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meller,  Wheeling,  secretary  and  treasurer.  The  next  meeting  will  be  held 
at  Clarksburg  June  19,  1888. 
The  Tennessee  Pharmaceutical  Association  held  its  second  meeting  in  Nash- 
ville May  11.  The  address  of  President  Gordon,  the  reports  of  the  different 
officers  and  committees,  and  discussions  on  legislation  and  other  subjects 
occupied  the  attention  of  the  members.  R.  A,  Sloan,  Chattanooga,  was 
elected  president ;  T>.  L.  Goodyear,  Memphis,  and  J.  A.  McCampbell,  Knox- 
ville,  vice-presidents ;  J.  L.  Thompson,  Nashville,  secretary,  and  E.  L.  Lau- 
rent, Nashville,  treasurer. 
EDITORIAL  DEPARTMENT. 
Pharmaceutical  Legislation  in  Pennsylvania. — In  another  place  we  print  the 
full  text  of  the  new  pharmacy  law,  from  a  copy  that  had  been  obtained  from  the 
office  of  the  Secretary  of  State.  By  referring  to  section  11  and  comparing 
the  same  with  our  remarks  on  page  317  of  the  June  number,  it  will  be  ob- 
served that  registered  practitioners  of  medicine  are  permitted  to  be  registered 
as  pharmacists  after  three  years  continuous  practice — not  practice  in  phar- 
macy as  we  had  supposed — and,  consequently  that  objectionable  section 
does  not  contain  even  the  mitigating  feature  we  supposed  it  did,  and  which 
alone  could  give  an  apparent  justification  for  the  admission  of  the  section. 
The  action  of  the  Pennsylvania  Pharmaceutical  Association,  demanding 
its  repeal,  is  proper  and  just,  and  should  be  complied  with  by  the  Legislature 
at  its  earliest  opportunity,  in  the  interest  of  the  public,  of  medicine  and  of 
pharmacy  alike. 
The  appointments  for  the  Pharmaceutical  Examining  Board  have  been 
made  by  Governor  Beaver,  as  follows  :  Alonzo  Bobbins  of  Philadelphia,  for 
five  years;  Frederick  H.  Eggers,  of  Allegheny  City,  for  4  years;  Harry  B, 
Cochran,  of  Lancaster,  for  3  years ;  H.  A.  Tafel,  of  Philadelphia,  for  2  years, 
and  A.  B.  Burns,  of  Susquehannah  County,  for  1  year.  The  three  first  named 
gentlemen  are  members  of  the  Pennsylvania  Pharmaceutical  Association,  and 
are  fairly  representative  pharmacists  of  the  State.  We  learn  that  Mr.  Burns 
is  a  man  of  considerable  pharmaceutical  experience  since  the  civil  war,  in 
which  he  is  stated  to  have  served  as  hospital  steward.  Mr.  Tafel  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  firm  of  Boericke  &  Tafel,  homoeopathic  pharmacists;  it  is  possible 
that  his  appointment  may  be  due  to  the  fact  that  a  homoeopathic  pharmacy 
bill  had  been  passed  by  the  Legislature,  but  was  vetoed  by  the  Governor  in 
view  of  the  enactment  of  the  general  pharmacy  law,  which  makes  no  dis- 
tinction between  different  pharmaceutical  systems  or  creeds. 
In  connection  with  pharmaceutical  legislation  in  Pennsylvania,  it  is 
proper  to  record  also  the  clause  relating  to  druggists  and  apothecaries,  in 
the  high  license  law  enacted  by  the  Legislature  and  approved  by  the  Gover- 
nor. This  clause  is  more  liberal  and  just  than  analogous  laws  in  some 
other  States,  and  while  a  certain  ambiguity  is  noticeable,  we  think  that  a 
fair  construction  of  the  provisions  concedes  to  the  public  every  reasonable, 
demand  upon  the  apothecary  for  the  supply  of  medicines  and  alcohol,  but 
