ABSTRACT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL CONVENTION OF 1900 FOR REVISING THE PHARMACOPOEIA

EIGHTH DECENNIAL CONVENTION

HE Convention was called to order by President Horatio C. Wood, at 12 M., Wednesday, May 2, 1900, in the Banquet Hall of the Hotel Raleigh, Washington, D. C.

An address of welcome was delivered by the Hon. John B. Wight, District Commissioner.

William S. Thompson, Chairman of the Committee on Credentials, submitted a report, which was subsequently amended, and finally adopted. The following delegates were admitted to seats, either at once, or during the several sessions of the Convention.

LIST OF DELEGATES ACCREDITED TO THE PHARMACOPŒIAL CONVENTION OF 1900

COMPILED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMITTEE ON CREDENTIALS.

American Medical Association.-H. A. Hare, M.D., Warren B. Hill,
M.D., A. L. Benedict, M.D.

American Pharmaceutical Association.-William S.

Thompson,

Phar. D., Alfred R. L. Dohme, Ph.D., Samuel A. D. Sheppard,
Ph. G.

United States War Department, Surgeon-General's Office. -Major
James C. Merrill, Surgeon, Major Edward C. Carter, Sur-
geon, Dr. William M. Mew, Chemist.

United States Department of the Navy, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.-Medical Director C. H. White, M.D.

United States Treasury Department, Marine Hospital Service.-Surgeon Preston H. Bailhache, M.D., Passed Assistant Surgeon H. D. Geddings, M.D.

Arkansas

Arkansas Association of Pharmacists.-Ernest F. Klein, Ph.G., *William W. Kerr, W. H. Skinner, alternate.

* Those marked (*) were absent.

California

Medical Society of the State of California.-A. L. Lengfeld, M.D.
California Academy of Medicine.-A. L. Lengfeld, M.D.

University of California, Medical Department.-A. L. Lengfeld, M. D.
California College of Pharmacy.-*John Calvert, Ph. C., Josephine
E. Barbat, Ph. G., * Valentine Schmidt.

Colorado

Colorado State Medical Society.-* E. C. Hill, M.D., J. Tracy Melvin, M.D., W. E. Wilson, M.D.

Connecticut

Connecticut Pharmaceutical Association.—Charles A. Rapelye, Charles
W. Whittlesey, John K. Williams.

Yale University, Medical Department.-Oliver T. Osborne, M.D.

Delaware

Delaware Pharmaceutical Society.-John M. Harvey, Ph. G., Jacob
S. Beetem, Ph. G., Francis E. Gallagher.

District of Columbia

Medical Society of the District of Columbia.-Thomas C. Smith, M. D.,
Murray Galt Motter, M.D., George J. Lochboehler, M. D.
Columbian University, Medical Department.-G. Wythe Cook, M.D.,
Emil A. de Schweinitz, M. D., * William P. Carr, M.D.
Georgetown University, Medical Department.-G. Lloyd Magruder,
M.D., William H. Hawkes, M. D., *John D. Hird.

Howard University, Department of Pharmacy.-William H. Seaman,
M.D., J. Herve Purdy, Robert B. Tyler, M.D.

Howard University, Department of Medicine.-*John E. Brackett,
M.D., Furmann J. Shadd, M.D., Robert Reyburn, M.D.
National College of Pharmacy.-Samuel L. Hilton, Phar. D., Francis.
M. Criswell, Phar. D., Frank C. Henry, Phar. D.

Georgia

Medical Association of Georgia.—Henry R. Slack, M.D., *James S.
Todd, M.D., J. B. Morgan, M.D.

Georgia Pharmaceutical Association.-George F. Payne, M.D.,

Ph. G., Henry R. Slack, M.D., * H. H. Arrington, J. M. Cleve-
land, Ph. G., alternate.

Atlanta College of Pharmacy.-J. M. Cleveland, Ph. G., J. W.
Gallaway, Ph. G., W. T. Whitlock, Ph. G.

Atlanta College of Physicians and Surgeons.-George F. Payne,
M.D., Ph.G.

Illinois

Illinois Pharmaceutical Association.-Henry Biroth, Ph. G., Albert
E. Ebert, Ph. M., Oscar Oldberg, Phar. D.

Chicago College of Pharmacy.* Francis Marion Goodman, Ph. G.,
Carl S. N. Hallberg, Ph. G., William A. Puckner, Ph. D.
Rush Medical College.-Walter S. Haines, M.D., Daniel R. Brower,
M.D., Jacob Allen Patton, M.D.

