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Editorial. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
June,  1880. 
Dr.  Antisell,  Dr.  W.  W.  Johnson,  Dr.  S.  C.  Busey,  R.  B.  Ferguson,  Dr.  H.  C. 
Wood,  Dr.  E.  S.  Wood,  Dr.  F.  A.  Castle,  Chas.  Rice,  Dr.  E.  Curtis,  Dr.  H.  M. 
Field,  Dr.  H.  H.  Smith,  W.  H.  Crawford,  H.  B.  Parsons,  Dr.  I.  M.  Hays,  Dr.  D. 
L.  Huntington,  Dr.  H.  G.  Piffard,  G.  M.  Hambright,  Dr.  A.  Fennel,  Dr.  C.  Mar- 
shall, Dr.  J.  D.  Rushmore,  G.  R.  Metcalf,  Dr.  B.  F.  Gibbs,  Oscar  Oldberg,  Dr.  J. 
F.  Judge,  Dr.  M.  Roche,  Dr.  O.  A.  Wall,  Dr.  J.  C.  Peters,  G.  S.  Palmer,  Dr.  R. 
E.  Rogers,  Dr.  L.  Johnson,  W.  J.  C.  Du  Hamel,  Dr.  G.  H.  Fox,  Dr.  T.  F.  Wood. 
The  Convention  then  adjourned  until  3  P.  M. 
First  Day.  Second  Session. — The  Convention  reassembled  at  3.30  P.  M.,  and  the 
report  of  the  Committee  on  Nominations  was  read  as  follows  :  For  President, 
Robert  Amory,  M.D.,  Brookline,  Mass.;  Vice-Presidents — Dr.  S.C.  Busey,  Wash - 
ington.  Prof  P.  W.  Bedford,  New  York  j  Secretary,  Dr.  F.  A.  Castle,  New  York; 
Assistant  Secretary,  Dr.  C.  H.  A.  Kleinschmidt,  Washington,  D.  C.  The  report 
was  adopted. 
Dr.  Amory,  upon  taking  the  chair,  made  a  few  appropriate  remarks,  thanking 
the  Convention  for  the  honor  conferred  upon  him. 
Prof.  Vlaisch  moved  that  Dr.  E.  R.  Squibb,  of  Brooklyn,  be  invited  to  participate 
in  the  affairs  of  the  Convention  with  all  the  rights  and  privileges  of  a  delegate.  Car- 
ried unanimously. 
Mr.  A.  B.  Taylor,  Secretary  of  the  Committee  upon  Final  Revision  of  the  Phar- 
macopti^ia  of  1870,  read  his  report,  which  was  accepted  and  adopted. 
PRESENTATION   OF  REPORTS. 
The  following  bodies  presented  reports  upon  the  Revision  :  College  of  Physicians 
of  Philadelphia,  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy,  Maryland  College  of  Pharmacy, 
Louisville  College  of  Pharmacy,  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  Pennsyl- 
vania Pharmaceutical  Association,  Philadelphia  County  Medical  Society,  National 
Medical  College,  National  College  of  Pharmacy. 
On  motion  of  Prof  Diehl,  the  President  of  the  Pennsylvania  Pharmaceutical 
Association,  Mr.  Chas.  H.  Heinitsh  was  invited  to  a  seat  in  the  Convention  with 
all  the  rights  and  privileges  of  a  delegate.     Unanimously  carried. 
The  following  resolutions,  offered  by  Prof.  Maisch,  were  adopted  : 
Kesol'ved,  That  the  Committee  on  Nominations  be  instructed  to  nominate  a  com- 
imittee  of  Revision  and  Publication,  consisting  of    members. 
Resol^edy  That  the  Committee  on  Nominations  be  instructed  to  report  a  plan 
for  revising  and  publishing  the  Pharmacopoeia,  and  to  make  provision  for  the  revi- 
sion of  the  Pharmacopoeia  in  the  future. 
The  motion  of  Mr.  A.  B.  Taylor,  that  the  final  committee  consist  of  twenty-five 
members,  was  carried. 
The  Convention  then  adjourned  to  meet  on  Thursday,  May  6th,  at  12  M. 
On  being  called  to  order  at  this  hour,  it  was  stated  that  the  Nominating  Com- 
mittee were  not  ready  to  report,  when  an  adjournment  till  2  P.  M,  was  called  for 
and  passed.    This  was  repeated  at  2  P.  M.,and  the  meeting  adjourned  till  10  P.M. 
Tkursdayy  May  dth.  Second  Day,  Night  and  early  Morning  Session. — The  Con- 
vention was  called  to  order  at  10  P.  M.  by  the  President.  The  report  of  the  Com- 
mittee on  Nominations  was  read.  The  following  were  nominated  and  elected  as 
the  Committee  of  Re-uision  and  Publication  of  the  Pharmacopoeia  of  the  United  States : 
