Am  jom-.  Jharm.  i  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  501 
October,  190b.      )  ^ 
might  not  be  so  from  the  legal  point  of  view,  i.e.,  if  the  student 
did  not  gain  a  laboratory  knowledge  of  substances  he  is  unqualified 
when  it  comes  to  a  test. 
National  and  State  Legislation. 
By  Oscar  Oldberg. 
This  was  a  voluminous  report  prepared  by  the  Committee  on 
National  and  State  Legislation  of  the  Association  which  it  is 
hoped  will  be  printed  later  in  the  Bulletin  of  the  A.  Ph.  A.  and 
be  placed  in  the  hands  of  every  retail  pharmacist  in  the  United 
States. 
Section  on  Practical  Pharmacy  and  Dispensing. 
Two  sessions  of  this  section  were  held  with  the  Chairman, 
Franklin  M.  Apple  and  the  Secretary,  W.  L.  Scoville  present. 
The  address  of  the  Chairman  was  in  part  devoted  to  a  review  of 
the  work  of  the  section  during  the  ten  years  of  its  existence.  Re- 
ferring to  the  recommendation  contained  in  the  address  of  the 
chairman  of  this  committee  of  last  year  to  the  effect  that  closer 
relationships  should  exist  between  the  several  committees  of  this 
Association,  particularly  so  those  of  the  Scientific  Section  and 
this  Section,  he  said : 
"  This  post-graduate  course  in  pharmacy  should  be  conducted 
with  perfect  system  and  order,  thereby  increasing  its  effectiveness 
many  fold,  and  making  it  more  attractive  to  those  students  who 
are  anxious  to  keep  abreast  of  the  times  and  prove  themselves 
creditable  votaries  of  their  calling  in  life. 
"  The  physicians  are  awakening  to  a  full  realization  of  the 
manifold  advantages  of  adhering  closely  to  the  U.  S.  P.  and  N.  F. 
preparations  as  their  armamentarium  in  the  treatment  of  disease, 
and  they  are  demanding  more  thorough  courses  of  instruction  in 
the  colleges  of  medicine  upon  the  U.  S.  P.  and  N.  F.  preparations, 
which  will  prepare  the  future  physicians  to  pass  more  critical  judg- 
ment upon  those  preparations ;  hence  a  far  greater  responsibility 
devolves  upon  the  dispensing  pharmacists,  who  must  look  for 
their  future  education,  in  matters  practical,  largely  to  this 
Association." 
The  following  officers  were  elected  for  the  ensuing  year:  Chair- 
man, Leonard  A.  Seltzer;  Secretary,  E.  Fullerton  Cook;  Associate, 
Otto  Raubenheimer. 