Chicago Medical Society.—* M. F. Clausius, M.D., Harry Kahn,
M.D., A. W. Baer, M.D.

Northwestern University Medical School.-Frank S. Johnson, M.D.,
N. S. Davis, Jr., M.D., * H. M. Richter, M.D.
Woman's Medical School, Northwestern University. Marie J.
Mergler, M.D., Josephine Jackson, M.D., Oscar Oldberg,
Phar. D.
Northwestern University, School of Pharmacy.-Oscar Oldberg,
Phar. D., Albert Schneider, M.D., * Wilhelm Bodemann.

Indiana

Iowa

Indiana State Medical Society.-* John N. Hurty, M.D., *E. C.
Reyer, M.D., Samuel Kennedy, M.D., George W. Sloan, M.D.,
alternate.

Indiana Pharmaceutical Association.-F. W. Meissner, Ph. G., *John
N. Hurty, M.D., * Arthur L. Green, Ph. C., M.D.

Purdue University, School of Pharmacy.—George W. Sloan, M.D.,
*Robert I. Eads, *Julius W. Sturmer, Ph.G.

Northern Indiana School of Pharmacy.-J. Newton Roe, Sc. D.,
Ph. G., Joseph C. Carson, M.D., *John H. Cloud.

Iowa Pharmaceutical Association.-Sherman R. Macy, Ph. C., Ph.D.,
*Edward A. Aldrich, Ralph C. Hamilton.

State University of Iowa.-Emil R. Boerner, Phar. D., Thomas
Houston Macbride, Ph. D., Launcelot Winchester Andrews,
Ph.D.

Highland Park College of Pharmacy.-Sherman R. Macy, Ph.C.,
Ph.D.

Kansas

Kansas Pharmaceutical Association.-Lucius E. Sayre, Ph. M., *John T. Moore, M.D., * C. L. Becker, Ph. C.

University of Kansas, School of Pharmacy.-Lucius E. Sayre, Ph. M., *Mrs. M. O. Miner, Ph. G., E. H. S. Bailey, Ph.D.

Kentucky

Kentucky State Medical Society.-Leon L. Solomon, M.D., *William Bailey, M.D., * Philip F. Barbour, M.D.

Kentucky Pharmaceutical Association.-C. Lewis Diehl, Ph.M.,
*Thomas B. Wood, *Joseph W. Fowler.

Louisville College of Pharmacy.-C. Lewis Diehl, Ph. M., *Emil
Scheffer, Ph. G., F. J. Schweitzer, Ph. G.

Maine

Maine Medical Association.-Charles O. Hunt, M.D., * Alfred Mitchell, M.D., * Addison S. Thayer, M.D.

Medical School of Maine, Bowdoin College.-Charles O. Hunt, M.D. Maryland

Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland.-Henry Barton
Jacobs, M.D., Samuel J. Fort, M.D., J. Frank Crouch, M.D.
Maryland Pharmaceutical Association.-Charles Caspari, Jr., Ph. G.
*A. J. Corning, Henry P. Hynson, Ph. G., Louis Schulze,
Ph. G., alternate.

Maryland College of Pharmacy.-D. M. R. Culbreth, M.D., Charles
E. Dohme, Ph.M., Daniel Base, Ph.D.

Baltimore Medical College.-J. Walter Hodges, Ph. G., M.D.,
William Caspari, Jr., Ph. G., J. Frank Crouch, M. D.

College of Physicians and Surgeons (Baltimore).-* William Simon,
Ph. D., M.D., William F. Lockwood, M.D., Samuel J. Fort,
M.D.

Johns Hopkins University, Medical Department.-John J. Abel, M.D.

Massachusetts

Massachusetts Medical Society.-Robert T. Edes, M.D., Bennett F.
Davenport, M.D., Frank G. Wheatley, M.D.

Massachusetts State Pharmaceutical Association.-Edgar L. Patch,
Ph. G., Charles F. Nixon, Ph. G., William F. Sawyer.
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy.-William W. Bartlet, Ph. G.,
Wilbur L. Scoville, Ph. G., Eli H. LaPierre, Ph. G., Samuel A.
D. Sheppard, Ph. G., alternate.
Ph.G.,

College of Physicians and Surgeons.-J. E. Leonard, Ph. G., M.D.

Michigan

Michigan State Pharmaceutical Association.—Albert B. Lyons, M.D.,
*Ottman Eberbach, Ph. G., * Edwin F. Phillips.

University of Michigan, Department of Medicine and Surgery.-
Albert B. Prescott, M. D., * Arthur R. Cushny, M.D., * George
Dock, M.D.