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The  following  communication  from  the  Executive  Committee  of  the 
Pharmaceutical  Association  was  read;  and  referred  to  the  Board  of  Trus- 
tees for  further  action : 
To  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy. 
The  Executive  Committee  appointed  by  the  late  Pharmaceutical  Conven- 
tion, respectfully  present  the  following  resolution  and  queries  for  your  con- 
sideration and  action,  viz  : 
Resolved,  That  the  Executive  Committee  be  requested  to  obtain,  through 
the  several  colleges  of  pharmacy  and  pharmaceutical  associations,  previous 
to  our  next  annual  meeting,  answers  to  the  following  questions,  as  far  as  ex- 
pedient : 
1st.  How  many  apothecaries  and  druggists  are  there  in  each  of  the  princi- 
pal cities  and  towns  of  the  United  Slates  ? 
2d.  What  organizations  exist  in  the  several  States,  and  what  is  the  num- 
ber of  their  members  as  compared  with  the  number  of  druggists  and  apothe- 
caries in  the  localities  which  they  include? 
3d.  How  far  is  the  business  of  dispensing  medicines  separated  from  the 
office  of  prescribing  } 
4th.  Have  you  any  information  in  reference  to  the  practice  of  our  art,  and 
the  professional  character  of  its  practitioners,  in  different  localities,  likely  to 
be  of  advantage  to  the  Association  in  promoting  the  objects  it  has  in  view  ? 
5th.  Are  there  any  State  laws  for  the  protection  of  the  interests  of  the  pro- 
fession of  pharmacy,  for  the  suppressing  of  empyricism,  or  in  reference  to 
the  sale  of  poisons'?  On  behalf  of  the  Executive  Committee, 
Philadelphia,  March  28th;  1853.        William  Procter,  Jr.,  Chairman. 
The  College  then  adjourned.  Dillwtx  Parrish,  Secretary. 
NOTICE. 
AMERICAN  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION, 
The  annual  meeting  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  will  be 
held  at  Boston  on  the  24th  of  August,  1853.  The  object  of  the  Association 
being  the  advancement  of  Pharmacy  in  the  United  States,  it  is  desirable  that 
a  general  interest  in  its  favor  should  be  created  among  the  pharmaceutists 
and  druggists.  According  to  the  requirement  of  the  Constitution,  the  fol- 
lowing conditions  of  membership  are  published,  and  an  invitation  is  hereby 
extended  to  all  who  are  eligible  to  membership  and  who  feel  an  interest  in 
the  Association,  to  attend  the  ensuing  meeting. 
"  Section  2d,  Article  ]st. — All  pharmaceutists  who  shall  have  attained  the 
age  of  21  years,  whose  character,  morally  and  professsionally,  is  fair,  and 
who,  after  duly  considering  the  obligations  of  the  Constitution  and  Code  of 
Ethics  of  this  Association,  are  willing  to  subscribe  to  them,  are  eligible  for 
membership. 
"  Article  2d. — The  members  shall  consist  of  Delegates  from  regularly  con- 
stituted Colleges  of  Pharmacy  and  Pharmaceutical  Societies,  who  shall  pre- 
sent properly  authorized  credentials,  and  of  other  reputable  pharmaceutists, 
feeling  an  interest  in  the  objects  of  the  Association,  who  may  not  be  so  dele- 
gated, the  latter  being  required  to  present  a  certificate  signed  by  a  majority 
of  the  delegates  from  places  whence  they  come.  If  no  such  delegates  are 
present  at  the  meeting,  they  may.  on  obtaining  the  certificate  of  any  three 
members  ot  the  Association,  be  admitted,  provided  they  are  introduced  by 
the  Committee  on  Credentials  " 
"  Article  5lh. — Every  local  Pharmaceutical  Association  is  entitled  to  send 
five  delegates." 
Philadelphia,  4th  mo.  nth,  1853.  DANIEL  B.  SMITH,  President. 
