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importance  to  the  Pharmacopoeia  and  National  Formulary.  (2)  That  every 
city  and  large  town  should  have  pharmaceutical  societies,  not  only  for  the 
mutual  improvement  of  its  members,  but  also  for  the  purpose  of  conferring 
with  medical  societies.  (3)  That  the  work  begun  by  the  Association  two  years 
ago,  at  the  meeting  of  the  State  Medical  Society,  should  be  continued,  and  that 
funds  should  be  appropriated  by  the  Association  for  defraying  the  cost  of  an 
exhibit  of  Pharmacopoeia  and  National  Formulary  preparations  at  the  annual 
meetings  of  the  State  Medical  Society. 
W.  H.  Reed  suggested  a  plan  for  stopping  and  preventing  the  cutting  of 
prices  on  proprietary  medicines  ;  the  plan  being  for  the  proprietors  to  estab- 
lish agencies  throughout  the  country,  these  to  be  kept  under  the  manufactur- 
ers' control  as  to  methods  of  doing  business,  such  as  uniform  price,  to  whom  to 
sell,  etc.  ' '  To  these  agents  should  be  given  a  prescribed  territory  in  which  to  sell 
goods,  and  under  no  circumstances  allow  any  competition  between  these  ser- 
vants for  business.  These  agents  may  be  selected  from  the  wholesale  drug- 
gists, retail  druggists  or  otherwise,  but  the  disposal  of  these  wares  must  be 
under  the  immediate  control  of  the  manufacturers  or  their  association." 
In  a  paper  on  *'  Suggested  Amendments  to  the  Pharmacy  Law,"  Charles  T. 
George  said  that  the  law  should  be  so  amended  that  the  Board  should  have 
power  to  require  an  oath  or  affirmation  from  the  applicant  as  to  the  truthful- 
ness of  his  application  for  examination  before  a  Notary  Public  or  Justice  of  the 
Peace.  It  should  be  made  or  considered  to  be  a  felony  for  any  person  to 
fraudulently  represent  another,  with  the  view  of  successfully  passing  an  exami- 
nation for  one  ignorant  of  the  profession  of  pharmacy  for  a  financial  considera- 
tion, whether  it  be  before  the  Pharmacy  or  Medical  Boards  of  this  Common- 
wealth. The  Board  should  also  have  the  power  of  annulling  all  certificates 
when  sure  that  they  have  been  obtained  by  false  representation  or  fraud  of  any 
kind.  The  author  also  showed,  in  a  paper  on  the  "  Vetoed  Pharmacy  Bill,"  that 
the  benefits  were  for  promoting  the  professional  interests  of  the  apothecary  and 
of  value  to  the  citizens  of  the  State. 
Dr.  A.  R.  L.  Dohme  read  a  paper  on  the  Chemistry  of  Aloes.  Socotrine  aloes 
assayed  7^  per  cent,  aloin  ;  Curacoa,  18^  percent.,  and  Cape  Aloes,  4^  per 
cent,  aloin. 
Before  adjourning  an  appropriation  of  $100  was  made  for  the  purpose  of 
obtaining  a  legal  opinion  from  a  lawyer  of  national  reputation  on  the  merits 
of  the  phenatecin  suit  now  pending. 
The  social  features  were  well  arranged  and  excellently  carried  out.  The  fact 
that  this  was  a  joint  meeting  with  the  Maryland  Pharmaceutical  Association, 
who  were  in  session  but  five  miles  away,  at  the  Blue  Mountain  House,  Washing- 
ton County,  Md.,  added  greatly  to  the  interest  and  success  of  the  meeting.  On 
Wednesday  evening  the  Pennsylvania  delegation  drove  over  to  the  Blue  Moun- 
tain House  and  were  received  by  the  Maryland  Association,  and  on  Thursday 
evening  the  Maryland  delegation  were  received  by  the  Pennsylvania  Association 
at  their  hotel.  At  the  latter  a  very  interesting  musical  and  literary  programme 
was  arranged  ;  of  special  interest  were  several  recitations  by  Miss  Maggie 
Maisch,  and  a  surprise  in  store  for  the  veteran  pharmacist,  Charles  A.  Heinitsh. 
This  consisted  in  the  presentation  of  a  gold  medal  to  Mr.  Heinitsh,  who  has  just 
completed  fifty  years  of  pharmaceutical  service,  and  his  many  friends  determined 
to  signalize  the  event  by  presenting  him  a  testimonial  at  the  joint  meeting  of  the 
