294  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.    { ^ june'iSSf1"1" 
1,155  ;  life  members,  108  ;  and  honorary  members,  13,  making  a  total  of  1,276  ; 
the  number  of  deaths  during  the  year  was  12.  The  number  of  applicants  re- 
ported for  membership  during  the  meeting  was  123. 
THIRD  GENERAL  SESSION. 
The  first  matter  considered  at  the  afternoon  session  was  the  report  of  the 
Committee  on  European  Tour,  which  was  presented  by  the  Chairman,  Caswell 
A.  Mayo,  of  New  York.  It  was  to  the  effect  that  arrangements  had  been  per- 
fected whereby  any  member  of  the  Association,  or  any  person  indorsed  by  the 
Association,  can  secure  special  tickets  for  $280.00,  providing  for  a  thirty-five 
days'  tour,  visiting  London,  Dover,  Ostend,  Brussels,  Paris,  and  including  all 
expenses,  save  luncheon  when  ashore.  These  tickets  provide  for  a  first-class 
steamer  passage  going  out  on  the  "  Aller  "  on  June  27th,  and  are  good  to  return 
on  any  of  the  North  German  Lloyd  steamers  within  a  year  from  the  date  of 
issue.  Provisions  were  also  made  for  a  number  of  side  trips  at  some  addi- 
tional expense. 
The  Treasurer,  S.  A.  D.  Sheppard,  reported  upon  the  finances  of  the  Asso- 
ciation for  the  nine  months  ending  April  1,  1900,  as  follows  :  Expenditures, 
$6,540.20  ;  cash  on  hand,  $784.31,  making  the  total  cash  $7,324.51. 
A  financial  report  was  also  made  by  the  Secretary,  Chas.  Caspari,  Jr. 
A  letter  from  Dr.  E.  R.  Squibb,  of  Brooklyn,  acknowledging  the  receipt  of 
the  resolution  passed  at  the  last  annual  meeting  in  commemoration  of  his 
eightieth  birthday,  was  read  by  the  Secretary. 
Among  other  reports  received  at  this  session  was  that  of  the  Committee  on 
Time  and  Place  of  Meeting.  After  considerable  discussion  the  Association 
decided  to  meet  next  year  in  St.  Louis,  some  time  during  the  month  of  Sep- 
tember. 
Professor  Remington  called  attention  to  the  lack  of  interest  in  the  Associa- 
tion by  retail  pharmacists,  and  asked  that  a  special  committee  of  five  be 
appointed  to  consider  the  welfare  of  the  organization  and  to  report  during 
the  meeting  a  plan  for  arousing  interest  in  its  work.  The  suggestion  was 
favorably  received. 
SECTION  ON  COMMERCIAL  INTERESTS. 
The  work  of  the  sections  was  next  begun  and  at  4.20  p.m.  the  Chairman, 
Prof.  J.  M.  Good,  of  St.  Louis,  called  the  first  session  of  the  Section  on  Com- 
mercial Interests  to  order.  The  Secretary  of  the  Section,  F.  W.  E.  Stedem, 
of  Philadelphia,  occupied  the  chair  while  Professor  Good  delivered  his  annual 
address.  Leaving  the  patent  medicine  and  cut  rate  problems  to  the  National 
Association  of  Retail  Druggists,  the  speaker  thought  the  following  questions 
ones  to  which  the  Association  should  devote  itself :  (1)  Methods  whereby 
legitimate  pharmacy  may  be  made  profitable ;  (2)  Methods  for  interesting 
physicians  in  preparations  of  the  Pharmacopoeia  and  the  National  Formulary  ; 
(3)  The  practice,  by  physicians,  of  dispensing  their  own  remedies  ;  (4)  Check- 
ing the  growth  of  the  Free  Dispensary  Evil ;  (5)  A  proper  amount  of  the 
commercial  spirit  in  the  practice  of  legitimate  pharmacy ;  (6)  Buying,  selling 
and  care  of  stock  ;  (7)  Methods  of  advertising  ;  (8)  The  "  Commercial  Course  " 
in  a  College  of  Pharmacy  ;  (9)  The  commercial  value  of  a  pharmaceutical- 
education  . 
