370        Pennsylvania  Pharmaceutical  Association.  {An^uJust,So6^m' 
"  Some  Notes  on  the  Detection  and  Destination  of  Boric  Acid," 
by  Charles  H.  La  Wall  and  H.  A.  Bradshaw,  of  Philadelphia. 
On  Wednesday  evening,  the  Entertainment  Committee  provided 
a  programme  of  popular  and  classic  music,  by  Alexander's  Ninth 
Regiment  Band  of  Wilkesbarre,  which  was  thoroughly  enjoyed  by 
the  members,  and  which  was  followed  by  a  new  collection  of 
biograph  pictures  shown  as  on  the  night  previous. 
The  Thursday  morning  session  opened  with  a  discussion  on  the 
time  and  place  of  next  meeting.  Two  places  were  suggested : 
Paxinosa  Inn,  at  Easton,  and  the  Bedford  Springs  Hotel,  at  Bedford 
Springs,  Penna.  After  an  exhaustive  discussion,  which  was  par- 
ticipated in  by  many  of  the  members,  it  was  decided  to  accept 
the  recommendations  of  the  Committee,  and  to  hold  next  year's 
meeting  at  the  Bedford  Springs  Hotel.  Mr.  Jordan,  of  Bedford, 
was  elected  local  Secretary. 
The  report  of  the  Committee  appointed  on  the  day  previous  to 
investigate  the  charges  against  a  member  of  the  State  Pharma- 
ceutical Examining  Board  for  allowing  the  questions  to  be  placed 
upon  the  market  previous  to  the  October  examination,  was  received. 
The  Committee  on  Papers  and  Queries  then  took  charge,  and  Dr. 
Clement  B.  Lowe,  of  Philadelphia,  exhibited  Sullivan's  Prescrip- 
tion File,  after  which  Mr.  Louis  Emanuel,  of  Pittsburg,  showed  a 
new  Portable  Oxygen  Generator.  Both  of  these  were  discussed 
very  thoroughly. 
The  reading  of  papers  was  then  resumed,  and  a  number  of  papers 
on  trade  interests,  especially  with  reference  to  the  so-called  patent 
medicine  evil,  were  read,  as  follows  : — 
"  The  Present  Status  of  Patent  Medicines,"  by  B.  E.  Pritchard,  of 
McKeesport,  Penna. 
"  Patent  Medicine  Agents  or  Prescription  Compounders,  which  ?" 
by  Franklin  M.  Apple,  of  Philadelphia. 
Papers  in  answer  to  the  Query  No.  23  :  "  Has  not  the  pharmacist 
of  the  past  few  decades  sold  his  birthright  for  a  mess  of  pottage, 
in  joining  hands  with  the  manufacturers  of  proprietaries  in  helping 
them  to  further  their  interests  at  the  ultimate  expense  of  his  own?" 
were  read  by  the  following  members  :  W.  O.  Frailey,  of  Lancaster ; 
J.  Layden  White,  of  Philadelphia  ;  George  M.  Beringer,  of  Camden, 
N.  J.;  John  F.  Patton,  of  York,  and  John  R.  Thompson,  of  Pittsburg. 
The  reading  of  these  papers  was  followed  by  a  lengthy,  and,  at 
times,  a  somewhat  heated  discussion. 
