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gists  and  pharmacists  of  the  different  State  capitals  issue  a  call  for  a  meeting  to  take 
place  early  during  the  coming  summer,  and  we  have  no  doubt  that  a  respectable 
number  would  respond  to  place  each  association  on  a  firm  footing  at  the  very  start. 
The  State  capitals,  without  exception,  are  easy  of  access,  and  in  all  suitable  pro- 
visions for  a  successful  initiatory  meeting  could  be  made.  Will  our  pharmacists 
move  in  the  matter  ? 
Medical  and  Pharmaceutical  Ethics. — The  physicians  and  pharmacists  of  Ant- 
werp have  recently  set  an  example  which  deserves  to  be  emulated  also  in  many 
sections  of  this  country ;  if  carried  out  in  good  faith  by  all  concerned,  it  cannot  but 
promote  the  friendly  intercourse  between  the  members  of  the  two  professions,  and 
abate  almost  altogether  that  feeling  of  antagonism  which  is  still  too  frequently 
manifested,  and  which,  while  it  demands  for  one  side  the  unconditional  recognition 
and  the  most  liberal  interpretation  of  its  acquired  or  supposed  rights,  is  often  but 
too  much  disposed  to  curtail  those  of  the  other  side,  or  to  overlook  the  fact  that 
during  the  past  century  the  medical  and  pharmaceutical  sciences  have  progressed  to 
such  an  extent  as  to  render  their  complete  and  co-ordinate  separation  absolutely 
necessary.  It  cannot  but  be  productive  of  good  to  know  in  what  manner  the  ami- 
cable adjustment  of  such  differences  is  attempted  and,  let  us  hope,  accomplished 
elsewhere. 
A  mixed  committee,  consisting  of  three  physicians  and  three  pharmacist?, 
appointed  by  the  respective  professions  of  Antwerp,  has  elaborated  the  following 
project,  which  will  doubtless  receive  the  sanction  of  both  parties : 
1.  Each  member  of  the  two  branches  of  the  medical  corps  should  abstain  from 
interfering  with  the  prerogatives  of  the  other  ;  the  physician  should  not  furnish  any 
medicine  to  his  patients,  and  the  pharmacist  should  avoid  giving  medical  advice  j 
the  pharmacists  may,  within  the  limits  of  the  law,  furnish  medicines  which  may  be 
asked  for,  such  as  a  cough  mixture,  a  sedative  draught  (potion  calmante),  a  purga- 
tive, copaiba  capsules,  etc.,  without,  however,  advising  that  such  or  another  prepa- 
ration was  more  suitable. 
2.  The  physician  and  pharmacist  should  conduct  themselves  towards  each  other 
with  the  sentiments  of  kindness  (bienveillance)  and  confraternity,  which  unite  th*e 
members  of  a  family,  and  should  avoid,  in  the  presence  of  the  client,  every  kind  of 
reflection  or  unfair  remarks  (appreciation  desobligeante)  ;  a  conciliatory  council 
should  be  appointed  for  smoothing  such  disputes  as  may  arise  on  the  subject  of: 
medical  practice. 
3.  Finally,  physicians  should  as  rarely  as  possible  prescribe  secret  remedies  and 
pharmaceutical  specialties;  on  the  other  hand,  pharmacists  should  abstain  from 
advertising  them. 
Similar  resolutions,  concerning  the  intercourse  between  physicians  and  pharma- 
cists, have  been  adopted  by  the  professions  in  other  cities  of  Belgium. 
Warburg's  Tincture. — Recently  we  have  been  applied  to  for  a  formula  for  this 
tincture,  which  had  been  mentioned  in  some  medical  journals'^  a  valuable  febri- 
