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methods  of  filling  prescriptions.  Wm.  Mittelbach  illustrated  the 
manner  in  which  he  keeps  the  records  of  his  laboratory  work.  C. 
T.  P.  Fennel,  Cincinnati,  had  a  historic  exhibit  of  changes  in  pre- 
scriptions during  the  past  fifty  years.  Geo.  M.  Beringer  exhibited 
some  "Plaster  of  Paris  Molds"  made  probably  in  1840.  T.  D. 
McElhenie  collated  some  dispensary  notes.  F.  W.  Schueller  ex- 
hibited a  device  for  the  preparation  of  spotted  plasters,  and  W. 
F.  Kaemmerer  had  several  papers  which  were  read  by  title,  viz.: 
"  Some  Observations  on  Syrup  of  Iodide  of  Iron"  and  "  Comparative 
Value  of  Purified  Talcum  and  Calcium  Phosphate  as  Clarifying  and 
Distributing  Agents." 
The  following  officers  were  elected  for  the  ensuing  year:  Chair- 
man, George  M.  Beringer;  Secretary,  W.  H.Burke,  Detroit;  Asso- 
ciate, H.  A.  B.  Dunning,  Baltimore. 
SECTION  ON  COMMERCIAL  INTERESTS. 
The  address  of  the  Chairman,  F.  W.  Meissner,  Laporte,  Ind.,  was 
timely  in  that  he  advocated  a  closer  affiliation  between  the  N.  A. 
K.  D.  and  A.  Ph.  A.  He  said  that  the  formation  of  the  National 
Association  of  Retail  Druggists  was  caused  by  the  determination  of 
druggists  whose  commercial  interests  had  been  interfered  with,  to 
secure  for  themselves  all  the  benefits  obtainable  from  co-operation 
by  those  whose  interests  were  alike  disastrously  affected.  It  was  an 
indication  that  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  was  not 
yielding  (probably  because  of  structural  peculiarities  or  other  rea- 
sons), the  needed  protection.  It  is  greatly  to  the  credit  of  the  N.  A. 
R.  D.  that  since  its  formation  that  Association  has  carefully  minded 
its  own  business,  has  co-operated  with  us  wherever  it  could  find  an 
opportunity  and  has  at  all  times  becomingly  acknowledged  the  pre- 
eminence of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  because  of  its 
honorable  career  of  usefulness  and  its  undoubted  worth  in  certain 
fields. 
A  number  of  interesting  papers  were  presented,  among  which  the 
following  may  be  mentioned : 
Louis  Schulze  presented  a  paper  on  "  The  Commercial  Value  of 
Pharmaceutical  Legislation,"  in  which  he  pointed  out  that  by  com- 
pelling pharmacists  to  be  educated  men,  a  higher  grade  of  manhood 
is  introduced  into  the  profession,  and  the  number  necessarily 
decreased,  which  brings  about  an  increase  in  trade;  furthermore, 
