Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
Sept.,  1890. 
Editorials. 
47  S 
The  proceedings  for  the  year  1889  were  directed  to  be  published  with  those 
of  1890  in  conjunction  with  the  report  of  the  State  Pharmacy  Board. 
Riverview,  Kankakee,  was  selected  as  the  place  for  holding  the  next  annual 
meeting,  on  the  second  Tuesday  of  August,  1891.  The  executive  officers  for 
the  current  year  are  :  A.  A.  Culver,  Momence,  President  ;  C.  S.  Hallberg, 
Chicago,  Secretary,  and  A.  L.  Moody,  Dockport,  Treasurer. 
The  Maine  Pharmaceutical  Association  has  been  dormant  for  a  number  of 
years,  but  through  the  efforts  of  the  Kennebec  Valley  Druggists'  Association 
an  effort  at  reorganization  has  been  made  last  July  on  Long  Island,  near 
Portland,  when  Charles  K.  Partridge,  Augusta,  was  elected  President  ;  H.  E. 
Bowditch,  Augusta,  Secretary  ;  F.  R.  Buck,  Skowhegan,  Treasurer,  and  H.  T. 
Cummings,  Portland,  Corresponding  Secretary. 
The  Wisconsin  Pharmaceutic xl  Association  held  its  eleventh  annual  meet- 
ing at  Appleton,  August  12,  President  Edwards  in  the  Chair.  The  President's 
address"  and  the  reports  of  the  Secretary,  Treasurer,  committees  and  of  the 
Pharmacy  Board  were  received  and  disposed  of.  Among  the  papers  read  was 
one  on  Commercial  Seidlitz  Powders,  by  A.  Conrath ;  on  Pill  Excipients,  by  F. 
M.  Crow  ;  on  Pharmacopoeial  Syrups,  by  A.  Conrath  ;  on  the  Apothecary 
Weights  of  Commerce,  by  F.  Esau,  etc.  A  paper  by  J.  A.  Dadd,  on  Stmday 
Closing,  gave  rise  to  much  discussion,  which  resulted  in  the  adoption  of  a 
resolution  favoring  the  partial  closing  of  pharmacies  on  Sundays. 
Dr.  F,  Hoffmann,  of  New  York,  was  elected  honorary  member,  and  the  fol- 
lowing officers  were  chosen  for  the  current  year  :  R.  Sauerhering,  May ville, 
President ;  E.  B.  Heimstreet,  Janesville,  Secretary,  and  W.  P.  Clarke,  Milton, 
Treasurer.  The  next  meeting  will  be  held  in  Milwaukee,  August  11,  1S91. 
John  Kienth  is  the  Iyocal  Secretary. 
The  following  printed  proceedings  of  State  Pharmaceutical  Associations 
have  been  received  : 
Missoiiri. — Twelfth  Annual  Meeting.  Pp.  174.  See  July  number,  p.  374. 
The  following  papers,  not  previously  noted,  were  read  :  Liquor  Ferri  Chlo- 
ridi,  by  F.  Hemm  ;  Resina  Podophylli,  by  G.  H.  C.  Klie  ;  Tablet  Triturates, 
by  the  same  author  ;  Lycopodium,  by  Dr.  H.  M.  Whelpley  ;  Objections  to 
Pepsin  in  Liquid  Form,  by  D.  L.  Haigh,  etc. 
Nebraska. — Ninth  Annual  Meeting.    Pp.  93.    See  July  number,  p.  375. 
Pennsylvania. — Thirteenth  annual  meeeting.  Pp.  140.  See  July  number,  p. 
376. 
Texas. — Eleventh  Annual  Meeting.  Pp.  89.    See  July  number,  p.  376. 
EDITORIALS. 
The  Registration  of  Physicians  as  Pharmacists  in  Pennsylvania  has  been 
before  the  Court  of  Quarter  Sessions  of  Dauphin  County' during  the  past  June 
term.  Dr.  W.  H.  Prowell,  carrying  on  the  drug  business  without  being  regis- 
tered, was  prosecuted  by  the  Pharmaceutical  Examining  Board  and  was  found 
guilty  upon  the  facts  being  submitted  to  the  jury  in  writing  as  a  case  stated. 
Upon  a  motion  being  made  for  a  new  trial,  the  Judge  in  granting  the  motion 
delivered  an  opinion  from  which  we  make  the  following  quotations  : 
"The  grammatical  form  of  the  expression  (Section  11  of  the  Pharmacy  Act 
'  may  be  registered  '  and  '  be  granted  a  certificate  '  is  passive,  and  therefore  in 
