384  Pharmaceutical  Colleges  and  Associations. {^m,^^-^xm' 
The  Maine  Pharmaceutical  Association  held  its  third  annual  meeting, 
since  the  reorganization,  at  Harpswell,  June  15,  President  Partridge  in  the 
chair,  whose  address  was  of  a  very  comprehensive  character.  The  business 
transacted  consisted  in  the  consideration  of  the  various  reports,  and  of  pro- 
posed legislative  measures.  The  newly  elected  officers  are  :  Asa  Warren, 
Bangor,  president ;  H.  E.  Bowditch,  Augusta,  secretary  ;  H.  B.  Pennell,  Port- 
land, treasurer,  and  J.  Williamson,  Portland,  corresponding  secretary. 
The  Mississippi  Pharmaceutical  Association  effected  a  reorganization  at 
Jackson,  May  10,  when  H.  F.  West,  Natchez,  was  elected  president,  D.  E. 
Holt,  Terry,  secretary,  and  O.  Lillybeck,  Meridian,  treasurer.  The  association 
will  again  meet  at  Jackson,  May  9,  1893. 
The  Nebraska  State  Pharmaceutical  Association  met  in  its  eleventh  annual 
meeting,  June  7,  at  Grand  Island,  officially  welcomed  by  its  fellow-member, 
H.  D.  Boyden,  mayor  of  the  city.  The  annual  address  by  President  Evans, 
the  reports  of  officers  and  committees,  and  a  discussion  on  the  Paddock  pure 
food  and  drug  bill  occupied  the  attention  of  those  present.  Several  papers 
were  read,  mostly  relating  to  ethical  subjects.  A  paper  by  C.  Dummer,  on  the 
coating  of  pills  with  keratin,  described  the  process  followed,  using  an  ammoni- 
acal  solution  of  commercial  keratin.  No  water  is  to  be  used  in  making  the 
pills,  and  they  may  be  coated  thinly  with  cacao  butter  to  protect  the  ingre- 
dients against  the  influence  of  the  ammonia  ;  they  are  fixed  upon  the  points  of 
needles,  dipped  and  rotated  in  a  manner  similar  to  that  practised  in  gelatin 
coating.  The  solution  is  made  of  keratin  7  p.,  ammonia  water  50  p.  and 
alcohol  50  p.  Several  coatings  are  to  be  applied,  the  preceding  one  being 
previously  dried.  The  executive  officers  for  the  ensuing  year  are  :  D.J.  Koenig 
stein,  Norfolk,  president;  Julia  M.  Crissey,  Omaha,  secretary ;  and  C.  R. 
Sherman,  Omaha,  treasurer.  The  next  meeting  will  be  held  at  Nebraska  City 
the  local  secretary  to  be  appointed  later. 
The  New  Jersey  Pharmaceutical  Association  held  its  twenty-second  annual 
meeting  at  Plainfield,  May  25,  listened  to  the  various  reports  and  to  several 
essays,  and  finally  adjourned  to  meet  next  year  at  Atlantic  City,  May  24.  The 
officers  for  the  year  are  :  R.  J.  Shaw,  Plainfield,  president  ;  W.  C.  Alpers, 
Bayonne,  secretary,  and  W.  M.  Townley,  Newark,  treasurer. 
The  Ohio  State  Pharmaceutical  Association  assembled  in  Canton,  June 
14,  for  holding  its  fourteenth  annual  meeting,  when  53  new  members  were 
elected,  and  Prof.  F.  A.  Fliickiger  was  chosen  an  honorary  member.  A  visit  to 
the  Deuber  watch  works  and  an  excursion  to  Myer's  Lake  were  made  on  the 
second  day  of  the  meeting.  C.  N.  Nye,  Canton,  was  elected  president  for  the 
ensuing  year;  U.  C.  Hopp,  Cleveland,  secretary  ;  J.  H.  Von  Stein,  Upper 
Sandusky,  treasurer,  and  John  C.  Firnin,  Findlay,  local  secretary  for  the 
meeting  to  convene  at  Findlay,  May  9,  1893. 
Pennsylvania  Pharmaceutical  Association. — In  the  angle  formed  by  the  con- 
fluence of  the  North  Branch  with  the  Susquehanna  River  is  located  the  town 
of  Northumberland.  Directly  opposite,  from  the  right  bank  of  the  river, 
arises  a  rocky  prominence,  almost  perpendicularly,  to  the  height  of  500  feet. 
From  this  point,  located  in  the  southeastern  corner  of  Union  County,  a  mag- 
nificent view  is  had  over  the  fertile  rolling  country  of  Northumberland 
