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Meeting  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association. — The  time  of 
the  annual  meeting  of  this  body  is  rapidly  approaching.  There  is  no  class 
of  persons  whose  avocation  requires  more  unremitting  attention,  'than 
pharmaceutists  ;  and  none  to  whom  recreation  is  more  acceptable.  Many 
of  the  brethren  in  the  Atlantic  cities,  have  not  yet  visited  the  valley  of  the 
Ohio,  and  we  would  suggest  to  these,  the  idea  of  getting  into  the  cars  some 
pleasant  morning  about  the  23d  of  July,  and  be  wafted  over  the  Alleghanies 
and  down  the  Ohio,  so  as  to  reach  Cincinnati  on  or  before  the  25th  of  that 
month,  to  attend  the  meeting  of  the  Association,  after  which  they  can  return 
by  Niagara  and  the  Hudson. 
The  hint  is  hardly  necessary  to  our  western  friends ;  they  are  so  accus- 
tomed to  locomotion,  that  a  few  hundreds  of  miles  is  a  small  obstacle  to 
them,  if  their  interest  is  excited.  Last  year,  Baltimore  was  without  a  repre-  N 
sentative  at  Boston.  There  has  never  been  a  member  from  the  South,  except 
from  Richmond.  The  Association  is  national,  its  members  should  hail  from 
every  State.  Charleston  and  Savannah,  Mobile  and  New  Orleans,  Natchez, 
Nashville  and  St.  Louis,  have  pharmaceutists,  whose  countenance  and 
talents  would  be  useful  to  the  Association,  and  on  whom  the  influences  of 
the  Association  would  react  beneficially.  Then  Chicago  and  Detroit,  Cleav- 
land,  Pittsburg  and  Buffalo,  Rochester  and  Albany,  have  equally  honorable 
examples.  Our  New  England  brethren,  who  turned  out  so  earnestly  last 
year,  will  not  be  absent.  Philadelphia  has  appointed  delegates,  and  New 
York  will  doubtless  be  well  represented.  Under  these  circumstances,  it  is 
reasonable  to  anticipate  a  full  meeting  on  the  banks  of  the  "  beautiful  river," 
in  the  Queen  City  of  the  West. 
Tn  glancing  at  the  future  prospects  of  the  Association,  we  do  not  see  the 
elements  of  sudden  growth  to  power  and  influence.  Originating  in  the  most 
disinterested  spirit,  it  has  so  far  been  carried  on,  without  stooping  from 
its  high  aims.  These  have  had  reference  chiefly  to  the  drug  market,  to 
the  existing  state  of  pharmacy,  and  to  local  organization. 
The  primary  importance  of  increasing  the  facilities  for  pharmaceutical 
instruction,  is  beginning  to  attract  the  attention  it  deserves.  Many  young 
men  perceive  that  there  is  something  else  required,  besides  the  practical 
routine  of  the  shop,  to  make  a  thorough  pharmaceutist,  and  they  are  seeking 
