As^ptemberfia89™  }    American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  499 
be  held  at  places,  say  colleges,  where  facilities  for  practical  work  are  accessible. 
Prof.  Whelpley  thought  it  would  be  well  in  all  cases  to  ascertain  the  qualifica- 
tions of  the  board  to  examine.    Mr.  Ford  thought  one  of  the  main  troubles  is 
that  some  boards  have  too  many  applicants  at  a  time  to  examine  them  properly. 
Messrs.  Hammel,  Flexon  and  Parisen  also  spoke  on  the  matter.   It  was  finally 
suggested  that  a  set  of  instructions  be  prepared  by  the  Association  and  furnished 
the  persons  who  appoint  the  members  of  the  boards.  The  Committee  on  Chair- 
man's Address  reported  their  approval  of  the  recommendations  made  therein, 
with  the  exception  of  the  one  regarding  the  orthography  and  pronunciation  of 
the  American  Association  for  the  Advancement  of  Science.  They  suggested  that 
this  one  be  reported  on  at  the  next  yearly  meeting.    This  action  was  approved 
and  the  report  was  adopted.    The  Section  then  adjourned.   The  second  session 
of  the  Section  convened  on  the  same  day  at  2.50  p.m.    Chairman  Hallberg  pre- 
sided and  read  the  report  of  the  committee  on  a  model  pharmacy  law.  A  num- 
ber of  propositions  for  a  model  pharmacy  law  were  made.    The  chairman  pro- 
posed a  division  or  separation  of  the  drug  business  into  two  classes,  the  persons 
conducting  these  classes  of  business  to  be  known  as  pharmacists  and  druggists, 
and  their  places  of  business  to  be  designated  pharmacies  and  drug  stores 
respectively.    The  report  was  received.    It  was  moved  that  the  report  be  not 
acted  on  at  once,  but  that  the  Section  request  the  Association  to  have  500  copies 
of  the  report  printed,  and  that  the  officers  of  the  Section  be  instructed  to  send 
them  to  all  the  State  Boards  and  Associations,  to  all  colleges  of  pharmacy,  and 
to  supply  them  to  members  and  others  desiring  them  for  study  and  thought; 
that  such  recipients  be  asked  for  their  opinions  ;  also  that  the  matter  be  taken 
up  at  the  next  meeting.  The  motion  prevailed,  and  the  Association,  at  a  subse- 
quent meeting,  granted  the  foregoing  request.    The  session  then  adjourned. 
In  the  afternoon,  a  steamer  ride,  including  the  upper  and  lower  lakes,  was 
enjoyed  by  the  Association,  and  in  the  evening,  a  concert  in  the  hotel  parlors, 
under  the  direction  of  the  L,adies'  Auxiliary,  was  listened  to  by  a  large  and 
appreciative  audience. 
Chairman  Hallberg  called  the  third  session  on  Saturday  at  10.25  A-M-  The 
reading  of  the  minutes  of  the  previous  session  was  dispensed  with.  A  paper 
entitled 
A  STATISTICAL  REPORT  OF  THE  USB  OF  THE  METRIC  SYSTEM  IN 
233,000  PRESCRIPTIONS. 
By  H.  M.  Whelpley, 
was  read.  Reports  had  been  received  from  233  drug  stores,  and  each  dealt  with 
the  last  1,000  prescriptions  on  its  file.  These  stores  were  located  in  191  cities 
and  towns  of  thirty  States  and  Territories.  Gypsum  City,  Kansas,  led  the 
list  with  100  per  cent,  of  prescriptions  written  in  the  metric  system.  The 
average  use  of  the  system  during  the  past  year  amounted  to  6*27  per  cent. 
The  report  also  contained  the  expressions  of  opinions  of  many  pharmacists  on 
the  desirability  and  feasibility  of  adopting  the  system  as  the  official  one.  The 
report  indicated  that  the  druggists  generally  are  ready  and  prepared  to  fill 
prescriptions  written  in  the  metric  system,  but  that  the  system  is  not,  as  a 
rule,  used  by  physicians.  Mr.  Bartells  said  that  in  his  experience  the  younger 
graduates  in  medicine  used  the  system  to  a  greater  extent  than  the  older 
practitioners.    Prof.  Hallberg  referred  to  the  fact  that  the  system  is  the  more 
