nent Secretary in August, and from the various pharmaceutical journals of North America, for August and September.

(Signed)

JOSEPH P. REMINGTON,
Philadelphia, Pa.,

Chairman of Council.

GEORGE W. KENNEDY,

Pottsville, Pa.,

Secretary of Council.

(Then follows list of authorized agents of the American Pharmaceutical Association.)

At this date seven members have resigned, ninety-three others are liable to be dropped for non-payment of dues, and twenty, who have ceased to be connected with the Association, have failed to return their certificates of membership. Since our last meeting, and up to the present time, the decease of the following ten members has been reported to the committee: George P. Kettell, Charlestown, Mass.; J. Thornton Weaver, Philadelphia, Pa.; Thomas P. James, Cambridge, Mass.; Charles H. Dalrymple, Morristown, N. J.; George B. Plummer, Hinsdale, Mass.; Henry D. Fowle, Boston, Mass.; F. X. Crawley, St. Louis, Mo.; John Faber, New York; J. O'Gallagher, St. Louis, Mo.; James E. Young, Vergennes, Vt.; Henry T. Kiersted, New York.

MR. GEORGE P. KETTELL, of Charlestown, Mass., died there of heart disease, Nov, 11th, 1881; he had been in bad health for about a year prior to his death, and was sixty-one (61) years of age. The deceased was born in Boston, and while quite young removed to Charlestown, where he was educated in the public schools. He served a regular apprenticeship to the drug business, and not long afterwards entered the drug store of Dr. Stevens, of Charlestown. About forty years ago, at the age of twenty-one years, he started in business for himself with very little means. He was a prominent man in the city where he resided, having held several positions of honor with credit. first as councilman, and subsequently in the school board, and as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Charlestown Public Library. He was well known in Massachusetts as a pharmacist, his reputation as such being good and his standing high. He was a member of the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy, which passed resolutions of regret at losing so valuable a member. He leaves a wife, son, and daughter to mourn their loss. Deceased became a member of the Association at the meeting held in the city of New York in 1867.

J. THORNTON WEAVER, of Philadelphia, died there of pneumonia, at the age of fortysix (46) years. He was born in Philadelphia, October 18th, 1835. At the age of seventeen, after receiving an ordinary school education, he commenced an apprenticeship to the apothecary business, entering the store of Henry A. Bower, northeast corner of Sixth and Green streets, and remained with him about eight years. About the year 1860 he started in business for himself on Ridge Avenue above Wallace Street, where he conducted business up to the time of his death. The deceased is spoken of as being an honest, upright, conscientious man and pharmacist, and was beloved by all who knew him. He left a widow and three children, and many sorrowing friends. He united himself with our Association at the meeting held in his native city in 1868.

THOMAS P. JAMES, of Cambridge, Mass., died at his residence, of paralysis, on February 22d, 1882, in the seventy-ninth year of his age. He was born at Radnor, near Philadelphia, September 1st, 1803. At the time of his death he was engaged upon his life-work, an illustrated edition of the mosses of America, a book designed to contain the descriptions, as well as illustrations, of all the different varieties of mosses of this continent, from Central America to Alaska. During the morning of the day of

his death, he was working with his microscope and pencil, making drawings from natural plants, as had been his daily custom for years; he was seized with paralysis of the left side, which was quickly followed by loss of speech, and then coma, in which he passed away without a struggle. During his whole life he was a devoted botanist, and for many years has been interested in that portion relating to mosses. He had, it is said, the finest collection in the country, and was constantly in exchange with other bryologists all over the world. His specially arranged collection of mosses is contained in three large volumes, entitled "North American Mosses," by Thomas P. James, only one copy of which is in existence under that title. It is made up of pressed mosses from his herbarium, mounted on white paper, and all properly classified and named in Latin text, with spaces for new mosses as discovered. These valuable volumes probably form the most complete collection in existence. They were exhibited at the Centennial Exhibition in 1876, and botanists who had the opportunity of examining them expressed their pleasure at the completeness, accuracy, and neatness of the work. Dr. James was the botanist of the Horticultural Society of Philadelphia during his residence there. He was an active member, and at one time an officer, in the Philosophical Society of Philadelphia, the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, and the Philadelphia Drug Exchange; of the latter body he was the second president. He was an active member in the Pomological Society, and for twenty-seven years treasurer of that organization, and, for his faithful services, received from it a special honorary medal. He belonged to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Boston Natural History Society, and to the Torrey Botanical Club of New York. The American Association for the Advancement of Science, of which he was an active member for years, honored him with the title of "Fellow" in that society. He was widely known in Philadelphia at one time. Thirty (30) years ago he had a wholesale drug store corner of Market and Decatur streets, and afterwards removed to Market below Seventh, in order to have more room for his largely increased business. He leaves a widow, two sons, and two daughters. Deceased was an old member of this Association, having connected himself with it at the meeting held in the city of Philadelphia in the year 1857.

