Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
April,  1886. 
Obituary. 
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macists  in  a  manner  similar  to  other  laws,  by  recognizing  the  rights  of  those 
who  have  had  three  years'  experience  in  dispensing  stores,  by  accepting  as 
evidence  of  qualification  the  diplomas  from  Colleges  of  Pharmacy  recognized 
by  the  State  Association  and  by  the  examination  of  other  candidates.  Section 
3  confers  upon  practising  physicians  the  right  to  retail,  compound  or  dispense 
medicine  or  poisons,  or  to  open  or  conduct  a  pharmacy,  etc. ;  yet  registration 
does  not  appear  to  be  required  of  them,  and  Section  10  exempts  them  from  the 
provisions  of  the  Act  if  they  do  not  keep  open  shop.  The  annual  renewal  of 
registration  is  provided  for,  the  fee  being  $1.  The  wilful  adulteration  or  sale 
of  adulterated  drugs  is  made  a  misdemeanor,  punishable  by  a  fine  not  in  excess 
of  $100,  in  addition  to  which  the  name  of  a  guilty  pharmacist  may  be  stricken 
from  the  roll,  while  a  similar  additional  penalty  is  not  provided  for  merchants, 
who,  without  registration, may  sell  (Sect. 3)  quinine,  potassium  iodide,  bromide 
and  chlorate,  and  certain  other  drugs  and  medicines.  The  registration  of  the 
sale  of  poisons  is  limited  to  arsenic  and  its  preparations,  corrosive  sublimate, 
white  precipitate,  mercuric  iodide,  potassium  cyanide,  hydrocyanic  acid,  strych- 
nine and  essential  oil  of  bitter  almonds  ;  while  correct  labeling  is  required  for 
a  number  of  poisons,  ecbolic  medicines  and  other  deadly  poisons,"  without, 
however,  defining  what  are  to  be  regarded  as  "  deadly  poisons." 
The  Board  was  promptly  appointed  and  organized  in  Eichmond,  March  25, 
by  the  election  of  T.  Roberts  Baker,  Richmond,  as  President,  and  E.  R.  Beck- 
with,  Petersburg,  as  Secretary;  the  other  members  are  R.  Brydon,  Danville; 
E.  Warfield,  Alexandria,  and  J.  W.  Thomas,  Jr.,  Norfolk. 
A  law  regulating  the  sales  of  morphine  in  Virginia  Avas  approved  March  1. 
It  is  similar  to  corresponding  laws  recently  passed  in  some  other  states,  and  re- 
quires that  the  wrappers  shall  be  of  a  scarlet  color,  and  that  the  labels  shall 
likewise  be  scarlet  and  plainly  lettered  in  white.  The  intention  of  the  law  is 
evidently  to  make  conspicuous  the  vessels  containing  morphine  or  its  prepara- 
tions in  the  possession  of  others  than  pharmacists  or  physicans,  and  including 
the  latter  when  purchasing  morphine  in  the  state.  Whether  the  details  will 
be  practicable  and  tend  to  prevent  mistakes,  remains  to  be  seen. 
Drug  Business  in  Indianapolis  for  Sale. — By  reference  to  our  advertising 
columns,  we  notice  that  the  long  established  and  favorably  known  wholesale 
and  retail  business  of  Messrs.  Browning  &  Sloan,  is  offered  for  private  sale  dur- 
ing the  present  month. 
OBITUARY. 
Joshua  B-  Lippincott  died  in  Philadelphia,  January  5th,  at  the  age  of  74 
years.  He  was  the  founder  of  the  publishing  house  now  known  as  the  J.  B. 
Lippincott  Company,  which  published  a  number  of  medical  and  pharmaceuti- 
cal works. 
Professor  Austin  Flint,  M.  D.,  died  in  New  York,  in  the  74th  year  of  his  age. 
Educated  at  Amherst  and  Harvard,  he  held  professorships  in  Chicago,  Buffalo, 
Louisville,  New  Orleans,  and,  since  1861,  in  New  York  and  Brooklyn,  Dr. 
Flint  was  widely  and  favorably  known  as  a  medical  author,  both  at  home  and 
