo.  H.  Schafer,  Fort  Madison.  Vice  Presidents — Geo.  B.  Hogin,  Newton  j  W.  S. 
McBride,  Marshalltown  5  F.  W.  Parish,  Clarindaj  Francis  Lee,  Clinton ;  C.  P. 
Squires,  Burlington.  Secretary,  H.  W.  Dodd,  Fort  Madison.  Assistant  Secretary, 
A.  H.  Miles,  Des  Moines.  Treasurer,  C.  H.  Ward,  Des  Moines.  Executive  Com- 
mittee— W.  B.  Cousins,  Albia  5  W.  E.  Schrader,  Iowa  City  j  Norman  Lichty,  Des 
Moines. 
A  committee  of  five  was  appointed  on  Constitution  and  By-Laws,  consisting  of 
George  W  Fuller,  Keokuk  5  George  C.  Henry,  Burlington  ;  C.  A.  Weaver, 
Des  Moines  i  E.  L,  Boerner,  Iowa  City  5  D.  B.  Snyder,  Lyons,  who  were  to 
report  on  the  following  morning.  The  following  delegates  to  the  American  Phar- 
maceutical Association  were  appointed  :  T.  W.  Ruete,  Dubuque  ;  C.  R.  Wallace, 
Independence;  A.  R.  Townsend,  Boone;  J.  W.  Sattherthwait,  Mt.  Pleasant;  Max 
Conrad,  Ottumwa.  . 
The  bill  for  the  regulation  of  the  practice  of  pharmacy  and  the  sale  of  medicines 
and  poisons  in  the  State  of  Iowa,  now  before  the  House  of  Representatives,  was 
taken  up  for  discussion,  by  sections,  and  with  slight  modifications  approved. 
On  the  second  day  the  Constitution  and  By-Laws  reported  by  the  special  com- 
mittee were  considered  and  adopted.  A  reply  to  the  Western  Wholesale  Drug 
Association  was  adopted,  pledging  their  co-operation  in  the  removal  of  the  irksome 
stamp  duty  on  perfumery,  etc.,  and  the  meeting  was  addressed  on  the  same  subject 
by  Mr.  P.  Van  Schaack,  of  Chicago. 
A  communication  from  the  Women's  Christian  Temperance  Union  of  Iowa  on 
the  subject  of  liquor  selling  by  druggists  was  received  and  responded  to. 
A  memorial  to  the  Legislature  of  Iowa  was  adopted  and  signed,  urging  the 
passage  of  the  pharmacy  bill  now  pending  before  that  body. 
The  chair  appointed  the  following  standing  committees:  Committee  on  Trade 
Interests — R.  W.  Crawford,  Fort  Dodge;  A.  D.  Cram,  Des  Moines;  C.  H. 
Holmes,  Magnolia.  Committee  on  Pharmacy  and  Queries — Emil  L.  Boerner, 
Iowa  City;  Herman  Tiarks,  Monticello  ;  Martin  O.  Oleson,  Fort  Dodge.  Com- 
mittee on  Legislation — L.  H.  Bush,  Des  Moines;  D.  Storie,  Chariton;  D,  B. 
Snyder,  Lyons. 
After  passing  a  vote  of  thanks  to  the  druggists  of  Des  Moines,  and  those  who 
assisted  in  forming  the  association,  an  adjournment  was  had  to  meet  again  in  Des 
Moines  on  Tuesday,  February  8th,  1881. 
Pharmaceutical  Society  of  Great  Britain.— At  the  pharmaceutical  meeting  held 
February  4,  Mr.  G.  F.  Schacht,  Vice  President,  presiding,  a  large  number  of  drugs 
were  presented  by  the  government  through  Sir  Joseph  Hooker,  and  were  commented 
upon  by  Mr.  Holmes,  Prof.  Bentley,  Dr.  Cooke  and  others.  The  specimens  formed 
but  a  small  portion  of  the  materia  medica  collection  which  were  originally  in  the 
India  Museum. 
Mr.  Greenish  and  Dr.  Symes  spoke  on  the  use  of  the  polarimetery  and  the  latter 
gentleman  described  a  new  instrument  made  for  him  by  Messrs.  Field,  of  Birming- 
ham, for  the  price  of  five  guineas. 
Mr.  Henry  Collier  read  a  paper  on  tincture  of  senega  as  an  emulsifying  agent. 
