43^  American  Ph-armaccutical  Association.  { ^5?ptembe/i9iT' 
were  referred  to  the  Section  on  Education  and  Legislation  for 
further  discussion. 
The  feHcitations  of  the  members  of  the  N.  W.  D.  A.  were 
presented  by  Fred.  L.  Carter,  and  the  greetings  of  the  N.  A.  R.  D. 
were  presented  by  F.  C.  Godbold.  Dr.  R.  H.  Hatcher  extended 
the  good  wishes  of  members  of  the  American  Medical  Association, 
M.  I.  Wilbert  presented  the  felicitations  of  the  Surgeon-General  of 
the  Public  Health  and  Marine-Hospital  Service  and  Prof.  Jose 
P.  Alacan  presented  greetings  from  the  pharmacists  of  Cuba. 
The  second  general  session  of  the  Association  was  largely 
devoted  to  reports  of  committees  and  the  annual  reports  of  the 
officers  of  the  Association.  A  rather  unusual  diversion  from  the 
routine  nature  of  these  reports  was  the  announcement  made  by 
Jos.  P.  Remington,  as  Chairman  of  the  Committee  of  Revision 
of  the  Pharmacopoeia  of  the  United  States,  that  the  report  of  the 
Sub-Committee  on  Scope  had  finally  been  acted  on  by  the  members 
of  the  executive  committee  and  that  he  was  now  prepared  to 
give  publicity  to  the  final  decisions  on  the  scope  of  the  U.  S.  P.  IX. 
He  then  introduced  Dr.  Solomon  Solis-Cohen,  who  as  the  invited 
guest  of  the  Association,  presented  an  interesting  and  well  rounded 
address  in  which  he  discussed  the  influence  of  the  U.  S.  P.  on  the 
practice  of  medicine.  This  address  was  enthusiastically  received 
and  the  general  conclusion  that  the  Pharmacopoeia  of  the  United 
States  should  contain  formulas  or  descriptions  for  "  all  preparations 
that  can  be  used  to  advantage  in  caring  for  the  sick  "  is  so  obviously 
sane  that  it  will  no  doubt  receive  the  endorsement  of  all  well 
meaning  pharmacists  as  well  as  all  seriously  minded  physicians. 
This  address  was  commented  on  by  a  number  of  members 
present  and,  on  motion,  it  was  agreed  to  give  wide-spread  publicity 
to  the  same.  It  was  resolved  to  have  the  address  printed  in 
pamphlet  form  and  distributed  among  medical  practitioners. 
The  committee  on  nominations  gave  out  the  following  names  for 
officers  to  be  elected  by  a  mail  ballot  during  the  year:  For  presi- 
dent, W.  B.  Day  of  Chicago ;  Charles  Holzhauer  of  Newark,  N.  J. ; 
William  Mittelbach  of  Boonsville,  Mo. ;  for  vice-president,  Jose 
P.  Alacan  of  Havana,  Cuba ;  C.  M.  Ford  of  Denver,  Col. ;  Otto  F. 
Claus  of  St.  Louis ;  R.  H.  Walker  of  Gonzales,  Texas ;  C.  A. 
Mayo  of  New  York ;  W.  J.  Teeters  of  Iowa  City,  Iowa ;  J.  O. 
Burke  of  Nashville,  Tenn. ;  and  A.  H.  Clark  of  Chicago;  for 
council,  F.  C.  Godbold  of  New  Orleans ;   W.  C.  Alpers  of  New 
