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cipal  business  attended  to  was  the  consideration  of  the  pharmacy  law,  which 
had  been  presented  to  the  Senate,  was  amended  and  passed  by  that  body,  but 
failed  in  the  House  for  want  of  time  before  final  adjournment.  Several  amend- 
ments were  proposed,  and  the  bill  was  again  entrusted  to  a  special  committee 
for  presentation  to  the  next  legislature.  A.  C.  Clark,  Olympia,  was  re-elected 
President,  and  W.  St.  John,  Tacoma,  was  elected  Secretary  and  Treasurer.  The 
Local  Secretary  for  the  next  meeting  is  D.  O.  Woodworth,  of  Ellensburgh,  at 
which  place  the  association  will  convene  May  u,  1891. 
The  following  printed  Proceedings  of  State  Pharmaceutical  Associations  have 
been  received  : 
Alabama. — Ninth  annual  meeting,  pp.  73.  See  July  number,  p.  374. — The 
pamphlet  contains  the  following  papers  read  at  the  meeting  :  Antipyrine,  by 
A.  E.  Brown  ;  Extemporaneous  Pharmacy,  by  P.  C.  Candidus  ;  Past  and  Future, 
by  W.  F.  Punch  ;  Sulfonal,  by  J.  W.  Milner  ;  Elective  Affinity,  by  T.  P.  Boyd  ; 
Cutting  on  Patents,  by  J.  D.  Humphrey  ;  and  a  very  valuable  monograoh  by 
Chas.  Mohr  on  the  Medicinal  Plants  of  Alabama,  of  which  a  reprint  has  also 
been  received.  The  antidote  to  the  cutting  on  the  prices  of  specialties 
recommended  in  Dr.  Humphrey's  paper  is,  perhaps,  best  explained  in  his  own 
words,  by  quoting  the  following  sentences  :  "I  buy  the  very  best  drugs  obtain- 
able, put  up  my  preparations  in  the  same  general  style  as  similar  patents  are 
put  up,  but  I  do  not  steal  the  name  or  adopt  the  special  style  of  package  of  any 
one.  *  'k  *  While,  of  course,  I  lose  the  profits  on  what  patents  I  sell,  I  make 
a  fair  margin  on  my  own  goods,  and  having  a  fair  trade  on  these,  I  have  about 
lost  all  interest  in  the  silly  war.  *  *  *  The  success  I  have  met  with  in  my 
own  goods  causes  me  to  wonder  why  it  is  that  more  of  you  do  not  put  up  your 
owu  preparations.  Do  not  go  to  the  '  non-secret '  medicine  man  for  your 
goods.  *  *  *  Really,  if  there  is  any  difference  it  is  in  favor  of  the 
patents." 
Connecticut. — Fourteenth  annual  meeting,  pp.  108.  See  April  number  p. 
200. — The  next  meeting  will  be  held  in  Xew  Haven,  February  3  and  4,  189 1. 
Florida. — Fourth  annual  meeting,  pp.  87.  See  June  number,  p.  311. — Among 
the  papers  read  were  the  following  :  The  medicinal  properties  of  Florida  plants, 
two  papers  by  Dr.  Meriwether  and  L.  W.  Cherry  ;  Cornus  fiorida,  by  H.  C. 
Cushmar^  ;  The  Saw  Palmetto,  by  J.  M.  Dixon. 
Kansas. — Eleventh  annual  meeting,  pp.  82.  See  July  number,  p.  374. — In- 
addition  to  the  papers  mentioned  before,  the  following  were  read  at  this  meet- 
ing :  Improvement  in  Tinctures,  by  H.  W.  Spangler  ;  on  Hydrocyanic  acid,  by 
Professor  Sayre  ;  and  on  the  Metric  system,  by  E.  W.  Barnes. 
School  of  Pharmacy  of  the  University  of  Michigan. — The  annual  commence- 
ment was  held  on  June  26,  and  32  candidates  received  the  degree  of  Pharma- 
ceutical Chemist.  Commencement  exercises  were  held,  with  those  of  other 
departments  of  the  same  institution,  in  University  Hall,  and  ex-President  A.  D. 
White,  of  Cornell  University,  gave  the  oration.  The  annual  meeting  of  the 
Pharmaceutical  Alumni  Society  was  held  on  June  25,  and,  after  a  dinner,  an 
address  was  given  by  Dr.  Chittick,  of  Detroit. 
The  Chicago  College  of  Pharmacy  closed  its  spring  course  during  the  past 
month.  The  commencement  exercises  were  held  at  Hooley's  Theatre,,  on  the 
afternoon  of  July  28. 
