OF THE AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION, AT THE ANNUAL MEETING, Held in Boston, August 24th, 25th and 26th, 1853. NOTE BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. In publishing the Proceedings and the documents that follow, by authority of the Association, the Committee deem it proper to state, that where they have found it necessary to introduce notes for the purpose of explanation, such additions are in brackets. In giving a short abstract of the President's Address, they believe it due to that officer, and have assumed the responsibility of its approval by the Association. In the statistical reports they have omitted such parts as were uncalled for, and have transferred several paragraphs relating to laws on poisons, to the report on that subject. Although not so instructed, they have felt it necessary to append a copy of the Constitution as amended by the action of the present meeting, and the Code of Ethics, for the information of many who may receive the Proceeedings of the Association, and be unacquainted with its laws and regulations. Finally, they have added a complete list of the members, a catalogue of the special committees appointed to report next year, and the address of the officers of the Association. WILLIAM PROCTer, Jr., AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION. THE AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION met at the HALL of the MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF PHARMACY, Boston, August 24th, 1853, at 11 o'clock A.M. In the absence of Daniel B. Smith, President of the Association, the meeting was called to order by Samuel M. Colcord, of Boston, one of the Vice Presidents. The Secretary being absent, Edward Parrish, of Philadelphia, was appointed temporary secretary. The roll of the Association being called, nine permanent members answered to their names. A Committee on Credentials, consisting of Charles Ellis, of Philadelphia, C. Augustus Smith, of Cincinnati, and Samuel R. Philbrick, of Boston, was appointed by the chair. This committee retired, and after a recess reported the following list of delegates, and gentlemen who are properly recommended for membership, viz: From the Richmond Pharmaceutical Society.-Alexander Duval, James P. Purcell, William S. Beers, S. M. Zachrisson, and W. A. Strother. From the Cincinnati College of Pharmacy.-William B. Chapman, M. D., J. M. Gordon, M. Allen, C. Augustus Sinith, and E. S. Wayne. From the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy.-Daniel B. Smith, Charles Ellis, William Procter, Jr., Charles Bullock, and Edward Parrish. From the New York College of Pharmacy.-George D. Coggeshall, J. S. Aspinwall, Thomas B. Merrick, Eugene Dupuy, and Junius Gridley. From the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy.-Daniel Henchman, William A. Brewer, Thomas Restieaux, T. L. Turner, and H. W. Lincoln. As a representative of the Druggists and Apothecaries of Terre Haute, Indiana.-Thomas H. Barr. The following names were reported on the recommendation of members. From Memphis, Tennessee.-C. B. Guthrie, M. D. From Boston, Massachusetts.-Thomas Hollis, Andrew Geyer, and Emery Souther. |