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aspect,  or  taste,  inspire  hopes  of  increased  curative  power,  whilst  in  reality 
no  such  increased  influence  exists. 
Dr.  Goates  concludes  his  remarks  on  apothecaries  by  a  series  of  ques- 
tions, the  more  pointed  of  which  we  quote  : 
1.  "  Can  a  physician,  with  a  safe  conscience,  recommend  an  apothecary's 
establishment,  of  the  contents  and  management  of  which  he  has  no  knowledge, 
merely  on  the  ground  that  the  master  of  it  is  a  man  of  personal  worth,  and  has 
acquitted  himself  creditably  of  a  course  of  pharmaceutical  studies?  2.  Can 
a  shop  in  which  fancy  articles  and  others  of  general  trade  are  sold,  be  conducted 
so  well  as  one  devoted  exclusively  to  Pharmacy?  3.  Is  not  the  putting  up 
of  prescriptions  quite  sufficient  occupation  for  one  establishment?  4.  Is  it 
not  a  sufficient  profession  to  last  a  man  his  life  time,  and  can  he  convert  it  into 
a  wholesale  business  without  causing  a  wrong?  5.  Can  a  city  like  Phila- 
delphia support,  for  Pharmacy  alone,  more  than  a  limited  number  of  apothe- 
caries' stores?  6.  Is  it  not  easier  to  Inspect  a  limited  number  of  establish- 
ments than  a  larger  one?  7.  In  a  duty  important  to  life,  health  and  the  peace 
of  families,  is  it  not  right  to  give  employment,  in  preference,  to  those  who  un- 
derstand their  business  well  and  discharge  it  with  attention  and  care ;  not 
allowing  their  performance  of  it  to  be  interrupted  by  levity  and  talk?  In  fine, 
is  a  physician  to  blame  who  makes  himself  acquainted  with  a  particular  estab- 
lishment, and  makes  it  "a  condition  with  his  patients  that  his  prescriptions 
should  be  put  up  there  ?  " 
Of  the  above  questions  we  should  answer  Nos.  2,  6  and  7,  in  the  af- 
firmative ;  Nos.  3  and  5  in  the  negative,  and  the  remainder  according  to 
circumstances  ;  but  we  have  not  space  for  further  comment,  and  leave  our 
readers  to  draw  their  own  conclusions  in  regard  to  the  character  and  scope 
of  Philadelphia  pharmacy  if  it  was  regulated  by  the  views  of  Dr.  Contes. 
The  following  was  received  just  as  we  were  going  to  press : 
AMERICAN  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION. — Notice. 
The  Eighth  Annual  Meeting  of  the  "  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,"  will  take  place 
in  the  city  of  Mew  York,  on  Tuesday  the  11th  day  of  September  next,  at  3  o'clock  P.  M. 
The  objects  of  the  Association  and  the  conditions  of  membership  are  explained  in  the  following 
extracts  from  the  Constitution. 
Abticxe  I. 
This  Association  shall  be  called  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  Its  aim  shall  be  to 
unite  the  educated  and  reputable  Pharmaceutists  and  Druggists  of  the  United  States  in  the  fol- 
lowing objects  : 
1st.  To  improve  and  regulate  the  drug  market,  by  preventing  the  importation  of  inferior, 
adulterated  or  deteriorated  drugs,  and  by  detecting  and  exposing  home  adulteration. 
2d.  To  establish  the  relations  between  druggists,  pharmaceutists,  physicians  and  the  people  at 
large,  upon  just  principles,  which  shall  promote  the  public  welfare  and  tend  to  mutual  strength 
and  advantage. 
3d.  To  improve  the  science  and  the  art  of  Pharmacy  by  diffusing  scientific  knowledge  among 
apothecaries  and  druggists,  fostering  pharmaceutical  literature,  developing  talent,  stimulating 
discovery  and  invention,  and  encouraging  home  production  and  manufacture  in  the  several  de- 
partments of  the  drug  business. 
4th.  To  regulate  the  system  of  apprenticeship  and  employment  so  as  to  prevent,  as  far  as 
practicable,  the  evils  flowing  from  deficient  training  in  the  responsible  duties  of  preparing,  dis- 
pensing and  selling  medicines. 
5th.  To  suppress  empyricism,  and  as  much  as  possible  to  restrict  the  dispensing  and  sale  of 
medicines  to  regularly  educated  druggists  and  apothecaries. 
Article  II.— Of  the  Members. 
Section  1.   Every  pharmaceutist  or  druggist  of  good  moral  and  professional  standing  whether 
in  business  on  his  own  account,  retired  from  business  or  employed  by  another,  who,  after  duly 
considering  the  objects  of  the  Association  and  the  obligations  of  this  Constitution,  is  willing  to 
subscribe  to  them,  is  eligible  to  membership. 
