524  German  Apothecaries  Association,  | 
Am.  .lour.  Pharni..: 
GERMAN  APOTHECARIES  ASSOCIATION. 
The  fourteenth  meeting  was  held  in  Konigsherg,  the  chair  being  occupied 
by  Dr.  Brunnengreeber,  of  Rostock.  Addresses  of  welcome  were  delivered 
by  Mayor  Selke  on  behalf  of  the  city,  and  by  Mr.  Pakheiser  on  behalf  of 
the  local  pharmacists.  The  President's  address  gave  a  condensed  account 
of  the  affairs  of  the  Association  and  the  transactions  of  its  Executive  Board  ; 
the  membership  was  2,783,  including  15  honorary  and  10  associate  mem- 
bers ;  a  petition  to  the  different  authorities  for  permitting  proprietors,  hav- 
ing no  qualified  assistant,  to  take  one  apprentice  for  instruction  had  not  yet 
received  the  attention  of  all  the  authorities  addressed  ;  the  dispensing  by 
homoeopaths  and  the  general  tariff  for  the  dispensing  of  medicines  had 
likewise  not  reached  a  final  settlement ;  Mr.  Schlickum  had  been  elected 
chairman  of  the  pharmacopoeial  commission  in  place  of  Mr.  Vulpius,. 
resigned. 
Prof.  Dr.  Lossen  delivered  a  discourse  on  the  life  and  labors  of  Carl 
Scheele. 
Several  changes  in  the  organization  of  district  societies  were  readily  dis- 
posed of,  after  which  a  proposition  was  discussed  at  considerable  length, 
contemi)lating  the  creation  of  a  permanent  commission  for  the  purpose  of 
communicating  the  resolutions  of  the  Societv  to  the  Government;  of  con- 
sidering the  creation  of  an  Advisory  Board  of  Pharmacists  and  more  particu- 
larly for  elaborating  a  general  uniform  regulation  for  the  practice  of 
pharmacy  in  the  German  empire.  The  proposition  was  not  concurred  in^ 
the  executive  board  (Vorstand)  having  full  power  to  carry  out  these 
measures. 
The  proposition  of  the  executive  board  to  establish  a  pharmaceutical 
gazette,  as  the  official  organ  of  the  Society,  was  adopted.  The  "  Archiv  der 
Pharmacie,"  which  remains  the  scientific  journal,  formerly  required  an, 
annuc*l  contribution  of  nearly  §4,000,  but  at  present  yields  annually  a 
surplus  of  somewhat  over  $500. 
The  funds  in  the  hands  of  the  Society  now  amount  to  804,753.31  marks 
(over  $73,000).  At  the  preceding  annual  meeting  held  in  Dresden,  the 
exhibition  held  under  the  auspices  of  the  Association  had  yielded  a  surplus 
of  1,083  marks  ($260).  In  the  future  the  Society  will  pay  all  legitimate 
exjDenses  of  the  annual  meetings,  but  will  not  be  responsibl  ^  for  expenses 
incurred  for  the  exhibition  or  for  entertainments. 
An  interesting  lecture  was  delivered  by  Professor  Chun,  of  Konigsberg, 
on  the  "Physical  Influences  of  the  Sea,"  and  on  the  "  Relations  and 
Dependence  of  the  Animal  World  on  the  Conditions  of  the  Sea;  "  the  lecture 
being  based  upon  the  observations  made  by  Prof.  Chun  at  and  near  NajDles- 
during  the  past  ten  years. 
After  the  re-election  of  Dr.  Schacht,  of  Berlin,  and  Dr.  Leube,  of  Ulm^ 
as  n- embers  of  the  Executive  Board,  various  reports  were  read  and  dis-^ 
posed  of,  and  the  Association  adjourned  to  meet  next  year  in  Dusseldorf. 