CHARLES H. DALRYMPLE, of Morristown, N. J., died at his home after a brief illness of pneumonia, lasting about a week. Mr. Dalrymple was born in the township of Randolph, near Dover, New Jersey, March 24th, 1830, and was, therefore, in his fiftysecond year. At the age of sixteen he came to Morristown, entered the store of the late J. M. King as a clerk, and remained with him six years, when he went to Canton, Mississippi, remaining there for a year. In 1853 he clerked for the late John P. Voorhees, and in 1854 became a partner, under the firm-title of Voorhees & Co., and so remained until 1858, when he entered into business for himself, on the corner now occupied by the First National Bank, removing subsequently across the way to the store he occupied until his death. In all his business relations he was candid, honest, and particularly careful. He was a member of the New Jersey Pharmaceutical Association, one of its founders and organizers, and was elected its first president in 1870, serving two terms. The deceased served as a member of the Morristown Council for two years, was a director of the First National Bank of Morristown, and also a member of the Washington Headquarters Association. A curious fact is, that the date of his death, was the thirty-sixth anniversary of his leaving home and engaging in the drug business. Mr. Dalrymple leaves a wife and five children, three sons and two daughters, to mourn the loss of a kind and indulgent husband and father. He became a member of our Association in 1860, at the meeting held in New York.

GEORGE B. PLUMMER, of Hinsdale, Mass., died there January 13th, 1882, of apo

plexy, in the forty-seventh year of his age. Deceased was born at Alton, Province of Quebec, July 10th, 1835, whither his parents had removed from New Hampshire. In 1865 he commenced to study the drug business with J. T. Webber & Co., of Springfield, Mass., and remained with this firm till 1870, when he formed a copartnership with John W. Curtice, and on the 1st of December, 1870, the new firm began business at Hinsdale, Mass., and thus continued until Mr. Plummer's death. He was a constant student, devoting himself closely to the interests of his profession, even to the injury of his health, which had been poor for some years previous to his death. He was a man of strict integrity, good judgment, close observation, and marked decision of character, which qualities, combined with a fine sense of honor, won for him the esteem and respect of a wide circle of friends. The deceased became a member of our Association at the meeting held in Boston, Mass., in 1875.

HENRY D. FOWLE, of Boston, Mass., died there quite suddenly of heart disease. Mr Fowle was born in Charlestown, Mass., May 3d, 1817, and was in his sixty-fifth year. He learned the drug business with his brother, the late Seth W. Fowle, whom he succeeded at the stand, corner of Prince and Salem streets, which he occupied more than forty years. He had been ill several months, and at the time of his death had but shortly returned from Montreal, in which city is established a branch of his business. He was well known throughout the country for his connection with the Numismatic Society, and was the possessor of a valuable collection of coins, for which he was offered $12,000. Deceased was never married. He became a member of our Association in 1853, at the annual meeting first held in Boston.

FRANCIS X. CRAWLEY, of St. Louis, Mo., died in Wheeling, W. Va., July 6th, 1882. Deceased was born in the latter city, November, 1832, and was, therefore, in the fiftieth year of his age. His initiation into the drug business was his reading materia medica in the dispensary of Dr. James Tanner, about the year 1850, he being at the time undetermined whether he would study medicine for the purpose of ultimately becoming a physician or a druggist. He afterwards accepted a clerkship in the drug store of T. H. Logan & Co., corner of Main and Tenth streets, where he remained until his departure for New York in 1854, accepting a clerkship in the store of Shedden & Neergaard, where he remained until 1863, when he removed to St. Louis, opening a store at 2301 Carr Street, at which place he carried on the retail drug business. He took a deep interest in everything pertaining to his business, was, in a remarkable degree, thorough and painstaking, careful to a fault, and in all that he undertook conscientious. Possessed of these qualities, prominent in business, he was always successful in gaining the confidence and securing the esteem of all having dealings with him. As a man, he had shining qualities, which endeared him to all. He was a devoted husband, a kind and indulgent father, and a true and warm friend. He became a member of our Association at the meeting held in Chicago in 1869.

JOHN FABER, of New York, died at his residence after an illness of a year. Mr. Faber was born in Crailsheim, Württemberg, Germany, February 10th, 1824, and at the time of his death was fifty-eight years old. He studied pharmacy and chemistry in Switzerland, France, and Germany. Owing to the German revolution of 1848, in which he had taken part, he was obliged to come to America; he came to New York and started business there. In 1855 he became a member of the New York College of Pharmacy. In 1867 he attended the Pharmaceutical Congress at Paris, as the delegate of the American Pharmaceutical Association, and, in 1868, he represented our Association at the Congress in Vienna. He was eminently respected by all who knew

him. He became a member of this Association at the meeting held in New York in 1855.

JOHN E. YOUNG, of Vergennes, Vt., died very suddenly in his store, Tuesday morning, August 11th, 1882. Mr. Young was born August 27th, 1845. He served a faithful term of instruction under the late Dr. F. Huntington, whom he succeeded in the drug business, which he has carried on for thirteen years with such scrupulous care and exactness, as to win the confidence of the medical profession and the public generally As in his business, so in his general habits, he was a model of propriety, above reproach, and respected and esteemed by all. Deceased became a member of our Association at Boston in 1875.

