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have  been  introduced  during  the  years.  Inter-state  meetings  of  pharma- 
ceutical associations  were  suggested  as  being  productive  of  interest.  The 
relations  to  the  State  Medical  Association  were  alluded  to,  and  legal  meas- 
ures were  recommended  for  preventing  the  further  spreading  of  secret 
nostrums  and  fraudulent  medicines.  The  address  was  referred  to  a  com- 
mittee and  several  of  the  suggestions  were  subsequently  adopted. 
Propositions  for  membership  were  read,  and  during  the  meeting  forty-nine 
new  members  were  elected. 
A  resolution  was  passed  inviting  the  members  of  the  medical  profession 
of  Scranton  and  vicinity  to  attend  the  meeting. 
The  secretary's  report  showed  a  total  amount  of  $1,345.01  having  been 
received  ;  the  expenditures  were  $914.44,  leaving  a  balance  of  $430.57on  hand. 
The  secretary's  report  dealt  mainly  with  the  published  proceedings  and 
with  the  roll  of  members. 
The  following  officers  were  elected  for  the  ensuing  year  and  installed  at 
the  last  session :  President,  J.  W.  Miller,  Allegheny  City ;  Vice-Presidents, 
J.  H.  Stein,  Heading,  and  J.  F.  Patton,  York ;  Executive  Committee,  J.  H. 
Eedsecker,  C.  T.  George  and  Wm.  Harris.  Secretary  Miller  and  Treasurer 
Lemberger  were  re-elected. 
Greetings  were  ordered  to  be  sent  to  the  meetings  of  the  New  York,  Ohio 
and  Iowa  associations. 
Professor  Trimble  read  the  report  of  the  Committee  on  Adulterations,  of 
which  an  abstract  will  be  found  on  another  page. 
Reports  from  various  delegations  and  from  special  committees  were 
received.  Considerable  discussion  was  created  about  a  plan  submitted  with 
the  view  of  securing  to  the  pharmacist  the  full  retail  price  of  what  was 
called  "legitimate  patent  medicines."  There  was  much  opposition  to  the 
consideration  by  the  association  of  any  question  relating  to  the  recognition 
of  nostrums ;  but  finally  a  special  committee  was  directed  to  be  appointed 
for  the  purpose  of  reporting  next  year  a  feasible  plan  if  such  could  be 
devised. 
The  interchange  of  certificates  of  pharmacy  boards  was  not  favored  by  the 
association  ;  but  the  repeal  of  the  special  government  tax  for  the  sale  of 
alcohol  and  the  reduction  of  the  tax  on  the  manufacture  of  alcohol  were 
approved. 
The  following  papers  were  read  during  the  sessions  : 
On  the  relation  of  pharmacists  to  the  Sabbath,  by  J.  W.  Miller.  The 
paper  stated  that  a  number  of  pharmacists  of  Allegheny  County  were  fined 
for  trivial  sales  under  a  special  law  applying  to  that  county,  and  that  efforts 
had  been  made,  but  without  success,  to  repeal  that  special  law.  Considerable 
discussion  was  had  on  various  details  mentioned  in  the  paper  which  was 
finally  withdrawn,  and  a  resolution  was  adopted  urging  druggists  to  confine 
their  Sunday  business  to  works  of  necessity  and  mercy. 
The  efficiency  of  pharmaceutical  associations  was  discussed  in  a  paper  by 
Dr.  Reed,  and  the  need  of  a  more  thorough  organization  by  pharmacists  by 
W.  L.  Turner. 
Tincture  of  strophanthus  was  recommended  by  Geo.  W.  Kennedy  to  be 
