514  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  {Aro*cSberj9o^rm' 
Dispensing  by  Physicians. 
By  C.  S.  N.  Hallberg. 
The  author  discussed  the  ethics  of  apothecaries  prescribing  and 
of  physicians  dispensing,  and  showed  the  harm  that  may  result  from 
the  miscellaneous  use  of  or  dependence  upon  tablets.  Physicians 
should  use  blanks  ordering  pharmacists  not  to  refill  prescriptions 
without  the  physician's  authority,  and  pharmacists  should  observe 
this  order.  After  an  interesting  discussion  a  resolution  was  passed 
discouraging  the  unauthorized  refilling  of  prescriptions. 
Kicking  Against  the  Pricks. 
By  H.  B.  Mason. 
The  author  says  that  the  department  store  represents  a  higher 
step  in  the  evolution  of  commerce  ;  it  is  the  result  of  natural  "  selec- 
tion ;"  it  is  more  efficient  than  the  small  store — more  capable  of 
succeeding  in  the  struggle  for  existence;  and  it  will  continue  to 
grow  and  develop  despite  all  efforts  to  abolish  it,  and  absolutely 
regardless  of  the  classes  or  the  individuals  whom  it  treads  under 
foot  in  its  progress  onward  and  upward.  To  cry  out  against  this 
fate  is  worse  than  useless.  To  attempt  its  prevention  is  merely  to 
kick  against  the  pricks,  or,  Don  Quixote-like,  to  tilt  one's  lance 
against  a  windmill. 
Now  is  the  Time. 
By  Joseph  P.  Remington. 
Eleven  years  ago  a  resolution  was  offered  at  the  meeting  of  the 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association  asking  this  body  for  its  sup- 
port of  the  proposition  to  require  each  pharmacy  board  to  demand 
from  each  candidate  for  proprietor's  certificate  a  college  diploma  or 
evidence  that  the  candidate  had  passed  the  examination  necessary 
for  granting  such  diploma.  The  author  now  considers  the  time 
ripe  for  the  appointment  of  a  committee  to  draw  up  a  strong  appeal 
to  be  sent  to  every  graduate  of  a  college  of  pharmacy  in  the  United 
States,  asking  each  one  to  use  his  influence,  and  work  actively  for 
the  passage  of  a  law  in  his  State,  demanding  that,  in  future,  each 
candidate  for  a  proprietor's  certificate  shall  first  produce  evidence 
before  the  board  that  he  has  successfully  passed  his  examination 
