Am'juiT,'S87arm*}     Pharmaceutical  Colleges  and  Associations.  373 
secretary.  Nominations  were  also  made  for  the  pharmacy  board.  Among 
the  papers  read  the  following  are  mentioned  : 
Sulphate  of  morphine,  by  P.  I.  Spenzer,  treating  of  the  quality  of  the  com- 
mercial salt.  * 
Black  oxide  of  manganese,  by  S.  W.  McKeown.  The  commercial  oxide 
was  found  free  from  adulteration. 
Pressed  herbs,  by  Jos.  Feil.  The  quality  is  generally  good,  and  in  some 
cases  better  than  that  of  commercial  loose  herbs. 
The  handwriting  on  the  wall,  by  Prof.  J.  U.  Lloyd.  The  writer  thought  it 
was  useless  to  try  to  block  the  wheels  of  progress  and  stick  to  old  ideas  of 
pharmacy  ;  it  was  no  use  to  rebel  against  the  innovations  of  new  ways  of 
carrying  on  the  trade  and  no  one  ever  did  so  but  to  find  himself  suddenly 
isolated  from  the  modern  druggists. 
Solution  of  ferric  citrate,  the  quality  of  commercial  powdered  opium,  and 
the  amount  of  resin  in  commercial  jalap  and  powdered  jalap,  formed  the  sub- 
jects of  other  papers. 
The  Pennsylvania  Pharmaceutical  Association  assembled  at  its  tenth  annual 
meeting  in  the  museum  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy,  June  14-16, 
President  Jas.  A.  Meyers  in  the  chair.  The  Director  of  Public  Works,  General 
L.  Wagner,  representing  Mayor  Pitler,  extended  a  welcome  to  the  associa- 
tion on  behalf  of  the  citizens.  Vice-president  Wm.  J.  Jenks  extended  the 
hospitalities  of  the  College,  and  Dr.  A.  W.  Miller  those  of  the  Drug  Ex- 
change. The  President's  address  referred  to  the  pharmaceutical  literature 
of  the  past  year,  and  spoke  of  the  pharmacy  law  recently  passed  by  the 
legislature,  and  of  the  high  license  law  with  its  effects  upon  those  druggists 
who  have  made  the  sale  of  intoxicants  a  prominent  feature  of  their  busi- 
ness. In  discussing  the  affairs  of  the  association,  various  suggestions  were 
made  which  were  referred  to  a  committee,  and  subsequently  reported  back, 
somewhat  modified,  and  adopted.  Owing  to  various  large  expenditures 
during  the  year,  the  treasurer's  balance  amounted  only  to  $38.74.  The 
membership  of  the  association  was  reported  to  be  506,  besides  6  honorary 
and  19  associate  members.  During  the  meeting  122  new  members  were 
elected. 
The  report  of  the  Committee  on  Legislation  created  considerable  discus- 
sion on  the  new  pharmacy  law,  which  totally  ignores  pharmaceutical  edu- 
cation ;  section  11  was  more  particularly  criticized,  and  the  sentiment  of  the 
Association  was  expressed  in  the  adoption  of  the  following  resolution  of- 
fered by  Mr.  C.  T.  George  : 
Resolved,  That  it  is  the  sentiment  of  the  association  that  Section  11,  of  the 
Pharmacy  law,  is  not  in  the  interest  of  pharmaceutical  education,  and  that, 
inasmuch  as  physicians  have  neither  the  training  nor  education  of  pharma- 
cists, they  should  not  be  permitted  to  practice  pharmacy  without  having 
passed  a  satisfactory  examination  before  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy,  and 
that  the  repea  l  of  Section  11  be  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Legislation, 
with  instructions  to  have  the  same  repealed  as  soon  as  possible. 
The  Committee  on  County  Societies  reported  the  formation  of  four  new 
societies  during  the  year,  making  thirteen  in  all.  The  Committee  on  Adul- 
terations reported  on  the  observations  communicated  to  them,  and  without 
