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keeping it in such quantity and manner 

 as not to increase the risk. 

 Collins vs. Ins. Co., 79 N. C, 281, s. c. 28 Am. 

 Rep., 322. 



Every pharmacy has some remedy of 

 its own make. Often it is heralded as a 

 panacea for every application. The do- 

 main of proprietary medicines is practi- 

 cally limitless. Humanity, always eager 

 to escape its hereditary ills, greedily 

 clutches at every compound that prom- 

 ises relief. The dealer is exposed to 

 the danger of suits for damages for in- 

 fringements. A medicine is usually pat- 

 ented by copyrighting the label, using a 

 distinct trade-mark or name. The for- 

 mula thus is not exposed, yet any in- 

 fringement can be redressed. The mere 

 name of a man is not the subject of a 

 trade-mark. 



A proprietary medicine must not, 

 however, be put up in such colorable im- 

 itation of another as to be calculated to 

 mislead an ordinary purchaser. The 

 cases in the books upon the subject are 

 too numerous for citation, but that is the 

 pith of the decisions. I have not sought 

 to digest this branch of the law for to- 

 night, for it would in itself furnish suf- 

 ficient material for an extended address. 



The question of the power of the New 

 York Fire Department to collect an 

 annual fee of $2 for the manufacture, 

 storage or keeping for sale of certain 

 combustibles, was answered in the af- 

 firmative in 1884. Gustavus Miller was 

 sued for a penalty for keeping ether on 

 sale without a permit. The Court of 

 Common Pleas, through Chief Justice 

 Chas. P. Daly, after a review of the 

 authorities held that the regulation was 

 properly made by the Board of Fire 

 Commissioners in the exercise of the po- 

 lice power for the security and safety of 

 the citizens. 



Mayor, etc. vs. Miller, 12 Daly, 496. 



I cannot find that the case was ever 

 taken to the court of last resort. 



Within quite a recent period the phar- 

 macist has suffered severely through the 

 encroachments of the large department 

 stores in cut rates and otherwise. There 

 is no law in our State to afford relief, but 

 there can be no question of the power of 

 the legislature to act in the premises by 

 way of reasonable regulation of the trade 

 if necessary in the public interest and done 

 without undue interference with private 

 rights. 



I thank you for the attention you have 

 accorded to my presentation of my sub- 

 ject. The College of Pharmacy deserves 

 the gratitude of the community for its 

 magnificent work. Its Alumni Association 

 fosters in its graduates the laudable am- 

 bition towards perfection in their profes- 

 sion. The aspiration of student days 

 are kept alive and are nurtured by it 

 amidst the busy cares of life. From 

 their ranks have sprung and will yet 

 come learned and noble physicians, 

 whose skill and usefulness as such will 

 in no small degree be enhanced by their 

 education in pharmacy. Nor should 

 there be any clash between their voca- 

 tions. As handmaids of each other they 

 should minister in the sacred cause of 

 alleviating the suffering of mankind. 

 L,et us hope that intelligent and benefi- 

 cent legislation, guided by scientific 

 knowledge, practical skill and a high 

 tand ard of professional morality and at- 

 tainments will lend its aid. My labors 

 will not have been in vain, if, encour- 

 aged by your motto, I have furnished a 

 few faggots " to feed the flame." 



Abies Balsamea. — By the distillation of the 

 fresh Lwigs and sap of this plant an ethereal 

 oil is obtained, which, according to Hunkel, 

 has a specific gravity of .8759 at 20 and a rotary 

 power of (a) d = — 32°.2. It consists, ap- 

 parently, of lsevo-rotary pinene and lsevo-rotary 

 bornyl acetate. — Apotheker-Zeitung ; 



