ArA^gust,i9oam"}    Maryland  Pharmaceutical  Association.  393 
shall  regulate  their  charges  and  pharmacists  shall  do  likewise ;  that 
pharmacists  shall  not  refill  prescriptions  when  directed  by  physi- 
cians not  to  do  so;  that  druggists  shall  see  physicians  before  filling 
prescriptions  supposed  to  contain  errors,  and  that  pharmacists  shall 
not  disclose  the  contents  of  prescriptions  to  customers.  These  regu- 
lations were  approved,  the  only  one  rejected  being  the  requirement 
that  druggists  need  not  put  caution  labels  on  bottles  unless  directed 
to  do  so  by  physicians. 
Louis  Schulze  read  a  paper  on  free  dispensaries.  He  said  that 
these  institutions  were  abused  by  the  well-to-do,  and  recommended 
the  appointment  of  State  physicians  to  visit  the  indigent  sick.  This 
paper  was  referred  to  the  joint  Committee  of  Physicians  and  Pharma- 
cists. J.  C.  Muth,  of  Muth  Bros.  &  Co.,  reported  that  statistics 
gathered  in  the  State  showed  that  the  sale  of  patent  medicines  has 
undergone  a  slight  decrease. 
On  Friday  the  proceedings  opened  with  the  reading  of  the  report 
from  the  Committee  on  Pure  Food  and  Drugs,  which  encouraged 
support  of  the  efforts  to  secure  national  legislation  on  the  subject. 
Dr.  Dohme  read  a  paper  on  "  What  Have  Been  the  Causes  Prevent- 
ing the  Enactment  of  a  Pharmacy  Law  for  Maryland."  "Are  Head- 
ache Remedies  Containing  Acetanilid  Dangerous?"  was  a  subject 
discussed  by  J.  Emory  Bond.  It  brought  out  some  remarks  by  W. 
C.  Aughinbaugh  and  others,  who  advised  that  these  remedies  be 
used  with  caution. 
At  the  afternoon  session  the  Committee  on  Trade  Interests  made 
its  report.  It  recommended  that  the  Maryland  Association  continue 
to  support  the  N.A.R.D.  Robert  S.  McKinney,  Taneytown, 
Chairman;  W.  C.  Powell,  Snow  Hill,  and  H.  P.  Hynson  and  J.  G. 
Beck,  Baltimore,  were  appointed  a  Board  of  Directors  of  the  Retail 
Druggists'  League,  to  be  formed  as  an  adjunct  to  the  Maryland 
Pharmaceutical  Association.  Non-members  as  well  as  members  of 
the  State  association  may  belong  to  the  new  league,  which  has  for 
its  object  the  organization  of  all  the  retail  druggists  in  Maryland. 
J.  M.  Kenney  read  a  paper  in  reply  to  the  query,  "  What  is  the 
Best  Preservative  for  Fruit  Juices  ?  "  He  said  that  formaldehyde  was 
as  good  as  anything. 
H.  Lionel  Meredith,  Hagerstown,  read  a  paper  on  some  experi- 
ments with  glucose  and  glycerin  in  syrup  ferrous  iodide. 
The  following  officers  were  elected :  President,  W.  E.  Turner, 
