392       Pennsylvania  Pharmaceutical  Association.     )  AI  August  imm ' 
highest  number  ever  joining  at  any  lormer  meeting,  thus  doubling 
the  membership.  The  injustice  of  the  patent  laws  in  relation  to 
medicines  was  discussed,  and  it  was  urged  that  appeals  for  readjust- 
ment of  the  same  be  made  and  that  the  pharmacists  agitate  the 
subject  until  relief  is  obtained. 
During  the  year  seven  members  died,  two  being  ex-Presidents. 
The  Board  of  Pharmacy  presented  a  report,  stating  that  during 
the  year  1,338  applicants  had  presented  themselves  for  examination, 
of  which  number  705  had  passed ;  312  complaints  had  been  re- 
ceived ;  many  of  the  complaints  appeared  to  be  due  to  malice,  many 
were  not  within  the  jurisdiction  of- the  Board,  and  only  ninety-five 
were  of  a  serious  nature  and  a  number  of  these  were  unintentional 
violations.    This  is  a  much  better  condition  than  formerly  existed. 
The  Committee  on  Papers  and  Queries  had  been  active,  and 
as  a  result  the  unusually  large  number  of  thirty-three  papers  was 
received ;  most  of  these  were  answers  to  the  printed  list  of 
queries,  the  rest  were  volunteer  papers.  The  papers  read  covered 
a  variety  of  subjects  and  the  discussions  that  followed  were  very 
instructive  and  interesting.  The  papers  being  so  numerous  and  the 
business  of  the  meeting  so  large,  a  number  of  the  papers  could  only 
be  read  by  title  and  referred  for  publication. 
One  of  the  most  important  things  done  was  the  election  of  five 
members,  whose  names  are  to  be  presented  to  the  Governor,  with 
the  request  that  he  select  one  to  fill  the  next  vacancy  in  the  Board 
of  Pharmacy.  The  following  named  members  were  elected :  E.  M. 
Boring,  D.  J.  Thomas,  C.  N.  Boyd,  J.  H.  Stein,  and  W.  F.  Horn. 
Cambridge  Springs,  Crawford  County,  was  selected  as  the  next 
place  of  meeting — the  time,  June  21-23,  1904. 
The  following  officers  were  elected  :  W.  O.  Frailey,  of  Lancaster, 
President;  L.  L.  Walton  and  B.  E.  Pritchard,  Vice-Presidents;  Dr. 
J.  A.  Miller,  Secretary ;  Joseph  L.  Lemberger,  Treasurer ;  Chas. 
Griffith,  George  A.  Gorgas  and  Chas.  Rehfuss,  members  of  the 
Executive  Committee ;  and  F.  E.  Siggins,  Local  Secretary. 
This  twenty-sixth  annual  meeting  of  the  Pennsylvania  Pharma- 
ceutical Association  proved  one  of  the  most  noted  in  its  history, 
largely  so  because  of  the  remarkable  increase  in  its  membership, 
also  for  the  enthusiasm  evident  for  continued  efforts  to  still  more 
increased  membership,  and  the  hearty  fraternal  spirit  from  all  sec- 
tions of  the  State  was  so  marked  as  to  lead  to  the  thought  that  the 
