Edit  or  i  a  i. — O  bituary . 
A.m.  Jour  Pharrn. 
June.  1880 
which  had  long  since  ceased  to  exist,  and  questioned  the  legality  of  the  admission 
of  their  delegates,  and  moved  that  their  names  be  dropped  from  tiie  roll.  Motion 
not  carried. 
The  usual  complimentary  resolutions  were  then  adopted,  and  the  convention,  at 
1.45  A.M.,  May  7th,  adjourned. 
The  Local  Committee  of  Reception  made  elaborate  arrangements  for  the  enter- 
tainment of  the  visiting  delegates  with  their  ladies.  A  reception  was  held  on  the 
5th  at  the  Corcoran  ^rt  Gallery,  on  the  afternoon  of  the  6th  at  the  White  House 
by  the  President  of  the  United  States,  in  the  evening  at  the  Naval  Observatory  by 
Admiral  and  Mrs.  Rogers,  and  an  excursion  to  Mount  Vernon  on  the  morning  of 
the  7th  was  greatly  enjoyed  by  those  who  attended. 
Pennsylvania  Pharmaceutical  Association.— We  would  remind  our  reader^ 
resident  in  this  State  of  the  approaching  meeting  of  this  Association,  to  be  held  in 
Allentown  on  the  8th  of  June.  The  card  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Association, 
inviting  those  who  desire  to  become  members,  is  published  on  the  inside  of  the 
cover  of  this  number  of  this  journal,  and  it  would  be  well  for  the  trade  gener- 
ally to  respond  by  writing  for  the  necessary  blank  applications. 
Hay  Asthma  or  Hay  Fever. — Dr.  R.  H.  Weber,  of  this  city,  has  kindly  com- 
municated to  us  a  copy  of  the  prescription  which  he  has  uniformly  found  useful  in 
the  complaint  mentioned.  We  have  postponed  its  publication  until  now,  at  the 
approach  of  the  season  when  hay  asthma  will  again  make  its  appearance.  Dr. 
Weber  regards  the  iodide  of  potassium  as  the  active  agent,  but  the  best  results  have 
always  been  obtained  when  combined  with  bicarbonate  of  potassium  and  hyoscy- 
amus.    The  formula  is  as  follows  : 
R     Extracti  hyoscyami,      .  .  .  • 
Potassii  iodidi,        .  .  .  .  3i 
Potassii  bicarbonatis,     .  .  .  .  3i' 
Extr.  glycyrrhizae  depurati,    .  .  .  "^w 
Aquas  anisi,   .....  5ivss 
M.  S.  A  dessertspoonful  every  four  hours,  day  and  night,  until  relieved."  '  The 
medicine  is  to  be  continued  for  at  least  a  week,  in  doses  of  a  dessertspoonful  four 
times  daily. 
OBITUARY. 
juLES  MuRiNGER,  Ph.  G.,  was  born  Jan.  7th,  1853,  in  Philadelphia.  He  received 
his  education  in  St.  Mary's  College,  Wilmington,  Del.,  and  in  the  Gymnase  Prot- 
estant, Strassburg,  and  after  his  return  in  May,  1868,  enteredfthe  store  of  Charles 
Ellis'  Son  &  Co.  After  graduating  from  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  in 
March,  1872,  he  took  entire  charge  of  Ellis' Laboratory  for  three  months,  and 
served  as  assistant  in  the  stores  of  Simes  and  Gust.  Krause,  until  in  October,  1875, 
he  entered  into  business  at  nth  and  Bainbridge  Streets,  where  he  remained  until  his 
death,  April  4th  last. 
