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American  Medical  Association. 
A.m.  Jour.  Pharro 
July.  1907. 
being  made  to  the  presentation  of  this  paper  it  was  read  by  title 
and  was  subsequently  read  in  full  by  Prof.  W.  A.  Puckner,  of  Chi- 
cago, in  an  impromptu  adjourned  session  of  the  Section. 
This  paper  was  followed,  in  regular  order,  by  papers  on : 
"  Materia  Medica  and  Pharmacy  in  Hospital  Practice,"  by  M.  I.  Wil- 
bert,  of  Philadelphia,  and —  x 
"  A  Plea  for  a  More  Thorough  Course  in  Practical  Pharmacy  and 
Prescription  Dispensing  in  Our  Medical  Schools,"  by  Dr.  M.  Clay- 
ton Thrush,  of  Philadelphia. 
The  officers  elected  for  the  coming  year,  by  this  section,  are  : — . 
Chairman,  M.  H.  Fussell,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Vice-Chairman,  W.  W.  Thompkins,  Charleston,  W.  Va. 
Secretary,  C.  S.  N.  Hallberg,  Chicago,  111. 
Delegate,  S.  Solis  Cohen,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
The  exhibition  held  in  connection  with  the  annual  session  of  the 
Association  was  particularly  interesting  and  included  a  number  of 
novel  features  not  the  least  important  of  which,  from  an  educational 
point  of  view,  was  an  exhibit  of  official  and  proprietary  prepara- 
tions by  the  Philadelphia  Branch  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical 
Association. 
The  Journal  of  the  American  Medical  Association  (June  15,  1907^ 
page  2033),  in  an  editorial  comment  on  this  exhibition,  says  : — 
"In  this  connection  one  must  call  attention  to  the  most  interesting  display 
of  the  Philadelphia  Branch  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association. 
These  pharmacists  showed  an  array  of  elegant  pharmaceuticals,  put  up  in 
accordance  with  the  U.  S.  Pharmacopoeia  and  National  Formulary.  They  were 
certainly  attractive.  Those  in  charge  emphasized  the  fact  that  any  competent 
pharmacist  can  prepare  elegant  and  accurate  products,  and  urged  that  physi- 
cians co-operate  by  prescribing  such  articles. 
"  Another  part  of  the  exhibit  made  by  the  Philadelphia  pharmacists  con- 
sisted of  various  nostrums,  some  offered  to  the  public,  some  offered  to  the 
profession,  and  some  offered  to  both,  with  comparisons  made  between  their 
claims  and  the  real  facts  as  regards  composition  and  therapeutic  power.  This 
exhibit  was  the  centre  of  an  interested  group  all  of  the  time." 
The  pharmacists  in  attendance  on  the  exhibition  were  in  turn 
elated  with  the  attention  that  was  given  them  and,  altogether,  it  is 
fair  to  assume  that  the  exhibition  will  contribute  materially  to  the 
establishment  of  better  relations  between  physicians  and  pharma- 
cists. 
In  conclusion  it  is  fair  that  some  mention  should  be  made  of  the 
