AMERICAN  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION.  513 
Dr.  Percy  agreed  with  Prof.  Procter,  that  the  use  of  the  law 
was  chiefly  in  affording  the  means  to  discover  who  had  bought 
and  sold  poisons,  and  thus  aid  the  cause  of  justice. 
The  question  on  the  preamble  and  resolution  of  Dr.  Squibb 
being  called  for,  a  vote  was  taken,  and  they  were  adopted. 
Edward  Parrish  offered  the  following  : 
Resolved,  That  the  Executive  Committee  be  directed  to  forward  copies 
of  the  Proceedings,  including  those  of  previous  years  as  far  as  practicable, 
to  the  various  pharmaceutical  and  chemical  societies  and  colleges  in  this 
country  and  Europe,  with  the  request  for  exchanges. 
It  was  moved  to  amend  the  resolution  by  including  the  editors 
of  the  leading  newspapers,  which  on  being  put  to  vote  was  lost. 
The  resolution  was  then  voted  for,  and  was  adopted. 
William  J.  M.  Gordon,  of  Cincinnati,  offered  the  following  : 
Resolved,  That  this  Association  tender  their  heartfelt  thanks  to  the  New 
York  College  of  Pharmacy,  and  to  the  druggists  and  pharmaceutists  of 
New  York,  who  have  contributed  to  the  comfort  and  entertainment  of  its 
members  during  the  present  sessions. 
Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 
Dr.  Squibb  on  behalf  of  the  Business  Committee  having  in- 
formed the  Association  of  the  remaining  business  claiming  atten- 
tion, considerable  discussion  ensued  on  the  propriety  of  now 
entering  upon  the  subject  of  weights  and  measures ;  which,  on 
motion,  was  taken  up. 
The  following  preamble  and  resolution  offered  by  the  Business 
Committee  were  read,  viz ; 
Whereas,  It  is  the  judgment  of  this  Association  that  a  change  in  the 
officinal  tables  of  weights  and  measures  is  desirable  and  expedient  ;  And 
whereas,  it  is  understood  that  the  final  Committee  of  Revision  and  Publica- 
tion of  the  U,  S.  Pharmacopoeia,  have  as  yet  come  to  no  action  upon  this 
subject ;  therefore, 
1.  Resolved,  That  it  is  expedient  and  proper  for  this  Association,  at  this 
time,  to  offer  its  judgment  upon  this  important  subject. 
2.  Resolved,  That  the  change  of  weights  recently  adopted  in  the  Com- 
mittee of  the  Council  for  consolidation  and  revision  of  the  British  Pharma- 
copoeia, by  which  change  the  table  of  avoirdupois  weight  is  adopted,  with 
a  new  division  of  the  avoirdupois  ounce  into  480  parts,  to  be  called  grains, 
meets  the  approval  of  this  Association,  and  is  recommended  for  adoption 
in  the  National  Pharmacopoeia. 
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