THE ALUMNI JOURNAL. 



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of Pharmacy in English-speaking coun- 

 tries are primarily based upon the princi- 

 ple of protecting the public against the 

 indiscriminate sale and use of poisons. 



It is desirable to have a collective re- 

 port of the Poison Laws of the States, 

 including separate Acts as well as the 

 Poison sections of the various Pharmacy 

 Laws, the important provisions, with 

 suggestions for their codification, to be 

 presented in tabulated form. 



2. Present a list of Proprietary Ar- 

 ticles containing poisons : medicinal, 

 antiseptic, insecticidal, or of general or 

 popular use, giving the character of the 

 poisonous ingredients and approximately 

 their proportion ; also state whether or 

 not the packages contain any references 

 to, or caution against the dangerous char- 

 acter of the contents. 



3. The Committee of this Section de- 

 sires to present a Statistical Report on 

 the number of deaths and percentage of 

 death-rate occurring during a stated 

 period (one or more years) from the use 

 of poison, stating (1) kind of poison, (2) 

 in the form used, (3) accidental, (4) 

 suicidal, or (5) homicidal. 



This information may be obtained 

 from the Coroners and should be trans- 

 mitted to the Secretary of this Section. 



REGISTRATION STATISTICS. 



This Committee desires to present a 

 Collective Report embracing the follow- 

 ing information from every Pharmacy 

 Board in North America, based upon the 

 year 1894 : 



4. REGISTRATION OF PHARMACISTS OR 

 LICENTIATES : 



a) The total number of Candidates for 

 Registration as R. Ph's or Licentiates. 



b) The total number registered as R. 

 Ph's or Licentiates. 



c) The number of Graduate Candi- 

 dates. 



d) The number of Graduates register- 

 ed on Diploma. 



e) The number rejected on Diploma. 



f) The number of G r aduates register- 

 ed by Examination. 



g) The number rejected by Examina- 

 tion. 



h) The number of Non-Graduates 

 registered by Examination. 



5. REGISTRATION OF ASSISTANTS. 



i) The total number of Candidates 

 for Registration. 



k) The total number of persons regis- 

 tered as Assistants during the year 1894. 



/) The number of Graduate Candi- 

 dates. 



ni) The number of Graduates register- 

 ed on Diploma. 



ti) The number rejected. 



(?) The number of Non Graduates 

 registered by Examination. 



6. REGISTRATION OF APPRENTICES: 



p) The number of Apprentices regis- 

 tered . 



r) The Educational Requirements. 



s) The Age. 



COLLEGE ATTENDANCE. 



It is asserted that the great multiplica- 

 tion of Drug Stores is in a measure owing 

 to the large number of graduates turned 

 out by the Pharmaceutical Schools and 

 Colleges. 



7. Present statistics showing the num- 

 ber of students in attendance at the 

 Pharmaceutical Schools and Colleges in 

 North America. Also the number gradu- 

 ated during the same period. To attain 

 uniformity in the proportion of graduates 

 to students, the period covered by one 

 school year, '93-' 94, should be taken. 



8. Should Scholastic Education be re- 

 quired preliminary to entrance into 

 Pharmaceutical Schools or Colleges ? If 

 so, in what degree is it practicable of en- 

 forcement ? Should such education be a 

 requirement for registration of Appren- 



