An6'ctober,^9oa7,!m'}    American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  479 
The  Modern  Pharmacy. 
By  B.  Sacks. 
The  author  deplored  the  bizarre  character  of  many  modern  phar- 
macies and  advised  that  the  pharmacist  give  his  undivided  attention 
to  his  professional  work. 
Several  other  papers  were  received,  some  of  which  were  read  by 
title  : 
"  Some  Interesting  Prescription  Incompatibilities,"  by  W.  J.  Rob- 
inson ;  "  Cataplasma  Kaolini,"  by  H.  C.  Blair ;  "  The  Future 
Pharmacist,"  by  B.  Romansky  ;  "  Cutting  Compounding  Corners, 
or  Pharmaceutical  Economies,"  by  Frank  E.  Fisk;  "His  Terrible 
Mistake  in  Dispensing,"  by  L.  Marmor ;  "Twelve  Prescriptions," 
by  H.  A.  B.  Dunning  ;  "  Glycerin  vs.  Sugar,"  by  William  C.  Kirch- 
gessner;  "  Heat  and  Its  Utility  at  the  Compounding  and  Dispensing 
Counters,"  by  Frank  E.  Fisk  ;  "  Clean  Them  Yourself,"  by  William 
F.  Kaemmerer  ;  "  Practical  Thoughts  and  Suggestions,"  by  Louis 
Schulze ;  "  A  New  and  Continuous  Lime  Water  Apparatus,"  by 
Otto  Raubenheimer ;  "  Elixir  Curacoa,"  by  H.  C.  Blair. 
The  following  officers  were  elected :  chairman,  Franklin  M. 
Apple ;  secretary,  Joseph  Weinstein ;  associates,  Wilbur  L.  Scoville 
and  E.  Fullerton  Cook. 
SECTION  ON  EDUCATION  AND  LEGISLATION. 
Oscar  Oldberg,  chairman  ;  Joseph  W.  England,  secretary  ;  associates  :  David 
F.  Jones,  Harry  B.  Mason  and  Wm.  K.  Ilhardt. 
This  section  held  two  sessions,  beginning  Wednesday  morning. 
Chairman  Oldberg's  address  last  year,  and  the  one  presented  by 
him  this  year,  will  find  a  permanent  place  in  the  history  of  pharma- 
ceutical education  in  this  country.  The  former  was  published  in 
this  Journal  and  the  second  will  also  be  published  in  full  in  its 
columns.  The  address  was  referred  to  a  committee  composed  as 
follows :  Henry  P.  Hynson,  Wm.  M.  Searby  and  C.  S.  N.  Hallberg. 
In  Secretary  England's  report  comprehensive  statistical  data  per- 
taining to  schools  and  colleges  of  pharmacy  were  presented,  giving 
the  entrance  requirements,  attendance,  number  of  graduates,  weeks 
of  instruction,  and  hours  of  obligatory  lecture  and  laboratory  work. 
The  report  also  included  the  results  of  the  work  of  the  State  boards 
of  pharmacy,  regarding  applications,  registrations,  examinations, 
etc.,  and  in  addition  information  relating  to  new  legislation  in  the 
