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Dr.  Muir  concluded  his  remarks  by  saying  that  experienced  men 
should  be  on  the  legislative  committees ;  that  the  members  of  boards 
of  pharmacy  are  the  most  competent  to  look  after  the  question  of 
pure  drugs. 
Henry  P.  Hynson  said  that  Dr.  McCormack  had  presented  his  case 
as  fairly  as  it  could  possibly  be  done,  and  with  but  one  object, 
namely,  to  benefit  suffering  humanity  and  to  elevate  the  profession 
of  pharmacy. 
W.  M.  Searby,  of  San  Francisco,  said  that  in  his  own  city  the 
physicians  who  write  any  considerable  number  of  prescriptions  get 
a  percentage  on  them,  and  that  druggists  who  refuse  to  comply  with 
this  demand  will  not  be  able  to  succeed.  This,  however,  Professor 
Searby  said  is  a  side  issue,  and  insisted  that  druggists  should  main- 
tain their  dignity  and  receive  recognition  as  equals,  since  they  are 
also  endeavoring  to  improve  standards  of  education  and  to  promote 
the  propaganda  for  reform. 
C.  B.  Lowe,  of  Philadelphia,  contended  that  professors  of 
materia  medica  should  teach  the  physiologic  action  of  drugs. 
W.  C.  Anderson,  commenting  on  the  proposed  New  York  phar- 
macy law,  said  that  it  would  have  permitted  druggists  to  sell  prepa- 
rations of  any  percentage  strength  providing  they  were  so  labeled. 
He  said  that  the  U.S.P.  standards  should  be  upheld. 
Professor  Anderson  thought  that  the  main  bone  of  contention  is 
the  selling  of  nostrums  by  pharmacists  ;  but  he  said,  when  the  law 
went  into  effect  requiring  manufacturers  of  narcotic  preparations  to 
label  them,  many  druggists  threw  them  out.  He  then.declared  that 
if  physicians  will  tell  druggists  which  patent  medicines  to  throw  out 
they  will  do  so ;  but  he  said  no  pharmacy  is  complete  without  them. 
Professor  Hallberg  said  that  some  years  ago  he  attended  a  public 
lecture  by  Dr.  McCormack,  in  the  course  of  which  the  speaker 
advised  the  audience  that  whenever  they  saw  a  pharmacy  with  signs 
of  cut  rates  displayed,  they  should  pass  it  by. 
In  replying  to  the  several  speakers,  Dr.  McCormack  said  that 
whatever  the  two  professions  have  been  doing  in  the  past,  they  should 
do  differently  in  the  future. 
He  admitted  that  he  was  glad  to  be  corrected  on  the  lobby  state- 
ment ;  that  this  knowledge  would  enable  him  to  face  those  making 
false  claims  before  legislative  committees.  He  then  pleaded  that 
the  State  committees  of  the  two  associations  come  together  and 
