88  Pharmaceutical  Colleges,  etc.  SSi*"* 
a  previous  meeting),  submitted  their  report,  which  was  accepted,  and  the 
Curator  was  instructed  to  have  placed  in  the  Hall  a  Bulletin  Board,  to  facili- 
tate in  carrying  out  the  recommendations  of  the  Committee.  The  Treasurer 
submitted  his  semi-annual  report,  which  was  accepted  and  referred  to  an  audit- 
ing committee.  On  motion,  the  Chair  appointed  Mr.  J.  F.  Hancock  to  assist 
the  Treasurer  in  revising  the  roll  of  members. 
The  semi-annual  election  of  officers  resulted  in  the  election  of  Messrs.  Joseph 
Roberts,  1st  Vice-President;  R.  Sappington,  2d  Vice-President,  and  F.  Has- 
sencamp  and  J.  P.  Frames  members  of  the  Board  of  Examiners. 
At  a  special  meeting  of  the  Maryland  College  of  Pharmacy,  December  31st, 
1872,  the  following  communications  were  received  from  the  Medical  and  Sur- 
gical Society  of  Baltimore  : 
Baltimore,  Nov.  22,  1872. 
To  the  President  and  Members  of  the  Maryland  College  of  Pharmacy  : 
Gentlemen: — Being  Chairman  of  a  Committee  appointed  by  the  Medical 
and  Surgical  Society  of  Baltimore,  it  is  my  duty  to  present  to  your  honorable 
body  the  enclosed  preamble  and  resolutions  as  adopted  by  the  Society. 
I  would  most  respectfully  submit  them  for  your  consideration,  and  would 
ask  that  a  Committee  of  ten  be  appointed  from  your  body  to  confer  with  us 
and  similar  committees  from  the  other  societies  of  the  city. 
Should  the  proposition  meet  with  your  approval,  I  hope  our  deliberations 
will  be  such  as  will  settle  the  grievances  complained  of,  and  further  promote 
the  harmonious  relations  which  should  exist  between  the  two  professions. 
Hoping  to  hear  from  you  as  soon  as  practicable, 
I  remain  very  respectfully,  yours, 
[Signed]  John  A.  Conner,  M.D. 
210  E.  Baltimore  St. 
The  Committee  appointed  at  the  last  meeting  of  the  Medical  and  Surgical 
Society  of  Baltimore,  to  consider  the  relations  existing  between  the  physician 
and  druggist,  beg  leave  to  report  the  following  : 
Whereas,  We,  the  physicians  of  the  City  of  Baltimore,  have  been  grossly 
injured  by  the  practice  of  druggists  prescribing  across  the  counter,  and  the 
indiscriminate  renewal  of  prescriptions  without  the  physician's  order  ;  and, 
whereas,  we  do  not  consider  the  course  of  study  usually  pursued  by  druggists 
as  qualifying  them  for  the  practice  of  medicine  ;  and,  whereas,  we  consider 
such  a  course  as  extremely  hazardous  to  the  public  and  very  unjust  to  the 
physician  ;  and,  whereas,  we  deem  it  proper  that  harmony  should  exist  between 
the  physician  and  druggist  in  order  to  further  the  interests  of  both  parties,  and 
at  the  same  time  to  conduce  to  the  welfare  and  safety  of  the  patient;  therefore 
be  it 
Resolved,  By  the  Medical  and  Surgical  Society  of  Baltimore,  that  a  Com- 
mittee of  ten  be  appointed  by  this  Society  to  lay  our  grievances  before  the 
Maryland  College  of  Pharmacy,  and  request  the  appointment  of  a  similar  com- 
mittee by  that  body,  to  devise  means  to  do  away  with  the  acts  complained  of. 
[Signed]  T.  B.  Evans,  M.D.,  Chairman. 
Conference  of  Physicians  and  Pharmaceutists  in  Baltimore. — The  dele- 
gates appointed  by  the  different  medical  societies  of  Baltimore,  and  by  the 
Maryland  College  of  Pharmacy,  met  at  the  hall  of  the  College  of  Physicians 
and  Surgeons,  Tuesday,  January  14th,  and  organized  by  electing  Dr.  J.  A. 
Connor,  Chairman,  Dr.  Thomas  S.  Latimer,  Secretary  of  the  Medical  Commit- 
tees, and  Mr.  J.  F.  Hancock,  Secretary  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Committee, 
The  Pathological  Society  had  added  another  specification,  making  three 
charges,  as  follows  : 
