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EDITORIAL. 
preliminary  Revision  of  the  United  States  Pharmacopoeia,  to  be  sent  by 
our  delegates  to  the  Decennial  Pharmacopoeia  Convention  of  1870,  as  the 
contribution  of  this  College,  the  following  members  were  appointed : 
Alfred  B.  Taylor, 
Charles  Bullock, 
T.  S.  Wiegand, 
Henry  N.  Eittenhonse 
Edward  Parrish, 
James  T.  Shinn, 
Chas.  L.  Eberle, 
Charles  Shivers, 
John  M.  Maisch. 
On  motion,  then  adjourned.  . 
William  Procter,  Jr., 
Ambrose  Smith, 
Wilson  H.  Pile,  M.  D. 
Israel  J.  Grahame, 
Chas.  Bullock,  Secretary. 
€i)itorial  ScpaiimenL 
Legislation  for  Pharmacy  in  Pennsylvania. — During  the  two  months 
which  have  elapsed  since  our  previous  article  with  this  caption  was  pen- 
ned no  progress  has  been  made  by  the  Legislature  in  carrying  out  the  un- 
just scheme  of  law  which  originally  emanated  from  a  committee  of  the 
State  Medical  Society,  unjust  because  oppressive,  not  reaching  the  ob- 
ject aimed  at,  and  insulting  to  the  respectable  body  of  Druggists  and 
Pharmaceutists  of  Philadelphia,  who,  though  to  be  subjected  to  the  rigo- 
rous annoyances  of  the  law,  were  in  no  wise  consulted  in  its  creation. 
In  saying  this  it  is  with  no  intention  of  reflecting  unjustly  on  the  State 
Medical  Society  as  a  body,  which,  deeming  the  profession  to  be  suffering 
in  its  usefulness  by  adulterated  medicines,  authorized  a  committee  to  me- 
morialize the  Legislature  to  appoint  an  inspector  of  drugs  and  to  make 
drug  adulteration  a  misdemeanor.  We  believe  its  committee  to  have 
been  a  very  unfit  one,  and,  profiting  by  the  results  of  the  crusade  it  has 
carried  on  against  the  druggists  and  apothecaries  through  the  Legisla- 
ture and  a  portion  of  the  public  press,  we  earnestly  hope  the  State  Soci- 
ety will  hereafter  have  the  justice  and  courtesy  to  apprise  the  College  of 
Pharmacy  of  their  intentions  before  they  thus  assume  to  legislate  for 
the  druggists  and  pharmaceutists  of  Philadelphia. 
Pending  the  existence  of  the  second  bill,  a  meeting  of  the  druggists, 
pharmaceutists  and  manufacturing  chemists  of  Philadelphia  was  called 
by  the  Secretary  of  the  College  of  Pharmacy,  and  met  on  the  evening  of 
March  16th,  at  the  hall  of  the  College.  The  meeting  was  organized  by 
appointing  Robert  Shoemaker,  Pres/den^ ;  Thomas  H.  Powers,  Charles 
Ellis,  Mitchel  J.  Rosengarten,  W.  Procter,  Jr.,  T.  Morris  Perot  and  Wm. 
C.  Henszey,  Vice-Presidents ;  and  Alfred  B.  Tayloj:  and  Wm.  J.  Jenks, 
Secretaries. 
The  Chairman  opened  the  meeting  by  a  brief  history  of  the  legislation, 
and  its  relation  to  the  druggists  of  Philadelphia,  concluding  his  remarks 
by  presuming  that  none  were  opposed  to  the  appointment  of  a  proper 
person  for  inspector  of  drugs,  but  he  should  like  to  hear  a  free  expression 
in  regard  to  the  matter. 
