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Pharmaceutical  Meeting. 
A.m.  Jour.  Pharni. 
May,  1908. 
settled.  Dr.  Eaton  said  that  the  Council  on  Pharmacy  and  Chem- 
istry of  the  A.M.A.  has  done  work  which  every  one  appreciates, 
and  for  which  physicians  are  truly  grateful,  and  that  when  the  work 
done  by  the  American  Medical  Association  in  1875  is  compared  with 
that  now  being  carried  on  by  the  Association,  the  change  brought 
about  amounts  almost  to  a  revolution.  He  then  mentioned  some 
of  the  facts  which  go  to  show  that  physicians  as  a  class  are  improv- 
ing not  only  in  their  attitude  toward  minor  ethical  practices,  but 
also  in  regard  to  the  kind  of  medical  journals  which  they  read. 
Another  interesting  fact  mentioned  by  Dr.  Eaton  was  that  in  his 
work  as  a  member  of  the  Committee  on  Advertising  in  Religious 
Journals  of  the  Pennsylvania  State  Medical  Society,  he  had  found 
six  journals  of  this  class  that  were  clean. 
Dr.  Wood  said  that  he  was  interested  in  the  remark  that  form- 
erly when  questions  of  mutual  interest  were  discussed,  physicians 
would  meet  in  one  place  and  pharmacists  in  another,  and  he 
claimed  that  this  manner  of  procedure  was  largely  responsible  for 
conditions  as  they  had  existed  in  the  past.  He  therefore  urged 
that  the  members  of  the  two  callings  meet  in  friendly  concourse  to 
consider  the  evils  that  have  sprung  up. 
Mr.  Mulford  said  that  he  had  been  impressed  by  the  position 
taken  by  Professor  Hallberg  in  advocating  the  use  of  Latin  names 
for  all  preparations.  He  said  that  his  firm  had  tried  the  experiment 
of  using  the  official  titles  on  their  labels,  and  that  they  had  received 
objections  to  this  manner  of  labeling  from  jobbers  all  over  the 
country,  thus  being  obliged  to  print  another  set  of  labels  giving 
the  common  names  of  the  preparations.  Mr.  Mulford  advanced 
the  opinion  that  more  information  regarding  the  properties  of  medi- 
cines should  be  given  by  physicians  to  the  laity,  claiming  that  if 
the  layman  has  some  knowledge  of  drugs,  he  is  better  able  to 
appreciate  the  benefits  of  medical  treatment ;  and  that  ignorant  lay- 
men are  the  ones  who  are  victims  of  medical  pretenders. 
Mr.  Wilbert  announced  that  Dr.  J.  N.  McCormack  would  deliver 
an  address  on  certain  phases  of  the  work  of  the  Ameriean  Medical 
Association  at  Witherspoon  Hall,  Philadelphia,  on  the  evening  of 
May  nth,  and  urged  those  present  to  attend  the  lecture. 
At  the  close  of  the  discussion  a  vote  of  thanks  was  tendered 
Professor  Hallberg  for  his  interesting  address. 
Florence  Yaple,  Secretary  pro  tern. 
