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Editorial. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
Sept.,  1891. 
number  of  papers,  and  the  resolutions  concerning  cut-rates,  adopted  in  New 
Orleans,  were  considered  and  slight^  modified.  C.  S.  Ingraham,  Elmira,  was 
elected  president  ;  secretary  C.  W.  Holmes,  Elmira,  and  treasurer  C. '  H. 
Butler,  Oswego,  were  re-elected.  Syracuse  was  selected  as  the  place  for 
holding  the  next  meeting  in  the  month  of  May,  1892. 
The  North  Carolina  Pharmaceutical  Association  held  its  twelfth  annual 
meeting  at  Morehead  City,  July  8,  at  which  also  a  delegation  from  the  Medical 
Society  of  the  same-  state  was  present,  participating  in  discussions  on  counter- 
prescribing  by  apothecaries,  on  the  prescribing  of  secret  and  proprietary  pre- 
parations by  physicians  ;  on  the  National  Formulary  and  similar  topics.  The 
association  is  endeavoring  to  obtain  an  appropriation  of  $1,000  for  the  purpose 
of  establishing  at  the  State  University  a  chair  of  pharmacy.  Besides  the 
president's  address  and  the  usual  reports  several  papers  were  read  and  dis- 
cussed. W.  H.  Wearn,  Charlotte,  was  elected  president;  F.  W.  Hancock, 
New  Berne,  secretary,  and  A.  J.  Cook,  Fayetteville,  treasurer.  The  association 
will  meet  again  at  Raleigh,  August  10,  1892.    W.  H.  Kingis  the  local  secretary. 
The  following  printed  proceedings  of  State  Pharmaceutical  Associations  have 
been  received  : 
Kentucky;  14th  annual  meeting.  Pp.  112.  See  July  number,  p.  370  ;  the 
local  secretary  is  O.  W.  Geier. 
Missouri  ;  13th  annual  meeting.    Pp.  155.    See  July  number,  p.  371. 
EDITORIAL. 
Membership  in  the  American  Medical  Association. — This  is  obtainable,  at 
any  time,  by  a  member  of  any  State  or  local  Medical  Society  which  is  entitled 
to  send  delegates  to  the  Association.  All  that  is  necessary  is  for  the  applicant 
to  write  to  the  Treasurer  of  the' Association,  Dr.  Richard  J.  Dunglison,  Lock 
Box  1274,  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  sending  him  a  certificate  or  statement  that  he  is 
in  good  standing  in  his  own  Society,  signed  by  the  President  and  Secretary  of 
said  Society,  with  five  dollars  for  annual  dues.  Attendance  as  a  delegate  at  an 
annual  meeting  of  the  Association  is  not  necessary  in  order  to  obtain  member- 
ship. On  receipt  of  the  above  amount  the  weekly  Journal  of  the  Association 
will  be  forwarded  regularly. 
Membership  in  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association. — The  preceding 
paragraph  suggests  comparison  with  the  steps  required  for  securing  member- 
ship in  this  Association,  in  which  at  the  time  of  its  organization  in  1852  there 
was  a  strong  sentiment  of  restricting  its  membership  to  delegates  from  phar- 
maceutical societies  and  colleges  ;  to  representatives  elected  by  ten  druggists 
in  localities  where  such  organizations  were  not  in  existence,  and  to  isolated 
pharmacists  residing  in  places  with  too  small  a  constituency  for  sending  such 
a  representative.  It  was,  however,  decided  to  admit  to  membership  besides 
regular  delegates,  reputable  pharmacists  recommended  by  three  delegates  from 
their  locality  or  by  three  members  of  the  Association.  Beginning  with  1855 
application  had  to  be  made  to  the  Executive  Committee,  and  though  the  con- 
stitution did  not  require  any  endorsement,  it  was  customary  for  the  applicant, 
if  unknown  to  the  committee,  to  furnish  some  recommendations  from  two  or 
ni)re  apothecaries,  wholesale  druggists,  physicians  or  other  persons  ;  the  elec- 
