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for  expression  and  exchange  of  opinions,  both  formal  and  informal.  It  lies 
within  the  province  of  the  council  to  see  that  sufficient  time  is  left  between 
the^sessions  to  permit  the  latter.  It  is  the  duty  of  the  Section  committees  to 
seejjthat  the  former  is  possible.  The  Committee  on  the  Scientific  Section, 
therefore,  desires  to  urge  persons  who  have  papers  to  read,  whenever  possible, 
to  consider  their  presentation  as  an  introduction  to  a  more  general  discussion, 
i.  e.,  to  omit  unessential  details  in  the  oral  report,  so  that  greater  emphasis 
may  be  laid  on  the  outline  of  the  work  accomplished,  thus  evoking,  if  possible, 
ardiscussion  by  others.  It  will  aid  the  committee  greatly  if  authors  will  men- 
tion*on  their  abstracts  the  name  or  names  of  members  of  the  Association  who 
are  sufficiently  familiar  with  their  work  to  participate  in  a  discussion,  that  they 
ma}-  be  notified  beforehand  that  the  subject  will  come  up  for  such  discussion. 
The  committee  is  fully  aware  that  this  cannot  apply  in  all  cases,  and  that  ail 
papers  cannot  be  treated  alike.  It  hopes,  however,  that  all  members  interested 
in  the  work  of  the  Section  will  assist  the  committee  in  making  its  sessions  as 
profitable  as  possible. 
PENNSYLVANIA  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION. 
The  twenty-first  annual  meeting  of  the  Pennsylvania  Pharmaceutical  Associ- 
ation convened  in  the  Buena  Vista  Hotel,  Franklin  County,  Pa.,  on  Tuesday, 
June  21,  1898.  The  first  session  was  called  to  order  by  President  J.  H.  Red- 
secker,  at  8  p.m.  About  100  persons  were  present.  The  President  introduced 
H.  J.  Mentzler,  of  Waynesboro,  who  delivered  an  address  of  welcome,  calling 
attention  to  the  historic  associations  of  the  place,  and  delivering  to  the  President 
the  key  of  Franklin  County.  The  President  called  upon  Professor  Lowe  to  re- 
spond to  the  address.  Credentials  were  received  from  delegates  from  the  New 
Jersey  and  Delaware  State  Pharmaceutical  Associations,  and  from  the  National 
Wholesale  Association. 
The  President  then  delivered  his  annual  address,  which  was  remarkable  in 
many  respects.  Briefly  reviewing  the  progress  of  pharmacy  in  the  State,  and 
calling  attention  to  the  modes  of  dealing  with  the  problems  that  beset  the  retail 
druggist,  he  said,  in  part,  the  following  : 
"  Those  of  us  who  were  present  at  the  meeting  at  the  Delaware  Water  Gap  a 
year  ago,  will  recall  with  what  gratification  we  received  the  news  of  the  final 
passage  through  the  Legislature  of  the  amendment  to  the  Pharmacy  Law.  Im- 
mediately after  its  passage  the  Governor  was  called  on  by  a  committee,  which 
urged  him  to  give  the  bill  his  official  sanction.  Your  legislative  committee 
also  took  prompt  action  in  securing  petitions  to  the  same  effect  ;  but,  notwith- 
standing all  these  efforts,  he  vetoed  the  bill  on  the  20th  of  June  last. 
"As  the  present  law  has  been  considered  defective  in  some  particulars,  and 
impossible  of  enforcement  by  reason  of  the  difficulty  of  procuring  evidence  and 
the  lack  of  funds  to  conduct  prosecutions  for  the  violation  of  its  provisions,  I 
would  suggest  that  a  new  bill  be  drafted  for  presentation  to  the  next  Legisla- 
ture, eliminating  the  objectionable  features  of  the  present  law  and  incorpor- 
ating others  which  would  be  valuable.  In  my  judgment,  a  law  should  be 
framed  on  the  lines  of  the  Medical  Examiners'  Bill,  creating  a  State  Pharma- 
ceutical Council,  to  which  should  be  submitted  for  approval  the  examination 
