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by  our  State  Boards,  who  were  led,  through  passing  an  examination 
lasting  two  hours,  into  the  belief  that  they  were  thoroughly  equipped 
for  their  life's  work.  In  the  professions  of  medicine  and  dentistry, 
the  laws  of  the  State  require,  as  a  prerequisite  to  State  examination, 
the  possession  of  a  diploma  from  a  recognized  institution.  Why 
should  pharmacy,  having  vastly  more  responsibilities  to  the  public 
than  dentistry,  and  in  some  cases  even  medicine,  hold  back  from 
requiring  the  same  prerequisite?  As  has  been  often  said,  the  issues 
of  life  are  in  the  hands  of  the  pharmacist,  and  why  should  the 
Pennsylvania  Pharmaceutical  Association,  composed  as  it  is  of  the 
best  of  the  profession  in  the  State,  not  reach  forward  from  this  time 
and.  advocate,  in  season  and  out  of  season,  a  prerequisite  law  ? 
A  resolution  is  on  our  minute  books,  passed  many  years  ago, 
committing  this  Association  to  this  prerequisite.  The  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association  is  also  on  record,  having  passed  a  reso- 
lution at  the  Baltimore  meeting,  favoring  a  prerequisite  law.  Our 
sister  State  of  New  York  passed  last  year  a  law  requiring  the  pos- 
session of  a  college  diploma  before  entering  the  examination-room 
of  the  State  Board.  A  bill  was  introduced  two  years  ago  into  our 
Legislature  demanding  this  requirement;  it  failed  to  pass.  With 
proper  effort  there  should  be  no  doubt  of  the  passage  of  a  good 
law  for  this  State  during  the  coming  winter.  Such  a  law  should 
place  the  responsibility  of  determining  the  qualification  of  colleges 
to  educate  upon  the  Board  of  Pharmacy,  and  then  demand  that  each 
applicant  for  the  certificate  of  Registered  Pharmacist  should  first 
produce  his  diploma  before  being  allowed  to  take  his  examination 
for  the  license. 
THE  ANATOMY  OF  EDIBLE  BERRIES.1 
By  A.  L.  Winton. 
For  the  purpose  of  facilitating  the  microscopic  examination  of 
preserves,  jams,  etc.,  during  the  year  1901  and  the  early  part  of 
1902,  I  made  a  study  of  the  microscopic  structure  of  a  number 
of  fruits  grown  in  the  United  States,  some  of  which  are  descendants 
of  European  species,  others  of  species  indigenous  to  America,  and 
1This  paper  was  printed  in  Ztschr.f.  Unters.  d.  Nahr.  u.  Genussm.,  1902,  5, 
785-814,  and  is  reprinted  from  Connecticut  Expt.  Sta.  Report,  1902,  p.  288. 
