194  Pharmaceutical  Colleges  and  Associations.  {^^' A\^ri\'im"^' 
inaiiy  wlio  are  guilty  of  some  one  or  all  of  the  offences  charged  against  druggists;  so  that  your  committee 
offer  tlie  following  resolutions : 
"  Resolved,  That,  in  the  oidnion  of  the  Philadelphia  County  Medical  Society,  a  druggist  acts  simply  as 
the  agent  of  a  physician  in  compounding  his  prescriptions,  and  that  it  is  a  breach  of  his  proper  obligations  to 
4he  physician  to  renew,  without  his  direction,  or  furnish  copies  of,  any  formula  prescribed. 
Besolved,  That  the  members  of  this  Society  will  note  which  druggists  commit  such  breaches  of  obliga- 
ttions,  and  dissuade  their  patients  from  taking  prescriptions  to  them  to  be  compounded. 
Resolved,  That  the  members  of  this  Society  will  endeavor  to  have  their  prescriptions  compounded  by 
apothecaries  who  do  not  exhibit  signs  or  circulars,  or  otherwise  encourage  the  use  by  the  public,  of  patented 
or  proprietary  medicines." 
Inasmuch  as  it  api;>eared  tliat  many  pliysicians  themselves  prescribed  patented  and  proprietary  articles, 
it  was  fmlher 
"Resolved.  Tliat  it  be  recommended  to  this  Society  to  reaffirm  the  sentiments  expressed  in  Sections, 
Article  I,  of  Ak-  By-laws  of  the  Philadelphia  County  Medical  Society,  viz.,  '  That  any  physician  who  shall 
•enter  into  an  agreement  with  an  apothecary  to  receive  pecuniary  compensation  or  patronage  for  sending 
prescriptions  to -said  apothecary,  or  who  prescribes  a  remedy  without  knowing  its  composition,  or  who  shall 
liereafter  give  a  certificate  in  favor  of  a  patent  remedy  or  instrument,  shall  be  disqualified  from  becoming  or 
Temaining  a  member  of  this  Society.'"" 
"  RemU-ed,  That  this  Society  transmit  to  the  Trustees  of  the  Pliiladelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  a  copy  of 
ithis  By-law;  aJso  their  approval  of  the  sentiments  contained  in  the  articles  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Code  of 
Ethics,  above  quoted." 
Finally,  your  committee  offer  the  following  resolutions  for  the  acceptance  of  the  Society : 
■'■'■Jtesohed,  That  the  report  of  the  committee  be  printed  in  full  in  the  'Transactions  of  the  Philadelphia 
County  Medical  Society,'  with  the  action  of  the  Society,  and  that  their  publication  be  asked  for  also  in  the 
'American  Journal  of  Pharmacy '  and  in  the  '  Druggists'  Circular.' 
'■•Resolved,  That  the  committee  be  discliarged  from  the  further  consideration  of  the  sul)ject." 
It  was  also 
"  Resolved,  That  the  Trustees  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  be  requested  to  furnish  each  of 
their  graduates  with  a  copy  of  the  Pliarmaceutical  Code  of  Ethics." 
It  was  also 
■"iiesofee<7,  As  the  sense  of  t!iis  Society,  that  there  is  nothing  in  Ethics  to  forbid  a  pliysii.'iaa  dispensing 
3iis  own  medicines." 
By  ovdex  of  the  committee,  RICHARD  A.  CLEEMANN, 
Chairman  of  the  Conniiittee  on  Hygiene,  etc. 
Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy. — The  students  of  the  Junior 
Class  were  examined  on  the  afternoon  and  evening  of  February  15th.  The 
following  speeijiieiis  were  set  out  for  examination  and  recognition  : 
(Cetraria,  Aqua  menthae  viridis,  Aqua  ehloriiiii, 
Xiavaiidula^  Syrupus  tokitanus,  Carbo  animalis, 
A.rni'Ca,  Infus.  gentiaiue  comp.,  Acidum  nitricum, 
Tinet.  cinchonas  eomp. 
The  questions  to  be  answered  in  writing  were  as  follows : 
MATERIA  MEDICA  AND  BOTANY. 
1.  Define  fibro-vaseidar  tissue^  and  state  the  parts  of  dicotyledonous 
plaots  ill  which  it  is  contained. 
2.  What  is  the  difference  between  a  legume  and  follicle  ?  Give  an 
^'xam2)ie  of  eacli, 
3.  Define  the  terms  hi/pgynous  and  epigynous  as  applied  to  petals  and 
stamens,  and  tor  each  position  name  an  officinal  flower. 
4.  Give  the  characters  of  the  natural  order  of  CompositcE. 
5.  Nain-e  %<dVL\Q  drugs  derived  from  the  natural  order  of  >S'ota/<tacece,  and 
estate  to  what  class  of  principles  they  owe  their  poisonous  properties. 
PHARMACY. 
1.  What  is  a  Cubic  Centimetre?   How  many  are  contained  in  a  fluid- 
ounce?   What  is  the  usual  abbreviation  ?   How  many  grains  are  therein 
Cubic  Centimetre  of  Water  at  4°C.  ? 
J2,  What  shape  should  vessels  have  that  are  to  be  used  for  evaporating 
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