JAMES O'GALLAGHER died in the city of St. Louis, on the 224 of June, 1882, at the age of fifty-four years. He was born in Londonderry, Ireland. When only ten years of age he had the misfortune to lose both of his parents; his education then devolved on his uncle, Dr. Crerand, of Paris, France. In that city he received his collegiate education, and also served his apprenticeship to pharmacy. In 1850 he came

to St. Louis, and, with the exception of a few months spent in the East, resided here until his death, during all of which time he was devoted to the drug business. He was decidedly interested in the advancement of pharmacy, and took an active part in the organization of the old St. Louis Pharmaceutical Society, and more recently the St. Louis College of Pharmacy, occupying the chair of practical pharmacy in this institution during its first session. He was elected a member of this Association at the meeting held in Washington, D. C., September, 1858, representing the St. Louis Pharmaceutical Association, and was elected Second Vice-President at that meeting.

HENRY TAYLOR Kiersted, of New York, died there September 13th, 1882. Mr. Kiersted was born March 13th, 1793, and at the time of his death was in his ninetie h year. In 1814 he entered the drug store of Mr. Fisher, corner of Prince Street and Broadway; subsequently he entered into business at the corner of Murray Street and Broadway, and afterwards at Spring Street and Broadway, and from there he made a change to the Prescott House, and in 1860 he moved to Broadway and Forty-sixth Street. He was one of the founders of the New York College of Pharmacy, and for several years its President, and in the years 1860 to 1862 was President of our Association. He took an active interest in the advancement of pharmacy, and labored indefatigably to elevate its standard. Deceased was one of the oldest members of this Association, having joined it in 1856.

Before closing my report I desire to return my heartfelt thanks to all officers and members who rendered me such valuable assistance when called upon.

GEORGE A. KENNEDY,

Chairman.

The Report on the Progress of Pharmacy was read by title, and referred for publication. A like course was ordered with the Report of the Committee on the Drug Market (see page 461), which had been received after the close of the first session.

Amendments to the by-laws were proposed as follows:

MR. SHEPPARD, Boston, Mass.-Mr. President, it must have been very apparent to the members yesterday, that a large amount of valuable time was almost as good as wasted in waiting for the report of the Committee on Credentials. Now that work is

certainly routine work, and since the Association has appointed a Council for the special purpose of relieving itself of the routine work, it would seem desirable that this particular item of examining the credentials should be done by the Council. In order to bring such a desirable matter up I would offer, sir, the following amendments to our by-laws, that Chapter VI., Article VI., be so amended as to read, "The Council shall be charged with the examination of the credentials of delegates, and with the transaction of unfinished business," etc., according to the present reading.

That Chapter VIII., Article VI., of the by-laws be amended by adding to it, “All credentials shall be sent to the Permanent Secretary at least two weeks in advance of the Annual Meeting."

That Article II., Chapter IX., Section 4, be amended so as to read, "The President's address may then be read, after which the Council shall report the list of properly accredited delegates; the Secretary shall then call the roll, noting the names of the delegates and members in attendance."

MR. REMINGTON, Philadelphia, Pa.-Mr. President, I desire to say with regard to the matter which Mr. Sheppard has brought forward, that the subject has been very carefully considered by the Council, and it was deemed best to bring it up before the Association. There may be some members present who may think that it would require some explanation as just how it is to be done, and the Council did not wish to take upon itself the duty of taking this away from the Association unless the Association approved of it, and it is with the view of having the Association approve or disapprove of it that the subject is brought up.

MR. SHINN, Philadelphia, Pa.-Mr. President, inasmuch as it would give us much more time for discussion, and as the motion has been seconded, I think, in accordance with the by-laws, that the subject should be left over to be voted upon at a subsequent session, when it can be passed upon intelligently.

THE PRESIDENT.-It is so ordered; it will lie over.

A proposition was made and adopted that the Committee on the Time and Place of the next Annual Meeting consist of five members, and the President appointed the Committee as follows: Joseph Roberts, of Baltimore, Chairman; Charles Bullock, of Philadelphia, George J. Seabury, of New York, George W. Sloan, of Indianapolis, and P. C. Candidus, of Mobile.

An invitation to meet next year at Mobile, Ala, was referred to the committee just appointed.

Mr. Joseph Lemberger read a paper on "Thymol contained in Oil of Thyme" (see page 571), in answer to Query 2, and exhibited specimens of the oils and of the results obtained.

MR. SLOAN, Indianapolis, Ind.-Mr. President, while the subject of thymol is before us I wish to tell a fact which, so far as my observation has gone, has opened a new field of use for it. I refer to the fact that a small percentage of thymol covers the odor of iodoform perfectly in a lozenge. This I do not give as a discovery of my own; it was told me by a friend three weeks ago. I tried it and I found that there was no odor of iodoform left at all. You get the odor of thymol, of course. I have a sample of ointment prepared a few weeks ago in my room which I will bring in this afternoon and