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been  made  since  the  last  meeting,  also  seven  deaths  among  members.  The 
report  was  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Publication.  The  President  then 
appointed  committees  on  nominations  and  place  of  next  meeting.  It  was  then 
voted  to  adjourn  until  9.30  the  following  morning. 
The  second  session,  which  met  on  Wednesday  morning,  was  mainly  occupied 
by  the  reading  of  reports  of  committees  and  of  delegates  to  pharmaceutical  and 
medical  associations.  The  following  officers  were  elected  for  the  ensuing  year  : 
President,  J.  H.  Redsecker  ;  Vice-Presidents,  J.  H.  Knouse  and  W.  L,.  Cliffe  ; 
Treasurer,  J.  L,.  Lemberger  ;  Secretary,  J.  A.  Miller  ;  Executive  Committe,  G. 
W.  Roland,  C.  L.  Hay  and  W.  F.  Horn.  The  Committee  on  Adulteration 
reported  that  they  had  been  successful  in  securing  a  new  law  against  this  prac- 
tice. Under  the  old  law  it  was  difficult  to  conduct  prosecutions,  owing  to  the 
wording  of  the  Act ;  in  the  new  law  this  was  thought  to  have  been  overcome. 
The  committee  reported  that  comparatively  few  adulterations  had  presented 
themselves  during  the  past  year.  Attention  was  directed  to  the  fact  that  if 
pharmacists  insist  upon  jobbers  supplying  goods  which  meet  the  standards  of 
the  United  States  Pharmacopoeia  and  the  National  Formulary,  without  regard 
to  brands,  they  will  get  them,  and  without  additional  cost.  President  Reming- 
ton advised  the  Association,  when  it  undertook  a  prosecution,  to  select  some 
article  upon  which  it  would  undoubtedly  win  the  case,  and  not  one  upon  which 
the  Association  might  be  liable  to  defeat  by  the  lawyers  proving  that  the 
impurity  or  adulteration  was  as  good  for  the  purpose  as  the  article  said  to  be 
adulterated.  He  cited  the  contamination  of  carbolic  acid  with  cresylic  acid  as 
an  illustration  of  an  impurity  which  was  of  equal  or  greater  value  as  a  disin- 
fectant than  the  substance  with  which  it  was  mixed. 
The  next  report  was  that  of  the  Committee  on  Botany.  It  was  chiefly  con- 
fined to  an  enumeration  of  plants  and  trees  of  that  part  of  Pennsylvania  east 
of  the  Susquehanna  River.  The  committee  suggested  the  adoption,  as  far  as 
possible,  of  the  proper  scientific  names  for  plants,  as  their  meanings  are  usually 
sufficiently  specific  to  distinguish  one  plant  from  its  congeners.  The  report 
directed  the  attention  of  pharmacists  to  the  deforestration  of  our  immense  nat- 
ural woodlands  and  the  changes  in  meteorological  and  climatic  conditions 
which  follow  the  destruction  of  forests.  It  suggested  that  an  effort  be  made  to 
mitigate  the  evil  by  enacting  and  enforcing  suitable  laws. 
The  principle  issue  of  the  report  of  the  committee  to  attend  the  National 
Wholesale  Druggists'  Association,  was  a  question  as  to  the  legitamacy  of  phar- 
macists buying  phenacetine  through  other  channels  than  the  authorized  agents, 
who  charge  much  more  for  what  is  represented  to  be  the  same  article  and  sold  for 
less  by  the  unauthorized  dealers.  This  feature  of  the  report  elicited  considerable 
discussion,  and  it  was  made  apparent  that  the  Association  objected  to  the  pro- 
tection which  the  present  copyright  laws  give  to  manufacturers  who  try  to  sell 
a  well-defined  and  well-known  chemical  under  a  fancy  name.  To  overcome 
this  state  of  affairs,  F.  W.  E.  Stedem  moved  that  the  Association  secure  the 
co-operation  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  and  the  American 
Medical  Association  in  an  effort  to  have  the  copyright  laws  of  the  United  States 
on  definite  chemical  compounds  revised.  It  was  stated  that  the  Pennsylvania 
State  Medical  Society  has  pledged  itself  to  co-operate  with  the  American  Medi- 
cal Association  for  the  repeal  of  such  copyright  laws. 
The  committee  on  time  and  place  of  meeting,  announced  that  the  next  annual 
