AMERICAN  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION.  501 
poisons,  and  that  you  be  particular  when  furnishing  poisons  to  applicants 
for  such,  to  assure  yourself  by  the  appearance  of  the  customer  and  by  pro- 
per enquiry  of  them,  that  no  disreputable,  illegal  or  criminal  purpose  is 
intended. 
That  you  require  a  written  order  from  a  physician  or  other  responsible 
party  to  accompany  any  application  for  a  poisonous  substance  presented 
by  a  person  under  fifteen  years  of  age. 
That  in  all  cases  in  dealing  out  poisons  in  your  business  to  applicants 
in  person,  you  be  particular  to  caution  them  in  regard  to  the  properties 
and  proper  methods  of  employment  of  the  substance  which  they  are  to 
receive. 
That  you  entirely  refuse  to  dispense  oils  of  savine  and  tansy,  of  ergot, 
and  of  substances  of  similar  effect  upon  the  economy,  unless  upon  the 
written  prescription  of  a  physician. 
The  Association  is  led  to  believe  that  no  legislation  upon  this  subject, 
however  strict,  will  completely  protect  the  public  against  the  acts  of  the 
evil  doer,  in  employing  poisons  to  attain  his  purpose.  Yet  it  trusts 
that  this  appeal  to  pharmaceutists,  many  of  whom  may  not  yet  have 
felt  the  force  and  weight  of  the  responsibility  resting  upon  them,  will 
awaken  them  to  a  sense  of  their  accountability,  morally  and  otherwise, 
and  be  conducive  to  individual  safety  and  public  welfare. 
The  committee  appointed  to  nominate  ten  persons  to  carry  out 
the  views  of  the  Association  in  reference  to  the  revision  of  the 
Pharmacopoeia,  reported  the  following,  viz  : 
For  the  New  England  States — Charles  T.  Carney,  of  Boston  ; 
James  Melvin,  of  Boston  ;  and  Henry  F.  Fish,  of  Waterbury, 
Connecticut. 
For  the  Middle  States — John  Meakim,  of  New  York  ;  Edward 
Parrish,  of  Philadelphia  ;  I.  J.  Graham,  of  Baltimore. 
West  and  North  West — F.  Stearns,  of  Detroit ;  W.  J.  M. 
Gordon,  of  Cincinnati. 
Southern  States — A.  E.  Richards,  of  Plaquemine,  La. ;  Robert 
Battey,  M.  D.,  Rome,  Georgia. 
Which  were  accepted  as  the  committee  for  that  service. 
Samuel  Chapman,  of  Philadelphia,  was  proposed  and  elected 
a  member  of  the  Association. 
It  was  on  motion  Resolved,  That  the  suggestion  of  the  Execu- 
tive Committee  of  the  past  year  in  regard  to  an  act  of  incorpo- 
ration from  Congress  for  the  Association,  be  referred  to  the 
Executive  Committee. 
D.  L.  Dyson,  of  Washington,  presented  a  blank  copy  of  the 
certificate  of  membership  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Association  of 
