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A  joint  meeting  of  both  professions  should  be  held  to  condemn  the 
evil,  and  wipe  out  a  practice  which  degrades  both  professions. 
Pharmacists  should  join  with  the  medical  profession  and  take  an 
active  part  in  those  affairs  of  civic  life  which  relate  to  the  welfare  of 
the  city  and  State,  as  giving  the  people  pure  air,  pure  water,  pure 
food,  pure  drugs,  and  to  aid  the  medical  profession  to  legislate  out 
of  existence  the  quacks,  abortionists  and  others  who  prey  on  the 
poor,  unfortunate  sick.  If  we  could  have  had  the  united  support  of 
your  profession  throughout  Pennsylvania,  our  One  Board  Medical 
Examiners  Bill  would  have  been  on  the  statute  book  to-day  instead 
of  resting  in  the  graveyard  of  a  legislative  committee. 
Cordial  relations  between  the  two  professions  should  be  fostered ; 
one  must  have  the  cordial  support  of  the  other  if  favorable  legisla- 
tion for  both  of  our  professions  shall  reach  a  successful  issue. 
I  thank  you,  gentlemen,  for  your  courtesy  and  your  attention. 
THE  AMERICAN  CHEMICAL  SOCIETY  AND  THE  WORK 
OF  ITS  LOCAL  SECTIONS.1 
By  Charges  K.  Vanderkeeed. 
In  discussing  the  organization  and  work  of  the  American  Chem- 
ical Society,  and  especially  that  of  its  local  sections,  this  evening, 
with  special  reference  to  their  applicability  to  the  needs  of  the 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  it  is  especially  appropriate 
to  note  that  the  growth  and  development  of  the  Society  dates  back 
to  the  time  when  it,  too,  passed  through  a  kind  of  reorganization, 
a  little  account  of  which  may  not  only  prove  of  interest  to  our 
organization,  but  may  teach  some  points  of  value.  However,  in 
my  opinion,  more  is  to  be  gained  by  showing  the  essential  differ- 
ences in  the  objects  of  the  two  associations  than  by  attempting  to 
help  the  Pharmaceutical  Association  by  showing  how  it  may  emu- 
late the  Chemical  Society. 
The  American  Chemical  Society  is  thirty-one  years  old,  having 
been  organized  in  New  York  City  in  1876.  It  is  therefore  the  junior 
by  two  dozen  years  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association, 
which  this  year  celebrates  its  fifty-fifth  anniversary.    The  history  of 
1  Read  at  the  May  meeting  of  the  Philadelphia  Branch  of  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association. 
