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Minutes  of  the  College, 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm^ 
May,  1880. 
Thomas  S.  Wiegand,  Librarian,  read  the  following  report  of  the  year's  operations... 
It  was,  on  motion,  accepted,  and  directed  to  be  placed  on  the  minutes. 
Philadelphia,  March  29th,  1880. 
The  Librarian  respectfully  reports  that  the  theses  for  the  last  year  have  been  arranged  and  cata- 
logued for  binding;  that  there  has  been  added  to  the  Library  of  exchanges  22  volumes,  by  donation  30- 
vohimes,  by  purchase  35  volumes.  Of  these  last,  the  10  volumes  of  the  "  Encyclopedia  Britannica,"  pur- 
chased by  funds  left  to  the  College  for  that  purpose  by  our  late  fellow  member,  Algernon  S.  Roberts,  form' 
a  most  vakiable  addition  to  it.    AH  of  which  is  respectfully  submitted. 
T.  S.  WIEGAND,  Librarian. 
The  Curator's  report  was  read  by  Joseph  P.  Remington,  and  was,  on  motion^, 
accepted. 
The  Curator  would  respectfully  report  that  the  additions  to  the  Cabinet  for  the  last  year  were  not  so 
numerous  as  in  the  preceding  year.  There  were,  however,  three  valuable  cases  of  Indian  drugs  from- 
Dr.  Dymock,  of  Bombay,  and  a  valuable  callection  from  California  received,  specimens  from  which  have 
been  exhibited  at  some  of  the  pharmaceutical  meetings.  These  meetings,  as  in  previous  years,  have 
been  the  means  of  contributing  various  specimens  to  the  Cabinet. 
JOSEPH  P.  REMINGTON,  Curator. 
Henry  N.  Rittenhouse,  Chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Publication,  presented  an 
account  of  the  Treasurer  of  that  committee,  and  also  read  the  following  report, 
which  was,  on  motion,  adopted.  The  statement  of  account  accompanying  this 
report  exhibits  a  very  satisfactory  condition  of  affairs,  and  it  is  the  general  opinion 
of  members  that  this  committee  are  rendering  a  valuable  service  to  the  College. 
Philadelphia,  March  29th,  1880, 
To  the  Officers  and  Trustees  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  : 
Gentlemen. — The  Committee  of  Publication  respectfully  report  that  the  Journal  of  the  College 
has  been  regularly  and  promptly  issued  during  the  year  just  closed.  The  reports  of  the  Editor  and  Busi- 
ness Editor,  which  accompany  this,  will  give  full  details  of  the  management. 
Respectfully,  HENRY  N.  RITTENHOUSE, 
Chairman  ef  Committee. 
Professor  Maisch,  Editor  of  the  Journal,  read  the  following  interesting  report  of 
his  labors  during  the  past  year.  And  as  that  valuable  publication  derives  much  of 
its  interest  from  the  contributions  of  members  of  the  College  and  others  interested 
in  chemical  and  pharmaceutical  science,  it  is  to  be  hoped  that  the  suggestions  mad 
by  him  will  be  followed  up  by  everyone  who  may  be  able  to  contribute  matter  of  a 
practical  or  scientific  character.  The  report  was,  on  motion,  adopted,  and  ordered 
to  be  published  in  the  minutes. 
In  presenting  his  annual  report,  the  Editor  is  pleased  to  state  that  for  the  year  ending  with  the  pres 
ent  month  a  larger  number  of  original  papers  were  published  in  the  Journal  than  through  theprecedin 
year,  though  not  quite  as  many  as  in  some  former  years.  During  the  past  twelve  months  the  total  num 
ber  of  original  papers  was  84,  or,  on  an  average,  7  for  each  month,  exclusive  of  original  translations 
abstracts,  gleanings,  editorials  and  other  notices.  Of  the  number  stated,  there  were  35  papers  on  sub- 
jects relating  to  materia  medica,  12  to  chemistry,  30  to  pharmacy,  and  7  papers  on  other  subjects  of  gen 
eral  interest.  The  papers  were  contributed  by  60  authors,  of  whom«three  furnished  5  papers  each,  two 
papers,  eight  2  papers,  and  forty-seven  i  paper  each.  In  this  number  are  included  abstracts  from  i 
theses,  which  is  a  gratifying  increase  over  most  of  the  preceding  years. 
The  active  members  of  the  College  who  show  a  direct  interest  in  the  Journal  by  contributing  to 
the  results  of  their  observations  and  experiments  has  remained  the  same  (16)  for  some  years  past,  except 
for  the  year  ending  March,  1879,  when  they  were  13,  with  22  papers.    The  number  of  papers  contributed 
by  them  was  27  in  March.  1876  ;  35  in  1877,  41  in  1878,  and  25  in  March,  1880.    In  addition  to  these,  the 
Editor  takes  pleasure  in  acknowledging  the  kind  offices  of  Professor  Sadtler  and  of  Mr.  L.  von  Cot 
hausen,  who,"for  more  than  a  year  past,  have  furnished  the  Journal  regularly  with  abstracts  fro 
numerous  chemical  and  pharmaceutical  papers  which  could  not  be  published  in  full.    Under  the  direc 
tion  of  the  Publishing  Committee,  the  Editor  has  made  further  arrangements  for  the  regplar  contrib 
