A_m.  Jour.  Pbarm. 
June.  1908. 
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Dr.  McCormack  and  His  Work. — A  popular  meeting  held  under 
the  auspices  of  the  Philadelphia  County  Medical  Society,  on  the 
evening  of  May  11,  1908,  gave  pharmacists  of  Philadelphia  an  op- 
portunity to  familiarize  themselves  with  an  important,  though  as 
yet  scarcely  developed,  field  for  association  work. 
Dr.  J.  N.  McCormack,  the  Chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Organi- 
zation of  the  American  Medical  Association,  addressed  a  large  and 
enthusiastic  audience  on  "  The  Relation  of  the  Physician  to  the  Pub. 
lie."  In  the  course  of  his  address  Dr.  McCormack  pointed  out  that, 
despite  the  shortcomings  and  the  faults  of  medical  men,  they  were 
not  alone  to  blame  for  the  present-day  lack  of  development  in  hygiene 
and  sanitation.  He  asserted  that  the  public  at  large,  and  particu- 
larly the  more  responsible  portion  of  the  public,  is  fully  as  much  to 
blame  as  is  the  medical  profession. 
The  members  of  the  pharmaceutical  profession  were  well  repre- 
sented both  in  the  list  of  vice-presidents  as  well  as  in  the  audience, 
and  the  opinions  expressed  by  Dr.  McCormack  and  the  other 
speakers  were  generally  agreed  to  by  the  pharmacists  who  were 
present. 
The  Meeting  of  the  American  Medical  Association,  at  Chicago,  June 
2  to  5,  1908,  promises  to  be  one  of  unusual  interest  and  will  un- 
doubtedly prove  to  be  of  considerable  import  to  the  future  progress 
of  pharmacy. 
The  meetings  of  the  Section  on  Pharmacology  and  Therapeutics 
should  prove  to  be  of  practical  interest  and  value  to  pharmacists. 
The  preliminary  programme  contains  a  list  of  communications  that 
are  of  direct  importance  to  pharmacists,  and  many  if  not  all  of  the 
contributions  should  be  of  value  to  the  pharmacist  who  is  earnestly 
striving  to  improve  himself  in  his  calling. 
At  least  one  of  the  sessions  will  be  devoted  to  a  discussion  of  the 
United  States  Pharmacopoeia  and  the  National  Formulary.  This 
symposium  will  be  augmented  by  an  exhibition  of  U.S. P.  and  N.F. 
preparations,  made  by  the  Chicago  Branch  of  the  American  Phar- 
maceutical Association.  It  is  generally  believed  that  the  officers 
and  members  of  the  Chicago  Branch  expect  to  make  this  exhibi- 
tion one  of  unusual  interest  to  physicians,  and  they  will  no  doubt 
succeed. 
Medical  Education  in  the  United  States. — The  report  of  the  meet- 
ing of  the  Council  on  Medical  Education  of  the  American  Medical 
