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He  felt  that  physicians  were  largely  to  blame  for  present-day  con- 
ditions, and  he  for  one  had  received  a  new  incentive  to  work  in  the 
efforts  of  having  the  present  abuses  corrected. 
The  subject  was  further  discussed  by  Drs.  Wood,  Stewart  and 
Lowe  and  by  Messrs,  Harbold,  Stanislaus,  Apple,  Remington,  Koch 
and  Wilbert. 
The  consensus  of  the  opinions  expressed  by  the  several  members 
appears  to  be  that,  physicians  being  in  a  receptive  frame  of  mind, 
it  is  clearly  the  duty  of  the  pharmacist  to  fit  himself  for  the  impor- 
tant task  of  furnishing  correct  and  up-to-date  information  on  all 
matters  relating  to  pharmacy,  and  to  be  prepared  to  furnish  any  or 
all  of  the  official  preparations,  strictly  according  to  standards,  at 
comparatively  short  notice,  on  physicians'  prescriptions. 
M.  1.  Wilbert,  Secretary. 
EXHIBITION  OF  OFFICIAL  PREPARATIONS 
AT  THE  ANNUAL  MEETING  OF  THE  MEDICAL  SOCIETY  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
PENNSYLVANIA. 
The  annual  meeting  of  the  Medical  Society  of  the  State  of  Penn- 
sylvania, at  Reading,  Pa.,  September  23-26,  1907,  is  generally 
admitted  to  have  been  one  of  the  most  notable  in  its  long  era  of 
usefulness. 
While  matters  of  economic  interest  were  given  considerable 
prominence,  and  were  freely  discussed,  the  scientific  papers  that 
were  read  and  discussed  were  not  alone  much  more  numerous,  but 
were  generally  listened  to  by  larger  and  more  appreciative  audi, 
ences,  clearly  indicating  that  while  the  average  physician  is  not 
unmindful  of  his  own  interests,  he  is  primarily  interested  in  matters 
of  scientific,  or  professional,  importance  that  he  can  utilize  for  the 
benefit  of  his  patients  and  the  community  at  large. 
Altogether,  upwards  of  112  communications  were  presented,  and 
by  far  the  greater  number  of  these  were  rather  freely  discussed  by 
the  members  in  attendance  at  the  several  meetings. 
Among  the  more  interesting  innovations,  and  one  that  attracted 
the  attention  of  a  considerable  number  of  the  members  in  attendance 
at  the  annual  meeting,  was  an  exhibition  of  official  preparations, 
under  the  auspices  of  the  Pennsylvania  Pharmaceutical  Association. 
As  noted  in  a  previous  number  of  this  Journal,  this  exhibition 
