486  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.    {A  o'ctober,Pi902rm' 
decided  that  a  historical  committee  be  appointed  to  report  annually 
to  the  Association. 
Owing  to  the  difficulty  of  awarding  general  prizes,  the  chairman 
of  the  committee,  Wm.  Mittelbach,  Missouri,  recommended  that 
hereafter,  the  papers  submitted  be  classified  in  accordance  with  the 
department  of  pharmaceutical  science  or  art  of  which  they  treated, 
and  that  one  prize  be  awarded  in  each  department. 
The  Committee  on  National  Legislation,  through  its  chairman, 
Frank  C.  Henry,  reported  that  very  little  legislation  had  been 
accomplished  at  the  past  session  of  Congress  that  affected  phar- 
macy. Joseph  Helfman,  Detroit,  called  attention  to  the  important 
law  which  had  been  enacted  at  the  close  of  the  last  congress  which 
prohibited  the  sale  of  antitoxin  at  a  date  later  than  that  borne  by 
the  package  sold. 
The  report  of  the  Committee  on  Semi-Centennial  was  presented 
by  the  chairman,  George  M.  Beringer,  which  was  adopted  with  a 
vote  of  thanks  for  the  commendable  work  of  the  committee.  Lewis 
C.  Hopp,  Cleveland,  chairman  of  the  Committee  on  membership, 
presented  a  report  containing  several  recommendations.  This  was 
followed  by  the  report  of  J.  W.  T.  Knox,  Detroit,  chairman  of  the 
Auxiliary  Committee  on  Membership,  in  which  it  was  recommended 
that  the  Association  publish  an  official  monthly  journal  to  take  the 
place  of  the  annual  volume  of  Proceedings  as  now  issued.  A  com- 
mittee  of  five  was  appointed  to  consider  the  recommendation.  This 
was  further  discussed  at  a  special  session  held  in  the  evening  and  at 
several  meetings  of  the  council,  but  it  was  decided  to  lay  the  matter 
over  until  next  year. 
The  third  general  session  on  Wednesday  morning  was  devoted  to 
short  talks  by  those  having  exhibits  at  the  meeting  or  by  their  rep. 
resentatives.  The  historical  exhibit  arranged  by  the  committee 
having  in  charge  the  Jubilee  Session  proved  of  great  interest,  as 
the  committee  had  collected  valuable  manuscripts,  rare  books, 
apparatus  and  specimens  of  historical  interest,  as  well  as  the  fixtures 
and  shop-ware  of  an  old-time  drug  store.  Prof.  J.  U.  Lloyd  read  a 
paper  on  <l  Prehistoric  Pharmacy,"  which  will  be  published  in  a  later 
issue  of  this  Journal.  The  special  features  of  these  exhibits  will 
be  described  in  a  separate  paper. 
At  the  last  general  session  held  on  Monday  afternoon,  September 
15th,  the  Secretary  of  the  Committee  on  Membership  reported  that 
