Am.  Tour.  Pharm. ]  National  Pharmaceutical  Service  Association,  ^qt 
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THE  NATIONAL  PHARMACEUTICAL  SERVICE 
ASSOCIATION. 
At  the  regular  monthly  meeting  of  the  National  Pharmaceutical 
Service  Association  held  April  9,  121  applications  for  membership 
were  acted  upon,  bringing  the  total  membership  in  the  association 
well  above  the  1,200  mark. 
Although  less  than  one  year  old,  this  association  has  made  great 
progress,  and  one  of  the  very  encouraging  reports  at  the  April  meet- 
ing was  that  of  the  President,  who  stated  that  Congressman  Ed- 
monds had  notified  him  that  the  propaganda  work  which  had  been 
done  was  bearing  fruit,  in  that  the  number  of  Congressmen  who 
were  interested  in  seeing  the  Edmonds  Bill  passed  was  constantly  in- 
creasing. Instead  of  being  urged  to  vote  for  the  measure,  many  of 
them  are  coming  to  Congressman  Edmonds  and  offering  their  aid 
in  having  the  bill  pass  the  House. 
Dr.  E.  G.  Eberle  reported  for  the  delegation  which  had  been  sent 
by  the  Association  to  attend  the  Conference  on  the  Edmonds  Bill 
at  Baltimore,  March  18,  and  the  hearing  at  Washington,  March  19. 
A  proposition  from  Mr.  C.  A.  Mayo,  of  New  York,  to  have  peti- 
tions signed  by  members  of  the  families  of  soldiers,  asking  that  the 
Edmonds  Bill  be  passed,  was  laid  before  the  association,  and  it  was 
decided  to  bring  this  matter  before  every  member  at  an  early  date, 
so  as  to  get  the  greatest  value  from  this  propaganda  while  the  Com- 
mittee on  Military  Affairs  has  the  Edmonds  Bill  under  consideration. 
Mr.  Ambrose  Hunsberger  reported  that  the  support  of  the 
Philadelphia  County  Medical  Society  has  been  enlisted  in  this  meas- 
ure, and  that  they  have  appointed  a  committee  of  five  physicians  to 
cooperate  in  having  the  bill  passed.  The  matter  of  sending  literature 
on  the  newer  antiseptic  products  to  pharmacists  now  in  the  service 
was  then  discussed,,  and  the  committee  which  had  been  appointed 
for  that  purpose  was  instructed  to  consider  it  further. 
Plans  are  being  made  by  the  executive  committee  to  make  the 
annual  meeting  of  the  association,  which  will  be  held  some  time  dur- 
ing the  second  week  of  June,  as  comprehensive  as  possible. 
The  next  meeting  of  the  association  will  be  held  on  Tuesday,  May 
14,  1918. 
