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rides, etc. — we hold that the apothecary is not justified in 
vending these powerful agents indiscriminately to persons 
unqualified to administer them, and that a prescription 
should always be required, except in those cases when the 
poisons are intended for the destruction of animals or 
vermin — and in these instances only with the guarantee of 
a responsible person. And we hold that when there is good 
reason to believe that the purchaser is habitually using 
opiates or stimulants to excess, every conscientious apothe- 
cary should discourage such practice. 
9th. No apprentice to the business of apothecary should 
be taken for a less term than four years, unless he has 
already served a portion of that time in an establishment of 
good character. Apprentices should invariably be entered 
as matriculants in the school of pharmacy, and commence 
attendance on its lectures at least two years before the ex- 
piration of their term of apprenticeship ; and as the progress 
of our profession in the scale of scientific attainment must 
depend mainly upon those who are yet to enter it — it is re- 
commended that those applicants who have had the advan- 
tage of a good preliminary education, including the Latin- 
language, should be preferred. 
Daniel B. Smith, President. 
Charles Ellis, 1st Vice President. 
Samuel F. Troth, 2d Vice President. 
Attest^ DiLLWYN Parrish, Secretary. 
