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Editorial. 
(Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
1    February,  1920. 
scrip tion  can  be  filled  but  once  and  must  be  indorsed  by  the  pharma- 
cist "as  cancelled"  upon  being  filled  and  filed  on  a  special  file. 
Physicians  are  permitted  to  purchase  on  permit  without  bond 
not  more  than  six  quarts  of  liquor  during  any  calendar  year  to  be 
administered  to  their  patients  only  in  quantities  necessary  to  afford 
relief  at  the  time  of  administering  and  may  not  sell  or  furnish  the 
same  to  such  person  or  to  any  other  persons. 
A  special  regulation  permits  physicians  of  the  homeopathic  and 
eclectic  schools  to  secure  on  a  blanket  form  good  for  90  days,  supplies 
of  alcohol  and  potencies  and  dilutions  and  such  physicians  can  re- 
ceive without  bond  not  in  excess  of  15  gallons  of  alcoholic  prepara- 
tions during  any  one  calendar  year.  The  reason  for  such  special 
regulation  and  discrimination  in  favor  of  the  dispensing  physicians 
of  these  schools  is  not  clear.  Under  the  prior  regulations  all  dis- 
pensing physicians  of  any  school  were  required  not  only  to  obtain 
permits  but  likewise  to  give  bonds  with  the  exception  that  not  ex- 
ceeding 2  drachms  of  any  attenuation,  potency  or  dilution  could 
be  purchased  at  a  time  by  anyone  without  filing  bond  or  obtaining 
a  permit.  It  is  hard  to  reconcile  as  consistent  promulgations  from 
the  same  bureau  within  one  year  regulations  that  fix  such  a  wide 
variation  in  limits  to  do  the  same  act  legally  as  2  drachms  and  15 
gallons.  An  expansion  of  7,680  times  in  so  short  a  space  of  time  is 
indeed  hard  to  explain  on  rational  grounds.  G.  M.  B. 
OFFICERS-BLKCT  OF  THE  AMERICAN  PHARMACEUTICAL 
ASSOCIATION. 
The  Board  of  Canvassers  met  in  Chicago  on  January  21,  to  can- 
vass the  ballots  received  in  the  election  by  mail.  Their  report 
shows  the  following  officers  elected  for  the  year  1 920-1 921: 
President,  Charles  Herbert  Packard,  Boston,  Mass. 
First  Vice-President,  E.  Fullerton  Cook,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Second  Vice-President,  Charles  E.  Caspari,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Third  Vice-President,  W.  P.  Porterfield,  Fargo,  N.  D 
Members  of  the  Council  to  serve  for  three  years:  Harry  B. 
Mason,  Detroit,  Mich.;  Lucius  E.  Sayre,  Lawrence,  Kan.;  Frederick 
J.  Wulling,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 
Mr.  Charles  Herbert  Packard,  the  president-elect,  is  a  practical 
pharmacist  owning  two  stores  in  the  city  of  Boston.  He  was  born 
in  Amherst,  Mass.,  1863.    His  education  was  received  in  the  public 
