Morning journal and courier., 1881-02-04
Pharmaceutical.

The Annual Convention i'm Waterbury. Officers were elected at the pharmaceutical convention in Waterbury as follows: Presi- dent, L. l. Munson, of Waterbury vice presidents, E. A. Gessner of New Haven, N. D. Sevin of Norwich; secretary, Franklin Wilcox, of Waterbury treasurer, George P. Chandler, of Hartford. congratulatory telegram was received from T. F. Main, of New York, formerly of New Britain.
 An invitation to visit the Bronson library | was accepted.
 F. P. Dickinson, of Hartford, imparted considerable information regarding the best 1 method for preserving roots and herbs from deterioration.
 Various committees reported and the time of holding the annual meeting was voted
 changed to the first Wednesday in May also that the next annual meeting will be held in
 Bridgeport.
 Samuel Moves, of New Haven, was made an honorary member of the association, his | election to date back year. The following were appointed delegates to ! the meeting of the American Pharmaceutical | association H. H. Osgood, F. H. Chapin, | Thomas F, Main, E. A. Gessner, Stephen Goodrich. They were given power to ap- point substitutes.
 The committee on exhibits were given time 1 to prepare their report for publication. motion was carried that the president nominate six members of the association, from which number the Governor may select two | for the pharmacy commission in case the I olo,- aot 1ayv President Munson appointed E. s. Sykes, ! N. J. Beers and F. A. Stevens as the execu- ! tive committee of the association: and J. K. | Williams, F. M. Wilson and J. B. Nichols ! committee on progress of pharmacy and | queries.
 E. A. Gessner, of New Haven, in a paper | on Query No. 1, showed what advantage gelatine possesses as pill coating, and pre- | scented 8 working formula for extemporane- ! ous coating. It called out several questions, which were answered by Mir. Gessner. This was followed by paper prepared by ! E. A. Smith of Apothecaries Halin Waterbury, | which was read by Secretary Wilcox, MT. | Smith being unable to be present. F. M Wilson, of Willimantic, next read a ! carefully prepared and practical paper in an- | swer to Query No. g.: "Are the wines and I liquors supplied by the wholesale dealers | adulterated If so, what are the adulterants ! and the best tests for them ?" It elicitec very ! favorable comment.
 ! This concluded the papers prepared in an ! swer to the queries adopted at the last annual | meeting.
 A vote of thanks to MT. Tremaine of the | Scovil House was passed for his kindness | in allowing the association the use of his par | lors, and for other courtesies extended. | J. G. Rathbun, of Hartford, was appoint \ ed the historian of the association for the \ year 1881. It was voted to hold summer meeting the \ time and place to be designated by the presi- | dent.
 Mr. Munson, on behalf of the Waterbury | druggists, expressed their thanks to the oth- I CT members for their attendance, and apolo- g1zed for the place of meeting. Arrangements ! were made to use the City Court room, but 1 owing to an unexpected session of the Supe- I rior Court it was found necessary to meet in | the Police Court room.
 1 These remarks of Mr. Munson closed one of the best attended meetings of the Connec- 1 ticut Pharmaceutical association, and one ! which proved to be both interesting and in- structi7e for all concerned. There was full | discussion on the queries and other subjects l that came up, and the members were not I backward in expressing their opinions, ask I ing questions and offering suggest ions.