A&^ptJembeffiT96?'}    American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  527 
PHARMACEUTICAL  JURISPRUDENCE. 
By  Joseph  Jacobs. 
All  of  the  papers  were  referred  to  the  Publication  Committee.  The  re- 
elected officers  were  installed  for  the  coming  year,  and  given  a  vote  of  thanks 
for  the  past  year's  services.  The  reading  of  the  minutes  was  dispensed  with, 
and  the  last  session  of  the  Section  adjourned. 
FINAI,  GENKRAI,  SESSION. 
President  Good  called  the  Association  to  order  at  10.30  a.m.,  on  Tuesday. 
Secretary  Caspari  read  the  minutes  of  the  second  General  Session  and  of  the 
short  General  Sessions  held  just  before  the  conventions  of  the  several  Sections. 
The  minutes  were  approved,  as  were  also  those  of  the  third  meeting  of  the 
Council,  which  were  read  by  Secretary  Kennedy  of  that  body.  Up  to  the  time 
of  this  report  the  latter  gentleman  had  read  the  names  of  112  applicants  for 
membership.  Those  who  had  not  previously  completed  their  membership  were 
now  extended  the  invitation  to  do  so.  Chairman  Payne,  of  the  Committee  on 
the  Status  of  Pharmacists  in  the  United  States  Army  and  Navy,  then  submitted 
his  report,  which  showed  the  thorough  manner  in  which  the  committee  had 
been  endeavoring  to  secure  for  the  naval  apothecaries  and  hospital  stewards  the 
proper  recognition  of  their  required  abilities.  The  report  was  exhaustive  and 
dealt  with  the  statistics  of  examinations.  The  Committee  felt  much  encouraged 
at  the  present  prospects  and  are  confident  of  success.  The  aim  is  to  have  the 
positions  made  sufficiently  attractive  to  draw  the  attention  of  competent  phar- 
macists. The  committee  will  try  to  bring  their  bill  to  a  vote  at  the  next  session 
of  Congress.  The  report  of  the  committee  was  received,  approved  and  referred 
for  publication .  It  was  considered  by  some  members  desirable  to  have  the  co- 
operation of  the  American  Medical  Association.  The  Association  expressed 
itself  as  appreciative  of  the  efficient  services  of  Mr.  Payne  as  Chairman  of  the 
Committee.  Professor  Ryan  read  his  report  as  Chairman  of  the  Committee 
on  Metric  Weights  and  Measures.  He  spoke  of  the  friendly  atti- 
tude of  merchants  and  of  the  press  in  general  toward  the  adoption  of  the 
Metric  system.  These  committees  were  ordered  to  be  continued  as  proposed  by 
President  Good  in  his  address,  and  were  instructed  to  proceed  without  neces- 
sarily consulting  State  associations.  Secretary  Caspari  read  the  report  of  the 
Committee  on  Transportation.  This  body  had  been  unable  to  secure  a  reduc- 
tion of  railroad  fare  for  the  members  living  west  of  the  Rocky  Mountains.  In 
connection  with  this  report  an  amendment  to  the  by-laws  was  proposed,  to  the 
effect  that  the  Local  Secretary  need  not  be  the  Chairman  of  the  committee 
unless  convenience  sanctioned  it.  The  committee  appointed  to  consider  the 
President's  address  approved  of  the  measures  recommended  by  him.  It  re- 
commended that  his  suggestions  regarding  the  revision  of  the  United  States 
Pharmacopoeia  be  made  a  special  topic  for  discussion  at  the  next  meeting,  and 
that  the  same  topic  be  referred  to  the  various  State  associations.  This  commit- 
tee also  recommended  that  the  Committee  on  National  Legislation  be  not  only 
continued,  but  enlarged  from  three  to  five  members,  and  that  one  of  these  be 
from  the  Dominion  of  Canada,  in  order  that  the  interest  be  made  international, 
and  all  to  be  appointed  by  the  incoming  President.  The  report  of  the  commit- 
tee was  adopted. 
Regarding  the  admission  of  certain  "synthetic  remedies"  into  the  Pharma- 
copoeia, Mr.  Sheppard  offered  a  resolution  to  the  effect  that  it  was  the  sense  of 
