110  Minutes  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Meeting.        { '^"'Feb^'isS'*'^™ 
prepare  himself  for  the  final  examination  (Staats-examen)  in  the  higher 
branches  of  his  profession. 
Mr.  Blair  said  that  Professor  Procter  had  been  in  the  habit  of  sending  his 
young  men  to  the  College  during  the  first  and  last  year  of  their  apprentice- 
ship. 
Prof.  Maisch  remarked,  that  at  that  time  the  junior  and  senior  students 
heard  the  same  lectures,  and  that  he  had  no  doubt  that  with  the  present 
graded  courses,  Prof.  Procter  would  have  sent  his  apprentices  for  three  or 
four  years.  Referring  to  the  admitted  fact  that  pharmacy  was  vastly  over- 
crowded, he  said  that  the  same  was  true  of  all  other  professions  and  trades. 
Regarding  the  legal  status  of  medicine  he  said  that  the  laws  recently  passed 
required  of  aj^ractitioner  of  medicine  the  registration  of  a  diploma,  and  that 
in  Illinois  and  other  States  the  Board  could,  and  very  properly  did,  dis- 
criminate between  the  schools  and  would  not  recognize  diplomas  from 
institutions  that  did  not  require  sufficient  preliminary  education  of  their 
students.  Not  one  of  the  numerous  pharmacy  laws  required  a  diploma  as 
evidence  of  qualification;  many  recognized  pharmaceutical  diplomas;,  a 
number  recognized  also  medical  diplomas;  one  law  discriminated  against 
the  schools  of  other  States;  several  recognized  no  diploma  ;  but  all  the  laws 
admitted  to  the  practice  of  pharmacy  those  who  could  pass  examination 
before  the  appointed  Board;  even  in  Philadelphia  any  person  could  carry 
on  the  drug  business  after  passing  the  examination  before  the  Board,  with- 
out ever  having  been  at  a  college  of  pharmacy.  Prof.  Maisch  thought  that 
all  those  who  could  legally  enter  the  drug  business,  had  a  right  to  be  in- 
structed therein,  and  in  his  opinion,  they  deserved  commendation,  if  they 
were  seeking  instructions  beyond  what  was  legally  required  of  them. 
Mr.  Daniel  S.  Jones  remarked  that  he  was  glad  to  be  present  and  hear 
the  subject  discussed  ;  that  many  present  knew  the  active  interest  he  had 
exhibited  in  the  College  in  years  past,  and  that  circumstances  rendered  it 
too  painful  for  him  to  frequent  these  halls  as  he  formerly  did ;  he  neverthe- 
less had  a  most  abiding  interest  in  the  welfare  of  the  institution,  and  he 
knew  the  views  of  those  whose  opinions  had  been  quoted  and  how  earnest 
they  were  in  desiring  only  the  best  personnel  in  the  ranks  of  pharmacists; 
he  felt  sure  that  good  would  come  of  the  discussion  of  so  important  a  topic. 
Mr.  Andrew  Blair  read  a  very  modest  advertisement  about  cod  liver  oil, 
which  gave  rise  to  considerable  amusement.  He  also  read  a  paper  upon 
"Spiritus  Ammonise  Aromaticus,"  showing  the  advantage  of  the  product 
of  the  formula  of  the  Pharmacopoeia  of  1870  over  the  present  officinal ;  the 
paper  was  accompanied  with  samples  of  the  respective  preparations.  On 
motion,  it  was  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Publication  (see  page  79). 
Mr.  Worthington  exhibited  a  bottle  which  had  been  enclosed  in  a  tin  can 
and  had  contained  oil  of  bitter  almonds  ;  the  stopper  had  been  left  out  and 
the  oil  had  been  almost  entirely  volatilized,  covering  the  inside  of  the  can 
and  the  bottle  with  a  film  of  crystals  of  benzoic  acid,  and  it  was  for  this 
reason  brought  to  the  notice  of  the  meeting  as  a  curiosity. 
There  being  no  further  business,  on  motion,  the  meeting  adjourned. 
T.  S.  WiEGAND,  Registrar, 
