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rooms  of  the  Louisiana  Medical  Association  in  the  University  of  Louisi- 
ana, in  New  Orleans,  on  Monday,  April  24th.  The  meeting  was  called  to 
order  by  Mr.  F.  Brooks,  of  Baton  Rouge;  Mr.  J.  T.  Thibodeaux  was 
elected  President  pro  tempore  and  Hiland  Flowers,  of  New  Orleans,  Sec- 
retary pro  tempore.  A  committee,  consisting  of  Messrs.  F.  M.  Brooks,  C. 
L.  Keppler,  A.  K-  Finlay,  B.  Lewis  and  S.  Hiriart,  was  appointed  to 
draft  a  constitution  and  by-laws,  which  were  subsequently  considered, 
somewhat  amended  and  adopted.  The  following  j)ermanent  officers  were 
then  elected:  President,  Dr.  Jos.  T.  Thibodeaux  ;  Vice  Presidents — Alex. 
K.  Finlay  and  Dr.  F.  M.  Brooks ;  Recording  Secretary,  Hiland  Flowers  ; 
CorresjDonding  Secretary,  Ben.  Lewis  ;  Treasurer,  Jno.  B.  Lavigne. 
Several  telegrams  and  communications,  commendatory  of  tlie  objects  of 
the  new  association,  were  received  and  read.  About  sixty  members  were 
present  at  the  opening  session,  and  about  forty  more  were  subsequently 
elected— among  them  Mrs.  E  Riidolf,  who,  it  was  stated,  though  refused 
admission  into  the  Medical  College  of  the  University  of  Louisiana,  had 
perfected  herself  through  private  instructions;  she  is,  we  believe,  the  first 
lady  member  of  a  State  pharmaceutical  association.  Prof.  P.  W.  Bedford, 
of  New  York,  Prof.  J.  M.  Maisch  and  Mr.  Alonzo  Bobbins,  of  Philadel- 
phia, were  elected  honorary  members. 
Various  committees  were  appointed  and  the  work  to  be  done  by  them 
considered  ;  among  them  was  a  committee  on  legislation,  at  whose  sugges- 
tion a  special  meeting  was  called  for  Monday,  May  15th,  with  the  view  of 
considering  the  draft  of  a  pharmacy  law  to  be  presented  to  the  Legislature 
at  its  meeting  in  the  same  month. 
Invitations  were  extended  to  all  physicians  'tliroughout  the  State  to 
attend  the  meetings  and  have  the  privilege  of  the  floor,  and  to  the  Ameri- 
can Pharmaceutical  Association  for  holding  its  meeting  next  year  in  New 
Orleans. 
The  President  was  called  upon  to  interpret  the  words  "  every  pharma- 
cist and  druggist^  etc.,  shall  be  eligible  to  membership,"  as  contained  in 
Art.  Ill  of  the  Constitution,  and  decided  that  this  referred  to  one  person 
^  only;  accordingly,  as  a  pharmacist  is  a  person  that  confines  himself 
strictly  to  putting  up  prescriptions  and  dispensing  drugs,  and  a  druggist 
one  who  merely  sells  and  handles  them,  a  druggist,  whether  wholesale  or 
retail,  is  not  eligible  for  membership  unless  he  possesses  the  qualification  of 
being  a  pharmacist  in  addition. 
After  having  been  in  session  for  three  days,  the  Association  adjourned. 
The  next  annual  meeting  will  be  held  in  New  Orleans  on  the  first  Mon- 
day in  April,  1883. 
At  the  special  meeting  of  May  15th,  45  members  attended  to  consider 
the  proposed  pharmacy  act  reported  by  Mr.  G.  J.  Mattingly  in  behalf  of 
the  Committee  on  Legislation.  The  various  provisions  were  discussed 
seriatim  and,  after  the  acceptance  of  a  few  amendments,  the  report  was 
adopted,  ordered  to  be  printed,  and  at  once  forwarded  to  each  legislator  at 
Baton  Rouge.  In  the  evening  the  members  sat  down  to  a  complimentary 
dinner  at  Astredo's,  at  the  West  End,  given  in  honor  of  the  visiting 
members. 
