NATIONAL  PHARMACEUTICAL  CONVENTION. 
7 
The  first  section  declaring  that  the  proposed  National  Society 
should  be  called  "  The  American  Pharmaceutical  Association," 
was  then  taken  up  and  adopted. 
The  other  sections  of  the  Constitution,  as  far  as  reported,  in  re- 
ference to  the  officers,  and  the  meetings,  &c,  were  then  consi- 
dered in  order,  and  after  some  verbal  alterations,  adopted. — (See 
page  13.) 
The  Convention  then  proceeded  to  consider  the  Code  of  Ethics 
article  by  article,  which  was  adopted  without  amendment,  and  laid 
on  the  table  to  await  the  final  action  on  the  preamble  and  consti- 
tution.— (Seepage  16.) 
On  motion  of  Mr.  Procter  the  Convention  adjourned  to  four 
o'clock,  P.  M. 
Third  Sitting,  October  7th,  4  o'clock,  P.  M. 
President  in  the  chair. 
On  the  roll  being  called  the  delegates  generally  were  present, 
and  subsequently  Prof.  Carson,  invited  by  the  resolution  of  yester- 
day, was  introduced. 
The  minutes  of  the  preceding  sitting  were  read  and  adopted. 
The  President  informed  the  Convention  that  the  Business  Com- 
mittee not  being  ready  to  report,  it  was  understood  that  Dr.  Stewart, 
Examiner  of  Drugs,  &c,  at  the  port  of  Baltimore,  had  some  state- 
ments to  offer  in  regard  to  the  working  of  the  drug  law  at  that 
port,  and  the  Convention  assenting,  requested  him  to  proceed. 
Dr.  Stewart  stated  that  as  there  had  been  some  difference  of 
opinion  among  the  Drug  Examiners  as  to  the  intention  of  the  law 
in  certain  cases,  he  desired  the  opinion  of  the  Convention  regard- 
ing the  inferior  class  of  Cinchona  barks  that  come  from  Maracaibo, 
Carthagena,  &c,  and  other  articles  about  which  there  is  difference 
of  opinion  among  druggists.  In  illustration  of  the  difficulties  of 
the  subject,  he  remarked  that  one  invoice  of  bark,  that  in  a  com- 
mercial point  of  view  was  not  esteemed,  and  which  came  invoiced 
at  10  cents  per  pound,  had  yielded  on  analysis  two  and  a  half  per 
cent  of  cinchona,  whilst  Loxa  bark,  invoiced  at  30  cents  per  pound, 
had  afforded  but  a  fraction  of  one  per  cent.  He  considered  the 
admission  of  the  barks  in  question  as  quite  different  from  deterio- 
rated or  adulterated  drugs,  in  as  much  as  they  possessed  a  range 
of  power  which,  though  inferior  to  the  best  Peruvian  barks,  was 
