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MINUTES  OF  THE  COLLEGE  OF  PHARMACY. 
duction  of  eczematous  eruptions,  or  vesications  in  irritable  skins.  After  hav- 
ing tried  many  means  of  obviating  this,  he  remembered  the  great  advan- 
tage that  accrued  from  the  treatment  of  bed-sores,  by  means  of  plasters, 
powdered  with  the  tannate  of  lead.  He  caused  some  of  this  substance  to  be 
combined  with  adhesive  plaster,  which  henceforth  produced  no  irritation. 
As  the  addition  of  the  tannate  diminishes  the  adhesiveness,  the  proportion 
may  vary  accordingly,  as  this  quality  is  desired  or  not.  It  is  retained  when 
l-20th  of  the  tannate  is  added,  and  when  not  much  required  the  proportion 
may  be  raised  to  1-1 2th. — Med.  Times  and  Gaz.}  April  7. 
intimites  of  tlje  College, 
At  a  stated  meeting  of  the  College  held  at  the  Hall,  September  24th,  1855. 
Vice  President  S.  F.  Troth  in  the  chair.  The  minutes  of  the  last  stated 
meeting  were  adopted.  The  minutes  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  were  read 
by  A.  B.  Taylor,  iis  Secretary.  They  inform  that  Lewis  M.  Emanuel  and 
Herman  Leuchsenring  have  been  duly  elected  resident  members. 
The  following  Beport  was  read  and  accepted : — 
To  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy . 
The  Delegates  appointed  to  attend  the  meeting  of  the  American  Pharma- 
ceutical Association,  held  at  New  York,  on  the  11th,  12th  and  13th  of  the 
present  month,  report,  that  previous  to  the  time  of  meeting,  Alfred  B.  Taylor, 
one  of  their  number,  being  unable  to  leave  home,  resigned  in  favor  of  Samuel 
S.  Garrigues.  Henry  C.  Blair,  who  had  made  arrangements  to  be  present, 
was  prevented  from  accomplishing  his  will  by  indisposition. 
At  the  appointed  time  the  meeting  was  held  in  the  Hall  of  the  New  York 
Medical  College,  provided  for  the  occasion  by  the  N.  Y.  College  of  Phaimacy, 
and  was  attended  by  delegates  from  the  Colleges  of  Pharmacy  at  Boston. 
New  York,  Philadelphia,  Baltimore,  and  Cincinnati,  and  from  the  Memphis 
(Tenn.)  Pharmaceutical  Association, and  by eentlemen  from  Maine,  Vermont, 
Michigan,  New  Jersey,  Massachusetts,  New  York  and  Louisiana  not  dele- 
gated. The  permanent  officers  of  the  Association  elected  on  the  occasion 
are — President,  John  Meakim,  of  New  York  ;  Vice-Presidents.  C.  B.  Guthrie, 
of  Memphis.  Tennessee;  Charles  Ellis,  of  Philadelphia,  and  Henry  F.  Fish, 
of  Waterbury,  Connecticut.  Treasurer,  James  S.  Aspihwall,  of  New  York. 
Recording  Secretary,  W.  J.  M.  Gordon,  of  Cincinnati.  Corresponding  Secre • 
tary,  W.  Procter,  Jr.,  of  Philadelphia ;  and  Executive  Committee,  G.  I).  Cog- 
geshall,  of  New  York,  A.  J.  Matthews,  of  Buffalo,  and  VV  Procter,  Jr.,  of 
Philadelphia. 
The  principal  subjects  thai  engaged  the  attention  of  the  meeting  were,  the 
Drug  Law  and  its  working,  Home  Adulteration,  Legislation  in  reference  to 
Poisons,  Modification  of  the  Constitution,  etc.  Several  essays  were  read,  one 
of  which,  on  the  Wine  Culture  of  the  Ohio  Vallev,  possessed  more  than  ordi- 
nary interest.  As  a  full  abstract  of  the  Proceedings  will  be  published  in  the 
November  number  of  our  Journal,  the  Committee  deem  it  unnecessary  to  go 
further  into  detail  in  thisreport  than  to  say,  thaUne  meeting  was  marked  with 
