Am.  Jour.  Pharm.  * 
September,  1907.  ( 
Progress  in  Pharmacy. 
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In  our  own  country  the  meetings  of  the  State  Pharmaceutical 
Associations,  held  during  the  past  three  months,  have  been  of  more 
than  usual  interest  and  were  generally  well  attended. 
As  might  have  been  expected,  matters  of  economic  importance 
were  generally  more  frequently  and  more  freely  discussed  than  purely 
scientific  subjects.  Among  the  more  popular  subjects  for  discussion 
we  find :  "  Pure  Food  and  Drug  Laws,"  "  The  Relations  Between 
Physician  and  Pharmacist,"  "  U.S. P.  and  N.F.  Propaganda"  and  the 
"  Future  of  the  N.A.R.D." 
The  latter  subject  appears  to  have  interested  an  unusual  number 
of  pharmacists,  and  speculation  as  to  the  future  policy  of  this  organi- 
zation appears  to  be  rife  on  all  sides. 
There  can  be  no  doubt  that,  judiciously  managed,  this  organization 
can  wield  a  tremendous  influence  for  good  in  the  future  develop- 
ment of  pharmacy  in  this  country,  and  that,  on  the  other  hand,  the 
same  organization,  if  dominated  by  unsound  principles,  can  bring 
about  a  deterioration  rather  than  an  uplifting  of  the  rank  and  file  in 
our  calling.  The  coming  convention  of  the  N.A.R.D.,  in  Chicago, 
during  the  week  of  September  16th,  will  be  eagerly  followed  by 
persons  in  all  branches  of  pharmacy. 
The  Future  of  the  N.A.R.D.— -Under  this  title  Prof.  H.  H.  Rusby 
discusses  several  of  the  proposed  activities  of  the  N.A.R.D.,  and 
very  properly  asserts  that  the  essential  object  of  organization  is  that 
the  society  do  for  its  members  that  which  they  cannot  accomplish 
for  themselves. 
He  suggests  that  the  N.A.R.D.  endeavor  to  secure  for  its  mem- 
bers all  of  the  important  prescription  materials  of  perfect  quality. 
Such  a  procedure  would  practically  enable  each  individual  druggist 
to  guarantee  the  identity  and  purity  of  the  articles  that  he  supplies 
on  prescriptions.  Dr.  Rusby  believes  that  the  moral  effect  of  such 
an  undertaking  would  be  enormous,  and  that  it  would  secure  for 
pharmacists  a  standing  in  the  community  that  is  unknown  at  the 
present  time.    (Drug.  Circ.,  August,  1907,  page  550.) 
The  Future  of  the  U.S. P.  is  another  subject  that  is  receiving  con- 
siderable attention  at  the  present  time. 
The  Druggists'  Circular  is  collecting  and  publishing  comments 
and  opinions  on  the  future  trend  in  pharmacopceial  revision,  and 
many  of  the  leading  drug  journals  have  taken  cognizance  of  the 
discussion  in  one  way  or  another.    While  the  ideas  and  opinions 
