g6  Discussion  of  Pure  Food  and  Drug  Law.  {AFeb™yPi907m" 
poisonous  or  deleterious  foods,  drugs,  medicines  and  liquors,  and  for  regulat- 
ing traffic  therein,  aud  for  other  purposes  ;"  and, 
WHEREAS,  to  obviate  unnecessary  complications  and  to  facilitate  the 
enforcement  of  the  Federal  law,  officially  designated  as  "The  Food  and  Drugs 
Act,  June  30,  1906,"  it  is  desirable  that  the  fundamental  principles  that  are 
involved  be  adopted  and  endorsed  by  the  individual  States.     Now,  therefore, 
Be  it  Resolved  that  we,  representatives  and  members  of  medical  and  phar- 
maceutical associations  in  the  State  of  Pennsylvania,  in  meeting  assembled, 
recognize  the  value  and  the  importance  of  rational  laws  to  govern  the  sale  of 
foods  and  drugs  and  to  prevent  their  adulteration  and  harmful  sophistication. 
Be  it  further  Resolved  that  we  endorse  the  fundamental  principles  of  the 
Federal  Pure  Food  and  Drug  Law,  and  that  we  recommend  the  enactment  of  a 
measure  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Pennsylvania  similar  to  that  law 
with  the  exceptions  named  in  the  next  following  resolution. 
Be  it  further  Resolved  that  we  recommend  that  such  a  State  law  be 
devoid  of  all  unnecessary  and  vexatious  restrictions  and  that  the  preparations 
of  the  United  States  Pharmacopoeia  and  of  the  National  Formulary,  when  sold 
for  medicinal  use,  and  the  written  prescriptions  of  duly  licensed  physicians 
when  dispensed  and  kept  on  file  by  a  regular  licensed  pharmacist,  be  exempt 
from  the  provisions  of  the  clause  requiring  specific  labels. 
Be  it  further  Resolved  that  we  recommend  that  when  enacted  the  enforce- 
ment of  such  a  law  should  be  placed  in  the  hands  of  the  State  Pharmaceutical 
Examining  Board,  and  that  they  be  authorized  to  employ  competent  investi- 
gators, and  that  a  suitable  appropriation  be  made  for  the  enforcement  of  the 
law. 
The  chairman  subsequently  announced  the  following  names  as 
members  of  the  committee  to  further  consider  the  resolutions  and 
to  outline  a  suitable  pure  drug  law  with  the  necessary  provisions 
for  its  enforcement  : — 
Medical  Society  of  the  State  of  Pennsylvania,  Dr.  Henry  Beates,  Jr. 
Philadelphia  County  Medical  Society,  Dr.  Henry  Leffmann. 
Medical  Jurisprudence  Society,  Dr.  Henry  W.  Cattell. 
Pennsylvania  State  Pharmaceutical  Association,  John  C.  Wallace. 
Western  Pennsylvania  Retail  Druggists  Association,  Louis 
Emanuel. 
Philadelphia  Association  of  Retail  Druggists,  Charles  Rehfuss. 
Dauphin    County  Association   of  Retail  Druggists,  George  C. 
Gorgas. 
Lancaster  County  Association  of  Retail  Druggists,  W.  O.  Frailey. 
Montgomery  County  Association  of  Retail  Druggists,  Walter 
Rothwell. 
Philadelphia  Drug  Exchange,  Mahlon  N.  Kline. 
Philadelphia  Wholesale  Drug  Co.,  E.  R.  Gatchell. 
