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and  commended  those  manufacturers  who  have  refrained  from  adopting  such 
a  course. 
The  movement  started  recently  among  retail  druggists  in  the  West  to  form 
an  association  which  shall  have  for  its  object  the  furtherance  of  the  commer- 
cial interests  of  its  members  came  up  before  the  Commercial  Section  in  the 
shape  of  a  proposition  that  delegates  be  sent  by  the  Association  to  the  proposed 
convention  to  form  the  new  association,  which  will  be  held  at  St.  Louis,  on 
October  17th.  The  matter  was  referred  to  a  committee,  which  reported, 
through  Prof.  Joseph  P.  Remington,  of  Philadelphia,  the  following  resolution  : 
"  While  it  is  not  in  the  power  of  the  Association  to  officially  aid  the  organiza- 
tion of  the  proposed  retail  druggists'  association,  whose  call  for  a  convention 
is  based  on  the  advance  in  prices  of  proprietary  and  patented  preparations, 
this  Association  heartily  desires  the  success  of  every  organized  effort  of  retail 
druggists  which  will  protect  their  commercial  and  pecuniary  interests." 
THE  FINAL  GENERAL  SESSION 
of  the  Association  was  held  on  Saturday  afternoon.  Various  items  of  business 
were  transacted,  and  the  officers  for  the  ensuing  year  installed.  The  meeting 
then  adjourned,  the  members  fully  appreciating  that  it  has  been  one  of  unusual 
success.  The  amount  of  work  accomplished — in  business  transacted,  papers 
read,  etc. — has  been  equal  to,  if  not  greater  than  at  any  previous  meeting,  not- 
withstanding the  hot  weather.  The  Sections  on  Science,  and  Education  and 
Legislation  are  to  be  congratulated  on  the  merits  of  the  papers  presented,  and 
the  excellence  of  the  discussions.  The  Commercial  Section  has  been  resur- 
rected, and  it  is  apparent  may  be  a  useful  department  to  the  Association.  The 
sociable  features  were  admirably  carried  out.  It  is  doubtful  if  the  members  of 
the  Association  have  ever  enjoyed  such  generous  hospitality  and  unbounded 
interest  in  their  welfare,  as  was  shown  by  the  Committee  of  Arrangements. 
After  the  Session  some  of  the  members  went  for  short  excursions  to  various 
points,  while  the  majority  returned  to  their  homes  with  the  pleasant  memories 
of  a  most  enjoyable  and  profitable  Convention. 
OBITUARY. 
William  Pepper,  M.D.,  LL.D.,  who  was  distinguished  as  one  of  the  most 
eminent  physicians  of  this  country,  and  also  as  a  man  of  enlightened  public 
spirit,  died  of  angina  pectoris,  at  Pleasanton,  Cal.,  on  July  28th,  where  he 
had  gone  for  rest  and  recreation. 
Dr.  Pepper  was  in  the  fifty-fifth  year  of  his  age,  having  been  born  in  Phila- 
delphia, on  August  21,  1843.  He  was  the  son  of  Dr.  William  Pepper,  a  distin- 
guished physician  of  his  day.  He  was  educated  at  the  University  of  Penn- 
sylvania having  graduated  from  its  Collegiate  Department  in  1862,  and  from 
its  Medical  Department  in  1864.  Soon  becoming  identified  with  the  work  of 
the  University  he  was  lecturer  on  Morbid  Anatomy,  from  1868  to  1870,  and  on 
Clinical  Medicine  from  1870  to  1876,  and  professor  of  the  latter  subject  from 
1876  to  1881,  when  he  was  elected  to  succeed  Dr.  Alfred  Stille*  in  the  Chair  of 
the  Theory  and  Practice  of  Medicine,  which  position  he  held  until  the  time  of 
