420  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  {A^ptemberfSS" 
Resolved,  That  in  carrying  out  these  resolutions  the  following  general  prin- 
ciples shall  be  adhered  to  :  j 
(1)  That  neither  this  committee  nor  the  proposed  Board  of  Directors  shall 
have  any  authority  to  draw  upon  any  funds  of  the  A. Ph. A. 
(2)  That  the  methods  employed  for  attaining  the  foregoing  objects  may  in- 
clude combination  of  worthy  ones  as  both,  provided  that  said  methods  of  con- 
demnation do  not  in  any  way  involve  the  A.  Ph.  A.  in  legal  responsibility. 
(3)  That  nothing  to  be  undertaken  by  such  bureau  shall  be  in  conflict  with 
the  spirit  of  the  U.S. P.  or  with  the  U.  S.  Government  authorities. 
(4)  That  the  operations  of  the  proposed  bureau  shall  be  free  from  any  attempt 
to  secure  financial  profit  for  any  of  the  institutions  named  herein  nor  for  any 
of  their  members  or  agents,  but  said  bureau  is  authorized  to  employ  proper 
means  of  securing  the  funds  necessary  to  defray  its  legitimate  expenses. 
Dr.  Rusby  in  the  course  of  his  remarks  said  that  he  considered 
this  the  most  important  work  ever  brought  before  the  Association. 
The  committee  had  been  informed  on  the  question  even  before  their 
appointment  three  months  ago,  but  had  gained  much  information 
since.  He  said  that  the  American  Medical  Association  had  appointed 
a  committee  of  five  to  consider  the  question  and  report  at  the  last 
meeting,  but  all  that  that  association  could  do  was  to  continue  their 
committee  until  it  was  decided  what  the  A. Ph. A.  was  going  to  do. 
He  therefore  considered  it  important  for  the  A. Ph. A.  to  appoint  a 
board  of  directors  to  consider  the  subject,  and  he  recommended  the 
appointment  of  this  board  by  the  council  temporarily. 
The  committee  has  issued  a  general  statement  giving  the  plans 
contemplated  by  the  proposed  bureau.  The  plan  has  grown  out  ot 
the  evils  connected  with  the  lack  of  standard  in  pharmaceutical 
preparations,  adulterations  of  drugs,  chemicals  and  food-stuffs,  and 
the  exceedingly  complex  condition  of  the  many  remedial  prepara- 
tions constantly  offered  to  the  medical  profession.  It  is  proposed 
to  establish  standards  ("  levelize  "  the  products  up  or  down  to  one 
standard,  viz ,  the  U.  S.  Pharmacopoeia)  (or  medicinal  and  food 
products  to  which  manufacturers  shall  adhere.  The  standards  shall 
be  made  by  a  bureau  of  control  consisting  of  ten  directors,  five  to  be 
elected  by  the  American  Medical  Association  and  five  by  the  A.Ph.  A. 
"  Manufacturers  who  desire  to  place  the  production  of  their  goods 
under  the  supervision  of  the  Bureau  may  become  associate  members 
upon  a  vote  of  eight  of  the  ten  directors  ;  and  each  product  is  then 
to  be  submitted  to  the  Bureau  for  the  establishment  of  the  standard. 
Permission  will  thereupon  be  given  to  print  upon  each  package  of 
the  product  a  statement  expressing  the  Bureau's  approval.  More- 
