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the  Progress  of  Pharmacy  and  the  Pharmacopceia  were  noticed,  and  in  re- 
gard to  the  latter,  the  president  urges  that  the  report  as  embraced  in  the 
next  volume  of  Proceedings  be  tendered  to  the  National  Convention  of 
1870,  and  says,  "  It  seems  appropriate  also  that  some  action  should  be 
taken  at  the  present  meeting,  encouraging  all  the  incorporated  Colleges 
of  Pharmacy  to  participate  in  the  Convention  and  declare  our  fealty  and 
our  determination  to  aid  in  the  maintenance  of  the  National  Standard. 
If  to  this  could  be  added  an  expression  of  sentiment,  such  as  would  come 
with  peculiar  fitness  from  a  meeting  convened  in  the  North  Western 
Metropolis,  favorable  to  the  widening  of  the  scope  of  the  Pharma- 
copoeia so  as  in  itself  to  meet  more  completely  the  manifold  wants  of  the 
pharmacist,  it  might  have  an  influence  with  the  highly  conservative  and 
eminently  scientific  gentlemen  to  whom  the  final  revision  will  probably 
be  entrusted.  There  is  a  growing  need  for  authoritative  standards  for  a 
large  number  of  popular  remedies,  which,  while  they  remain  outside  the 
pale  of  officinal  preparations,  tend  to  weaken  the  value  attached  to  the 
Pharmacopoeia  by  practical  business  men." 
The  subject  of  the  tariflf  occupies  several  pages  of  the  address,  which 
advocates  the  appointment  of  a  Committee  to  use  its  efforts  to  effect  a 
reduction  of  the  high  duties  on  drugs  in  general,  as  a  measure  important 
to  the  interest  of  the  community  and  not  detrimental  to  the  revenue. 
The  proposed  draft  of  a  law  to  regulate  Pharmacy  is  advocated  as 
embodying  principles  calculated  to  elevate  and  advance  our  profession, 
and  to  remedy  many  of  the  evils  arising  out  of  want  of  education  and 
training.  The  president  believes  it  will  favor  local  organization,  which 
he  advocates  as  desirable  in  every  district  where  members  justify  it. 
The  report  concludes  with  the  statement  that  John  Faber  was  duly 
authorized  to  attend  the  "Congress  at  Yienna,  as  the  representative  of 
the  Association. 
The  suggestions  of  the  President's  address  were  referred,  at 
the  suggestion  of  the  Business  Committee,  to  a  special  Com- 
mittee, to  which  duty  the  Chairman  appointed  James  T.  Shinn, 
of  Phila.,  Edward  L.  Milhau,  of  New  York,  and  Dr.  F.  Mahla, 
of  Chicago. 
The  meeting  then  adjourned. 
Second  Session — Wednesday  Morning,  Sept.  Sth. 
The  Association  convened  pursuant  to  adjournment,  at  9 
o'clock,  A.  M.,  Vice-President  Bringhurst  in  the  Chair. 
The  minutes  of  the  first  session  were  read  and  approved. 
The  Business  Committee  offered  the  following,  which  was 
adopted  : 
