Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-09
WELCOME BY NAGEL
PharmacopeiaI Convention to
Meet Here Tomorrow.
MINISTER CAlVO TO SPEAK
Nominating Committee to Be Sc
lected to Name Committee on Re.
vision of Pharmacopeia.
MINISTER CALVO TO SPEAt

Delegates to the ninth decennial United
States Pharmacopeial convention arrived
In Washington today by the hundred and
registered at the convention headquarters
at the New Willard Hotel. The opening
session of the convention will be held to-
morrow morning at $3.50 o'clock, when
Secretary Nagel of the Department of
Commerce and Labor will welcome the
delegates to Washington. An address will
be lhade too. by Senior Calvo. minister
from Costa Rica, and the address of the
president of the convention, DR.. H. c.
WOOD of Philadelphia, will be read. DR..
Wood is i'll and unable to attend the con-
vention and DR.. Otto A. Wall of St
Louis will be the presiding officer and
will read President Woods address.
The nominating committee will be Sc
lected tomorrow. Its duties are to NOM
mate the officers for the next convention
and to nominate the committee on re-
vision of the pharmacopeia.
OF the five members of the board of
trustees elected at the convention in
1900 not one is now serving. Four of them
are dead. among these being the chair
man. William s. Thompson of this city.
The fifth member. Samuel A. d. Shep-
pard of Boston, resigned. The first four
places were filled as the vacancies Oc-
Cured.
Officers of the Convention.
The officers of the convention are:
President, II. c. Wood, NJ. D.. Philadel-
phia, Pa; first vice president A. 8. Pres
cott NJ. D., Ann Arbor. Mich, died Feb
ruary %. 1900; second vice president.
Otto A. WALL NJ D., st. Louis; third vice
president. Reynold w. Wilcox, NJ. D.,
New York; fourth vice president. n. S.
Davis, jr.. NJ. d.. Chicago: fifth vice pres
fdent, A. l.. Lengfeld. NJ. d.. San Francis
co: secretary. Henry NJ. Whelpley. M. D..
Gait Motter. NJ D.. Washington. D: c.;
treasurer. William NJ New. NJ. D., Wash
ington. d. c. -(died September 10. 1902;
G. Wythe Cook. NJ D.. Washington,
d. c. elected November I, 1902
Board of trustees-Chairman: Charles
+. Dohme. Phi. NJ, Baltimore; James Fl.
Beal, Sc. D., Scio, Ohio elected October
81. 1000; Frederick w. Meissiner.
PHI: G., Laporte, Ind elected January
Louis elected April IA. 1909: ex officio
H. c. Wood, NJ D.. Philadelphia; ex
officio. Joseph P. Remington, Phi. NJ,
Philadelphia; secretary, Murray Calf
Motter, NJ. D., Washington, d. c.
Committee Of Revision.
The following are the members of the
committee of revision:
New York. n. Y. died May IS, 1ooD;
chairman. Joseph P. Remington. Ph.M.,
Philadelphia elected June 6. 190D; first
vice chairman, c. Lewis Diehl. Ph.M..
Louisville elected October TO- 1900: sec
ond vice chairman. Reynold w. Wilcox,
MD. New York: secretary, Alfred r. l..
Dohme, Phi. D.. Baltimore; John j. Abel,
MD, Baltimore: Charles Caspart. jr..
Phar.D.. Baltimore; Virgil Coblentz, Ph.D.,
New York: N. s. Davis. jr.. MD. Chi
cago: James M. Good. Pho, st. Louis;
Walter s. Haines. MD. Chicago: Carl S.
~ Hallberg, Pho. Chicago II. A. Hare.
Ph.D.. PhIladelphia; Edward Kremers.
Detroit. Mich; John Marshall MD, Phil
adelpilia: Oscar sOldberg, Phar. d.. Chi
cago; George F. Payne. MD, Atlanta.
Ca; Henry H. Rusby' MD, New York
Sadtler. Ph.D.. Philadelphia: Lucius E.
Sayre, Ph.M.. Lawrence. Kan: Wilbur l..
Scoville. Detroit. Mich: Edward II.
squibb; ND. Brooklyn: Alvtso f. Stew
II. c. Wood, MD, Philadelphia.
United States Pharmacopeia.
The organization has charge of the
publication of the United States Pharma-
copeia, standard book of drugs that is
recognized by this and other govern
ments. A bill has been introduced in
Congress by Representative Coudrey
providing that the pharmacopeia shall
be published by the government.
The first United States Pharmacopeial
convention was held in Washington in
1920 in the Capitol building. Since then
succeeding conventions have been held in
Washington every ten years. More than
$50 state organizations and universities
will he represented at the convention and
orlx IN N ar
tend.