546    Meetings  of  State  Pharmaceutical  Associations.  {Am- SSSm"0' 
Association  should  not  be  adhered  to.  On  the  motion  of  Mr.  Boulton, 
seconded  by  Mr.  Gill,  it  was  decided  that  the  next  meeting  should  he  held  at 
Nottingham.  The  senior  Honorary  Secretary  read  out  the  names  of  the  newly 
elected  officers  of  the  Conference ;  the  announcement  that  Mr.  Octavius 
Corder,  of  Norwich,  had  been  elected  President,  being  received  with  hearty 
applause,  and  after  the  usual  votes  of  thanks  to  the  President  and  to  the 
officers  and  members  of  the  Local  Committee  had  been  passed  and  responded 
to,  the  business  proceedings  were  brought  to  a  close. 
The  excursion  to  the  Forth  Bridge  in  the  afternoon  of  Wednesday  was 
favored  by  fairly  good  weather,  and  it  afforded  an  excellent  opportunity  of 
examining  that  great  engineering  work.  The  members  were  afterwards 
hospitably  entertained  at  Inveralmond  House  by  Mr.  George  Mackay. 
On  Wednesday  morning  the  weather  became  sufficiently  fine  before  the 
commencement  of  the  second  sitting  to  admit  of  the  ladies'  party  being  con- 
veyed to  the  Botanical  Gardens  under  the  charge  of  Mr.  Rutherford  Hill,  and 
afterwards  in  two  sections  to  Oswald  House  and  Willowbrae  House,  where 
they  were  entertained  at  lunch,  respectively,  by  Mrs.  Buchanan  and  Messrs. 
Brown.  In  the  evening  the  ladies  Luet  in  the  Drawing  Room  of  the  Waterloo 
Hotel,  where  there  was  a  musical  entertainment  which  had  been  arranged 
under  the  care  of  Mr.  Buchanan.  The  smoking  concert  was  as  usual  an 
attractive  feature  of  the  meeting,  and  was  numerously  attended. 
On  Thursday  morning,  at  8.45,  the  members  mustered  in  the  Princes  Street 
Station  of  the  Caledonian  railway  and  proceeded  by  special  train  along  a  route 
unsurpassed  by  any  other  in  Scotland  for  the  varied  beauty  of  its  scenery  to 
Killin,  in  the  heart  of  the  Perthshire  Highlands.  Shortly  after  mid  day, 
luncheon  was  served  in  the  grounds  of  Finlarig  Castle.  The  weather  was  very 
fine,  and  all  arrangements  excellently  carried  out,  with  great  credit  to  the 
organizers  and  much  enjoyment  to  "the  guests,  numbering  upwards  of  two 
hundred  and  fifty. 
MEETINGS  OF  STATE  PHARMACEUTICAL 
ASSOCIATIONS. 
The  Massachusetts  State  Pharmaceutical  Association  held  its  eleventh 
annual  meeting  in  Springfield,  September  6,  President  H.  M.  Whitney  in  the 
chair.  Among  the  subjects  presented  for  discussion  through  papers  or  speci- 
mens were  the  following  :  Copper  in  the  volatile  oils  of  the  aurantiaceae  ;  lactic 
acid  and  lactophosphate  of  calcium  ;  cause  of  difference  in  color  of  compound 
extract  of  colocynth  ;  Blaud's  pills  ;  poisoning  by  the  root  of  Cicuta  maculata  ; 
assay  processes  for  sanguinaria  and  lobelia,  etc.  The  cutting  of  prices  was 
discussed  in  a  paper  by  Mr.  Canning,  and  the  Association  endorsed  the  plan  of 
the  Interstate  Druggists'  League,  whose  platform  is  to  withdraw  all  patronage 
from  any  house  knowingly  furnishing  cutters  with  medicines  or  proprietary 
articles,  and  to  discontinue  the  sale  of  proprietary  articles  which  are  furnished 
to  cutters  by  manufacturers  or  their  agents.  The  officers  elected  for  the  ensu- 
ing year  are  :  F.  H.  Butler,  Lowell,  president;  M.  L.  H.  Leavitt,  Boston,  Sec- 
retary, and  T.  B.  Nichols,  Salem,  treasurer. 
The  New  Hampshire  Pharmaceutical  Association  had  its  nineteenth  annual 
meeting  at  Keene,  September  6.    The  address  of  President  Currier,  various 
