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III.  Recognizing  the  value  of  alcohol  as  a  therapeutic  agent,  and  the 
propriety  of  its  being  dispensed  as  such  by  pharmacists,  yet  deploring  the 
wide-spread  evil  resulting  from  its  indiscriminate  use  in  its  hundred  insid- 
ious forms,  we  condemn  any  attempt  to  make  it  a  prominent  feature  of 
our  business  as  unprofessional ;  and  we  denounce  the  loose  practice  of 
allowing  it  to  be  used  on  the  premises,  in  any  siiape,  as  a  beverage,  as 
degrading,  and  we  urge  upon  i^harmacists  the  duty  of  exercising  a  con- 
scientious care  in  dispensing  a  drug  liable  to  such  dangerous  abuse. 
IV.  We  discountenance  all  secret  formulas  between  physicians  and  phar- 
macists, and  consider  it  our  duty  to  communicate  such  to  one  another, 
when  requested. 
V.  We  distinctly  repudiate  the  practice  of  allowing  physicians  a  percent- 
age on  their  prescriptions  as  derogatory  to  botli  j^rofessions. 
VI.  We  will  endeavor,  as  far  as  it  lies  in  our  power,  to  refrain  from 
compromising  the  professional  reputation  of  physicians,  and  we  ex])ect 
the  same  comity  from  them. 
VII.  Since  the  professional  training  of  the  pharmacist  does  not  include 
those  branches  which  enable  the  physician  to  diagnose  and  treat  disease, 
we  should  in  all  practicable  cases  decline  to  give  medical  advice,  and  refer 
the  applicant  to  a  regular  practitioner. 
VIII.  The  growing  demands  of  the  age  require  that  tliose  who  follow 
the  profession  of  ])harmacy  should  be  educated  to  a  higher  standard. 
Therefore  we  consider  it  our  duty,  individually  and  collectively,  to  encour- 
age the  advancement  of  knowledge  in  our  profession  generally,  and  partic- 
ularly by  stimulating  our  assistants  to  attend  the  lectures  of  a  college  of 
pharmacy,  and  by  aiding  and  assisting  them  to  do  so. 
IX.  Considering  it  expedient  that  some  rule  should  be  adopted  to  enforce 
the  provisions  of  our  code,  we  hereby  agree,  if  any  just  cause  of  its  viola- 
tion be  found  against  a  member  of  this  Association,  to  bring  the  case  before 
a  special  or  the  next  general  meeting  of  the  Association,  when  the  accused, 
after  being  heard  in  his  own  defense,  may  be  expelled  by  a  two-thirds  vote 
of  all  tlie  members  present. 
The  third  session,  held  on  the  morning  of  June  loth,  was  chiefly  devoted 
to  the  reading  of  papers,  the  first  of  whicli  was  by  Mr.  C.  L.  Lochman,  of 
Bethlehem,  on  the  Prevention  of  Mistakes  in  Dispensing  Poisons.  The 
author  recommended,  in  the  first  j^lace,  order — by  separating  all  dangerous 
articles  from  those  of  an  indifferent  nature— the  former,  it  is  suggested,  to  be 
kept  on  the  right-  and  the  latter  on  the  left-hand  side  of  the  store,  pre- 
scription counter  or  stockroom;  accuracy  of  weights  and  scales ;  cleanli- 
ness of  all  implements  and  apparatus  ;  care  in  scanning  the  signs  used  in 
the  prescription,  and  the  dose  of  all — notably  the  potent  liiedicines  ordered, 
and  in  correctly  and  sufficiently  labeling  all  medicines,  are  regarded  as 
among  the  most  inportant  safeguards. 
A  paper  by  Dr.  H.  Pursell,  of  Bristol,  treated  of  the  purgative  properties 
of  that  part  of  Resin  of  Podopliyllmn  soluble  in  Water.  By  treating  the 
resin  with  3  parts  of  water  at  150°F.  4  per  cent,  of  extract  soluble  in  water 
was  obtained,  while  water  at  60°F.  took  up  6  per  cent.  Both  extracts 
proved  inefficient  in  doses  of  1  grain,  but^Durged  effectively,  attended  with 
;8ome  griping,  in  doses  of  2  grains. 
For  concealing  the  objectionable  valerian  odor  in  Elixir  of  Valerianate 
of  Ammonium^  Mr.  W.  M.  Thomson  very  properly  recommends  the  addi- 
tion of  ammonia  to  slight  alkalinity ;  as  a  flavor,  oil  of  bitter  almonds  is 
often  used,  and  the  oil  of  pear  (amyl-acetic  ether ?)  recommended  by  the 
author. 
