AMERICAN   PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION. 
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The  President  was  conducted  to  the  chair,  and  made  an  appro- 
priate address. 
[In  complying  with  the  expressed  wish  of  the  Association,  the  President  elect 
desired  to  acknowledge  his  thankfulness  for  the  confidence  reposed  in  him,  with- 
out attempting  a  speech,  else,  like  Icarus,  in  his  flight  from  Minos,  he  might 
find  his  means  inadequate,  and  be  precipitated  into  the  iEgean  of  ill  success. 
Alluding  to  the  numerous  and  varied  qualifications  of  the  pharmaceutical  body 
in  the  United  States,  he  remarked  that  the  Association  was  designed  to  elevate 
the  status,  not  merely  of  the  members,  but  of  the  whole  profession,  and  through 
them  to  benefit  the  public  at  large. 
In  relation  to  the  duties  of  the  chair,  he  promised  his  earnest  efforts  to  admi- 
nister them  impartially,  in  accordance  with  the  received  rules  of  deliberative 
assemblies,  and  claimed  the  sympathy  and  support  of  his  brethren. 
As  a  delegate  from  the  Massachusetts  College  of  Pharmacy,  he  welcomed  the 
Association  to  their  Hall,  and  hoped  it  might  prove  a  pleasant  professional  home 
to  all  who  met  on  the  occasion.  He  announced  that  the  room  would  be  open  at 
all  times  during  the  sessions  of  the  Association;  that  provision  was  made  for 
transmitting  the  letters,  &c,  to  and  from  the  post-office  ;  and  that  a  messenger 
would  be  in  attendance  at  the  service  of  the  members.  Mr.  Brewer  concluded 
his  remarks  by  offering  for  the  inspection  of  the  members,  a  cabinet  of  speci- 
mens of  indigenous  medicinal  plants  and  roots,  pressed,  and  in  bottles,  prepared 
for  the  occasion  by  Mr.  S.  T.  Atherton,  of  the  United  Society,  Harvard,  Mass- 
achusetts.—Exec.  Com.] 
The  report  of  the  Treasurer  was  received,  read,  and  referred  to 
C.  A.  Smith  and  H.  F.  Fish,  to  be  audited. 
The  report  of  the  Executive  Committee  for  the  past  year,  was 
read  by  Professor  Procter,  its  chairman,  as  follows: 
The  Executive  Committee  appointed  in  October  last  to  carry  out  the  purposes 
of  the  Convention  then  held,  Report — that  immediately  after  the  adjournment 
of  that  body,  they  prepared  an  account  of  its  proceedings,  embracing  the  chief 
topics  of  discussion,  with  an  appendix  consisting  of  the  Constitution  and  Code  of 
Ethics  of  the  Association,  together  with  the  reports  of  Dr.  Bailey  and  Mr.  Hamil- 
ton on  the  Inspection  of  Drugs,  of  which  the  accompanying  pamphlet  marked  A, 
is  a  copy.  One  thousand  of  these  were  printed  and  distributed  over  nearly  every 
State  in  the  Union,  by  the  members  of  the  Committee. 
The  expenses  incurred  in  getting  up  the  "  Proceedings,"  were  not  met  by  the 
funds  in  the  treasury.  The  deficit,  together  with  the  expenses  incident  to  the 
distribution  of  the  pamphlet,  &c,  will  be  found  in  the  accompanying  document 
marked  B. 
It  having  been  "  Resolved  that  the  Executive  Committee  be  request*-  d  to  obtain, 
through  the  several  Colleges  of  Pharmacy  and  Pharmaceutical  Associations," 
answers  to  the  resolutions  adopted  by  the  Convention  in  reference  to  statistics; 
this  Committee  communicated  with  the  several  bodies  indicated,  and  have  re- 
ceived reports  from  Boston,  Philadelphia,  Richmond,  Cincinnati,  and  New  York, 
which  are  marked  C,  D,  E,  F,  G,  in  the  annexed  papers. 
As  a  large  portion  of  the  United  States  lies  beyond  the  immediate  influence 
of  the  organized  bodies,  the  Committee  deemed  it  proper  to  take  advantage  of 
the  Circular  issued  by  the  Philadelphia  College  to  query  in  the  several  States 
south  and  west,  and  although  the  apathy  of  many  persons  addressed  has  pre- 
vented the  resulting  information  from  being  full  and  uniform,  yet  it  is  sufficiently 
interesting  to  communicate.  In  reference  to  the  Richmond  report,  it  is  proper 
to  state,  that  it  is  not  the  result  of  any  action  of  the  Society,  but  comes  from  the 
president  in  his  individual  capacity,  and  its  brevity  has  induced  the  Committee 
to  avail  themselves  of  the  full  communications  of  Mr.  Laidley,  of  Richmond, 
Dr.  Cooke,  of  Fredericksburg,  Dr.  Stabler,  of  Alexandria,  and  Mr.  C.  A.  Santos, 
of  Norfolk,  to  present  a  view  of  the  condition  of  pharmacy  in  Virginia.  In  re- 
gard to  most  of  the  Southern  and  Western  States,  our  information  has  been  only 
