504  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  {^tembe?iS?' 
Resolved,  That  in  accordance  with  the  recommendation  of  the  Chairman  of 
the  Scientific  Section,  a  committee  of  five  be  appointed  during  the  coming 
year  by  the  President-elect  of  the  Association,  for  the  purpose  of  taking 
action  to  give  pharmacy  its  due  recognition  and  representation  in  the 
proposed  National  Department  of  Health  ;  and  that  the  President  of  the 
Association  and  the  Chairman  of  the  Section  on  Legislation  be  members 
of  this  committee  ex  officio.  It  was  adopted.  Mr.  Sheppard  moved  that 
Local  Secretary  Shumpik  be  empowered  to  call  meetings  and  act  as  presiding 
officer  during  the  social  week  following  the  regular  business  of  the  Associa- 
tion. Secretary  Kennedy  then  invited  the  applicants  for  membership  whose 
names  had  been  posted  during  the  session  to  complete  their  membership  and 
become  active  members  of  the  Association.  A  preamble  and  accompanying 
resolutions  which  had  been  drafted  by  the  American  Medical  Association  were 
then  presented  to  the  session  by  the  delegates  to  the  American  Medical  Asso- 
ciation. This  document  had  been  considered  by  the  Council  of  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association,  but  not  being  disposed  to  act  on  it,  that  body  had 
referred  it  to  the  Association  proper  for  discussion.  The  preamble  explained 
that  the  intention  of  the  resolutions  was  the  formation  of  a  code  of  ethics 
which  should  govern  physicians  and  pharmacists  alike  in  the  matters  considered 
in  the  resolutions.  These  resolutions  dealt  with  the  subjects  of  the  relation  of 
physicians  and  pharmacists  to  each  other  and  to  the  public  at  large  ;  the  pre- 
vention of  secrecy  and  monopoly  in  the  manufacture  and  use  of  medicines ; 
the  granting  of  patents  on  medicines,  machinery  and  methods  of  preparation  ; 
a  commission  of  medical  men  to  regulate  the  publication  of  certain  trade 
secrets  ;  the  sanctioning  of  the  specification  by  physicians  on  prescription  of 
the  products  of  those  pharmacists  who  conform  to  the  code  of  ethics  ;  the 
teaching  of  sufficient  pharmacy  in  colleges  of  medicine  to  enable  the  graduates 
thereof  to  distinguish  between  legitimate  pharmacy  and  pharmaco-quackery  ; 
and  the  use  of  the  United  States  Pharmacopoeia  as  a  text  book  in  both 
colleges  of  medicine  and  pharmacy.  After  discussing  the  resolutions,  certain 
of  them  were  amended  and  then  adopted  ;  others  were  stricken  out  as  impractic- 
able or  antagonistic  to  certain  efforts  of  the  Association,  while  still  others  were 
adopted  as  presented.  The  adopted  resolutions  were  then  referred  to  the  Amer- 
ican Medical  Association,  and  Dr.  Stewart,  the  chairman,  was  given  a  special 
vote  of  thanks.  It  was  moved  and  adopted  that  a  delegation  of  five  members 
be  appointed  by  the  President  to  visit  the  National  Wholesale  Druggists'  Asso- 
ciation, and  carry  the  fraternal  greetings  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Asso- 
ciation. On  motion  of  Mr.  Thompson,  a  resolution  of  appreciation  was  offered 
to  the  Local  Committee  of  Arrangements,  the  Ladies'  Auxiliary  Committee,  and 
all  others  who  had  taken  part  in  providing  the  hospitable  entertainment  which 
the  Association  had  received  during  the  meeting.  Mr.  Frost  replied  to  the  reso- 
lution in  some  well-chosen  words.  A  recess  of  five  minutes  was  then  granted 
by  the  Chair.  The  first  business,  when  the  session  was  thereafter  called  to 
order,  was  the  installation  of  the  officers-elect.  President  Whitney  now  occu- 
pied the  chair,  and  Mr.  Main  moved  that  a  vote  of  thanks  be  tendered  the  retir- 
ing officers  for  the  able  manner  in  which  they  had  carried  out  their  duties. 
This  action  was  heartily  approved  by  the  session.  The  meeting  then  adjourned, 
subject  to  the  call  of  the  Chair,  on  September  6,  1897. 
