Am' July,' 1 907? rm'}    Pennsylvania  Pharmaceutical  Association.  333 
to  meet  at  Bedford  Springs.  A  reply  was  made  to  the  address  of 
welcome  by  Mr.  B.  E.  Pritchard  on  behalf  of  the  general  member- 
ship, and  by  Mrs.  VV.  E.  Lee  on  behalf  of  the  ladies.  Additional 
remarks  of  welcome  were  made  by  Mr.  Rhoads,  who  gave  a  short 
historical  account  of  Bedford  and  called  attention  to  its  reputation 
as  a  meeting  place  for  political  conventions  away  back  in  the  days 
before  the  Civil  War. 
Vice-President  Lee  then  occupied  the  chair  while  President 
Gorgas  read  his  annual  address.  In  this  address  he  called  attention 
to  the  value  of  combining  both  business  and  professional  qualifica- 
tions, and  advised  affiliation  with  the  American  Pharmaceutical 
Association  and  the  National  Association  of  Retail  Druggists,  both 
of  which  organizations  he  commended  for  their  value  to  the  retail 
druggist.  He  spoke  highly  of  the  work  of  the  Entertainment 
Committee  in  previous  years,  and  so  far  as  the  plans  had  been  out- 
lined for  the  present  year,  the  members  were  assured  that  they  would 
not  be  disappointed. 
The  subject  of  legislation  was  then  taken  up,  the  prerequisite 
law  discussed,  and  particular  attention  was  called  to  the  fact  that 
while  it  had  been  impossible  for  the  Association  to  promote  the  new 
legislation  which  ,  was  under  consideration,  good  work  had  been 
done  by  the  Legislative  Committee  in  stifling  objectionable  legisla- 
tion, particularly  with  reference  to  the  killing  of  a  bill  which  pro- 
vided for  the  use  of  triangular  bottles  for  all  poisonous  liquids. 
He  also  proposed  a  plan  whereby  a  life-membership  roll  might  be 
established  at  an  advance  fee,  the  money  thereby  received  being  set 
aside  as  a  permanent  fund. 
The  growing  need  for  affiliation  between  the  physician  and  the 
pharmacist  was  also  touched  upon  in  brief,  and  the  importance  of 
the  U.  S.  Pharmacopoeia  and  the  National  Formulary  to  the  retail 
druggist  since  the  recognition  of  both  of  these  works  as  standards 
by  the  National  Food  and  Drugs  Act  has  made  them  more  impor- 
tant than  ever  before  in  the  history  of  pharmacy. 
With  reference  to  the  membership  he  spoke  of  the  slight  loss 
which  had  been  observed  in  the  last  few  years  and  said  that  this  was 
only  to  be  expected  on  account  of  the  tremendous  increase  which 
the  Association  had  in  one  or  two  years,  many  of  the  members  join- 
ing on  impulse  without  any  deliberate  intention  of  keeping  up  their 
membership  by  paying  the  annual  dues. 
