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men  of  such  standing  can  be  more  readily  appealed  to  to  maintain 
prices,  as  well  as  made  to  realize  the  necessity  of  a  reasonable  profit 
in  goods  handled  by  them.  Restriction  of  sales  of  abortives  and 
powerful  narcotics  by  pharmacists  should  be  made  from  a  moral 
rather  than  a  commercial  side ;  nevertheless  it  also  has  its  commer- 
cial value,  as  it  prevents  their  being  sold  by  general  merchants, 
hence  restricts  competition.  By  preventing  sales  of  inferior  and 
adulterated  drugs,  the  pharmacist  is  benefited  commercially  from 
the  fact  that  his  competitor  must  handle  the  same  quality  of  drugs. 
H.  A.  B.  Dunning  pointed  out  the  value  of  chemical  analysis  in 
the  estimation  of  chemicals  purchased  by  the  pharmacist.  Wm.  F. 
Kaemmerer  presented  a  paper  on  "  The  Pharmacist  and  His  own 
Preparations,"  and  said  that  it  was  a  mistake  for  the  pharmacist  to 
put  up  as  his  own  anything  which  is  not  made  by  himself,  and  that 
it  was  a  still  greater  mistake  to  put  up  any  preparation  of  his  own 
simulating  in  shape  or  style  of  package  that  of  some  other  manufac- 
turer. 
John  Hargreaves,  Toronto,  presented  "  A  Price  Protective  Plan," 
which  he  claimed  was  the  only  successful  plan  for  controlling  the 
prices  of  proprietary  articles. 
SPECIAL  JUBILEE  SESSION. 
The  Special  Jubilee  Session  in  commemoration  of  the  fiftieth 
anniversary  of  the  Association  was  held  at  the  Philadelphia  College 
of  Pharmacy,  on  Thursday  alternoon,  September  I  ith.  The  meeting 
was  called  to  order  by  the  President  of  the  Association,  H.  M. 
Whelpley,  who  made  a  few  opening  remarks  in  which  he  deplored 
the  absence  of  Fr.  Hoffmann,  of  Berlin,  who  had  been  invited  to 
preside  at  this  session.  He  then  asked  Charles  Caspari,  Jr.,  to  read 
an  abstract  of  the  address  prepared  by  Dr.  Hoffmann  for  this  occa- 
sion. Before  reading  the  paper  Professor  Caspari  stated  that  Dr. 
Hoffmann  had  requested  him  to  deliver  a  special  message  to  the 
Association  explaining  the  necessity  lor  his  absence.  Dr.  Hoffmann 
had  come  to  this  country  several  weeks  ago,  but,  on  account  of  heart 
trouble  and  other  complications,  his  physicians  here  had  advised  him 
to  return  home.  He  deeply  regretted  the  necessity  for  his  return, 
as  he  took  a  keen  interest  in  the  occasion.  The  address  ot  Dr. 
Hoffmann  is  a  lengthy  one  and  devoted  to  a  retrospect  of  the  devel- 
opment of  American  pharmacy  and  the  American  Pharmaceutical 
Association,  and  is  a  valuable  contribution  to  the  subject. 
