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Formulary  preparations  as  to  make  larger  and  more  discriminating  use  of  them, 
to  the  gradual  elimination  of  proprietary  articles  from  prescriptions.'  In 
the  editorial  columns  Dr.  Koenig,  the  editor-in-chief,  discussing  the  patent 
medicine  situation,  says : 
"  'We  believe  the  time  is  about  at  hand  for  the  pharmaceutical  societies  to 
enter  into  closer  allegiance  with  the  medical  profession.  Organized  pharma- 
ceutical societies  should  displace  the  proprietary  medicine  man  at  the  various 
meetings  of  medical  societies.  If  physicians  require  ready-made  preparations 
other  than  the  pharmacopoeial  ones,  we  believe  all  needs  may  be  supplied  by 
the  National  Formulary  preparations,  and  these  should  be  prominently  brought 
to  the  notice  of  physicians  at  the  annual  meetings. 
"  '  There  is  another  aspect  of  the  patent  medicine  question  that  should  receive 
the  attention  of  physicians  and  pharmacists,  namely,  that  the  public  must  have 
a  source  of  supply  of  simples  and  general  remedies  for  slight  ailments.  It 
cannot  be  expected  of  an  intelligent  public  that  the  services  of  a  physician 
must  be  had  for  every  indisposition,  when  they  have  been  taught  the  nature  of 
their  ailment  and  know  the  proper  remedy.  Medicine  is  no  longer  a  mysterious 
calling,  and  the  sooner  physicians  recognize  the  higher  intelligence  of  the 
people  of  the  end  of  the  nineteenth  century,  the  higher  will  the  respect  for 
the  profession  of  medicine  grow  among  laymen. 
"  '  If  the  various  patent,  trade-marked  and  proprietary  medicines  intended  for 
use  by  laymen  were  displaced  by  preparations  of  known  composition,  and 
their  effects  published  in  clear,  honest  statements,  and  sold  by  druggists  when 
called  for  by  the  public,  the  death-blow  would  be  struck  to  the  proprietary 
remedies  whose  formulae,  as  well  as  the  claims  made  as  to.  their  medicinal 
properties,  in  the  large  majority  of  cases,  are  based  on  falsehood  and  misrepre- 
sentation. 
*  X  *  ¥r  * 
"  'At  the  meeting  of  the  State  Medical  Society,  at  Pittsburg,  in  1897,  the  entire 
exhibit  of  drugs  and  medicines  was  placed  in  the  hands  of  the  Pennsylvania 
Pharmaceutical  Society,  and  not  a  single  trade-marked  or  patented  remedy  was 
shown.  While  the  display  was  smaller  and  of  a  more  subdued  nature  than  at 
many  former  meetings,  it  was  nevertheless  creditable  and  in  absolute  accord- 
ance with  the  code  of  ethics.  May  we  not  hope  that  the  Pennsylvania  Phar- 
maceutical Association  will  rise  to  the  occasion  and  take  advantage  of  the 
favorable  conditions  to  bring  to  the  attention  of  the  medical  profession  of  the 
State  the  many  eligible,  though  comparatively  unknown  pharmacopoeial  offi- 
cial remedies  and  the  National  Formulary  preparations.' 
"Let  us  hope  that  the  work  so  auspiciously  begun  last  year  may  be  continued, 
the  suggestion  of  the  editor  of  the  Medical  Times  be  carried  out,  and,  with  the 
consent  of  the  Medical  Society,  all  exhibits  at  their  future  meetings  be  under 
the  direction  of  our  Association,  thus  bringing  the  two  bodies  into  closer 
relations." 
The  address  was  referred  to  a  Committee  consisting  of  Messrs.  Cliffe,  Kline 
and  Lowe.  The  reports  of  the  Secretary,  Treasurer,  Executive  and  Entertain- 
ment Committees  were  read.  The  report  of  the  Treasurer  showed  a  comfort- 
able balance  in  his  hands. 
At  the  second  meeting,  held  on  Wednesday  morning,  at  9.30,  the  first 
