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I     July  1, 1872. 
pharmacists  and  druggists  of  that  city  have  been  at  work  for  several  months  to 
give  the  Association  a  hearty  reception,  and  to  make  this  meeting  as  success- 
ful as  the  previous  ones  have  been.  The  beautiful  situation  of  Cleveland  on 
the  southern  shore  of  lake  Erie,  and  the  splendid  scenery,  through  which  the 
visiting  members  will  have  to  pass,  in  order  to  reach  the  place  of  meeting,  will 
doubtless  cause  many  to  postpone  their  usual  summer  trips  until  that  time,  whilev 
on  the  other  hand,  it  is  expected  that  the  important  matters  which  will  be  re- 
ported on  aud  discussed,  will  render  this  meeting  as  interesting  and  profitable 
as  the  last. 
In  a  short  time  the  permanent  Secretary  will  issue  his  usual  notices  to  the 
members,  in  which  the  arrangements  will  be  mentioned  which  he  may  be  able 
to  make  with  the  different  railroads. 
The  important  feature  of  the  exhibition  connected  with  the  meeting  has  like- 
wise received  proper  attention,  and  members  and  others  having  objects  of  in- 
terest to  the  profession  or  the  trade  to  exhibit,  are  requested  to  apply  for  space 
to  the  local  Secretary,  Mr.  Henry  0.  Gaylord,  at  Cleveland,  who  will  forward 
circulars  on  application,  and  take  charge  of  the  goods  on  arrival. 
The  Third  Convention  of  the  Colleges  of  Pharmacy  will  be  held  at  Cleve- 
land during  the  period  of  the  approaching  meeting  of  the  American  Pharma- 
ceutical Association.  In  1870,  at  the  Baltimore  meeting,  the  first  convention 
was  held,  which  was  merely  preliminary  in  its  character,  although  several  im- 
portant questions  were  discussed.  An  organization  was  effected  at  the  second 
convention  at  St.  Louis,  in  1871,  and  a  committee,  consisting  of  Professors  J . 
Faris  Moore  and  J.  M.  Maisch,  was  appointed,  to  propose,  with  the  approval 
of  the  President,  My.  E.  H.  Sargent,  a  number  of  questions  for  the  considera- 
tion of  the  third  convention.  Three  subjects  have  been  agreed  upon,  and  were 
communicated  to  all  the  teaching  colleges  of  pharmacy  in  the  United  States 
for  their  information  in  advance  of  the  meeting.  These  questions  are  printed 
on  page  s28  and  330  of  our  present  number. 
An  Act  to  Prevent  the  Sale  of  Drugs  or  Medicines  Designed  to  Pro- 
cure Criminal  Abortion  has  passed  both  Houses  of  the  Legislature  of  Illinois, 
and  was  signed  by  the  Governor.  It  prohibits  the  sale  of  abortifacient  drugy 
or  medicines  except  upon  the  written  prescription  of  some  well-known  and  re- 
spectable practising  physician,  the  prescriptions  to  be  registered  in  a  book  kept 
for  that  purpose  only.  Medicines  designed  for  the  use  of  females,  together  with 
the  formulas  by  which  they  are  prepared,  must  be  submitted,  under  oath,  to  five 
physicians  in  the  county  in  which  the  medicine  is  proposed  to  be  sold  ;  if  the 
physicians  certify,  under  oath,  that  the  medicine  is  not  abortifacient,  the 
medicine  may  be  sold,  if  the  dealer  keeps  a  copy  of  the  certificate  and  of  the 
formula  for  the  inspection  of  any  person  desiring  to  see  the  same.  The  fine  for 
every  offence  is  from  fifty  to  five  hundred  dollars,  or  imprisonment  for  one  to 
six  months,  or  both. 
The  law  is  evidently  intended  to  reach  those  murderous  concoctions  sold  as 
"  female  pills,"  "  golden  pills,"  "  periodical  mixtures,"  &c,  and  inviting  to  com- 
