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objects  of  the  Association  to  be  the  suppression  of  empiricism.  In  1870 
Sections  6  and  7  were  added,  the  latter  declaring  in  favor  of  creating  and 
maintaining  a  standard  of  professional  honesty  equal  to  the  amount  of  our 
professional  knowledge.  The  Code  of  Ethics  not  having  been  published  for  a 
number  of  years,  the  Association,  in  1868,  had  the  matter  investigated  by  a 
committee  and  then  declared  that  it  had  been  superseded  by  and  embodied 
in  Article  I  of  the  Constitution.  Since  1857  exhibitions  have  been  had  at  the 
time  of  the  annual  meetings,  and  though  the  by-laws  were  silent  on  this 
subject,  it  was  well  understood  that  secret  and  j^atented  medicines  should 
not  be  exhibited,  and  if  j^erchance  they  should  have  eluded  the  vigilance, 
that  they  should  not  be  reported  on.  Notwithstanding  this,  objectionable 
articles  had  crejDt  in,  so  that  in  1877  a  motion  for  abolishing  the  exhibitions 
was  made  and  referred  to  a  committee,  which  reported  a  set  of  rules  that 
were  adopted,  and  have  also  become  the  guide  for  a  number  of  the  State  Phar- 
maceutical Associations.  These  rules  absolutely  exclude  from  the  exhibi- 
tions all  proprietary  and  patented  medicines,  medicinal  or  pharmaceutical 
preparations  the  names  of  which  have  been  copyrighted  or  the  complete 
working  formula  of  which  is  withheld  and  such  chemical  preparations  or 
mixtures  which  are  offered  under  other  than  their  proper  scientifically 
recognized  names.  Many  preparations,  which  are  prescribed  by  physicians 
and  recommended  by  professors  in  medical  colleges  in  different  jmrts  of 
the  United  States,  cannot  be  admitted  to  these  exhibitions,  and  while  it  is 
not  required  that  the  preparations  on  exhibition  shall  have  a  label  giving 
the  working  processes,  still  every  member  has  the  right  to  ask  for  the  same,, 
and  if  refused,  such  preparations  would  be  excluded. 
On  account  of  the  position  taken  by  the  Association  in  this  question  no 
action  was  deemed  necessary  upon  a  communication  from  the  Pennsylvania 
Pharmaceutical  Association,  protesting  against  the  injustice  of  allowing 
the  copyrighting  of  common  pharmaceutical  names ;  it  was  ordered  to  be 
spread  upon  the  minutes. 
A  resolution  declaring  in  favor  of  quinine  free  of  duty  was  promptly 
tabled. 
Professor  William  B.  Carpenter  of  London,  England,  was  introduced  to 
the  Association  and  cordially  received.  In  thanking  the  Association  for 
this  reception,  he  offered  his  congratulations  on  the  progress  of  pharmacy 
on  this  continent  and  referred  to  the  advance  made  in  science  generally 
and  more  especially  in  microscopy. 
The  report  of  the  Committee  on  the  President's  Address  was  read.  The 
recommendation  for  placing  the  sum  of  $200  at  the  disposal  of  the  Council 
for  defraying  such  expenses  as  may  be  incident  to  their  duties  was  carried. 
The  Entertainment  Committee  was  retained  as  a  special  committee  and 
three  additional  members  added  to  it.  In  regard  to  the  proposed  change 
of  time  for  the  installation  of  the  officers  the  majority  report,  recommend- 
ing that  no  change  be  made,  was  adopted  by  a  vote  of  41  ayes  against  10 
nays. 
On  motion  of  Mr.  Sheppard  the  sum  of  $100  was  voted  to  the  Secretary 
of  the  Council  for  services  rendered  during  the  past  year. 
Mr.  Rosenwasser  commenced  the  reading  of  a  paper  entitled  a  study  of 
