Aloctober.^Sw[H1'}    American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  491 
Several  additional  papers  were  read  by  title,  and  the  section 
adjourned. 
SECTION  OX  PRACTICAL  PHARMACY  AND  DISPENSING. 
The  first  meeting  of  the  Section  of  Practical  Pharmacy  and  Dis- 
pensing was  held  on  the  evening  of  September  7th  in  the  banquet 
hall  of  the  Coates  House. 
In  his  address  the  chairman,  William  H.  Burke,  recommended  to 
unite  the  Section  on  Practical  Pharmacy  and  Dispensing  and  the 
Section  on  Commercial  Interest,  so  as  to  obviate  to  an  extent  the 
growing  multiplicity  of  sections.  He  also  discussed  the  injustice 
accruing  to  Pharmacy  in  America  from  our  present  patent  laws,  and 
recommended  that  proper  steps  be  taken  to  have  them  amended. 
He  advised  pharmacists  to  keep  in  close  touch  with  modern  liter- 
ature, and  to  strive  to  keep  well  posted  on  new  remedies. 
In  speaking  of  prices  on  prescriptions,  he  recommended  that  the 
pharmacist  should  be  allowed  reasonable  compensation  for  his 
efforts. 
The  report  of  the  chairman  of  the  National  Formulary  Commit- 
tee, Prof.  C.  L.  Diehl,  precipitated  considerable  discussion. 
It  was  recommended  that  alternative  formulas  be  included  in  the 
coming  edition  of  the  National  Formulary.  This  proposition  was, 
on  motion,  adopted. 
A  motion  to  instruct  the  committee  to  include  abbreviated  or 
coined  names  was  lost  after  considerable  discussion,  the  opinion 
prevailing  that  the  instructions  already  given  the  committee  were 
sufficiently  broad  to  cover  any  desirable  changes. 
On  motion  of  Leo  Eliel,  duly  seconded,  it  was  recommended  that 
the  use  of  all  or  any  portion  of  the  text  of  the  National  Formulary 
be  not  allowed  without  adequate  compensation.    This  was  adopted. 
Developing  a  Prescription  Business. 
By  YVm.  A.  Kirschgessner. 
This  paper  contains  a  number  of  suggestions  on  how  the  prescrip- 
tion business  of  a  drug  store  may  be  developed  along  profitable 
lines  in  a  comparatively  short  time. 
After  considerable  discussion  the  section  adjourned  at  1 2. 30  a.m. 
The  second  session  of  the  Section  of  Practical  Pharmacy  and 
Dispensing  was  called  to  order  by  the  chairman,  Mr.  Burke,  in  the 
