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is  contained  in  the  preparation  it  might  as  well  be  omitted  altogether. 
Moreover,  no  matter  how  small  the  per  cent,  of  cocaine  or  morphine 
the  preparation  may  do  just  as  great  harm  because  the  doses  taken 
may  be  multiplied. 
The  new  law  regulating  the  practice  of  pharmacy  in  the  District 
of  Columbia  contains  this  absurd  proviso,  but  I  suppose  that  the  new 
Pure  Food  and  Drug  bill,  which  is  of  later  date,  annuls  that  feature 
of  the  law  applying  exclusively  to  the  District  of  Columbia. 
The  Section  on  Pharmacology  and  Therapeutics  of  the  American 
Medical  Association. — The  chairman  of  the  delegation  from  the 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association  to  the  Section  on  Pharma- 
cology and  Therapeutics  of  the  American  Medical  Association,  Mr. 
H.  P.  Hynson,  of  Baltimore,  delivered  an  address  at  the  annual 
session  of  the  Association,  June  5th,  in  which  he  set  forth  the  rela- 
tions of  the  pharmacist  to  the  medical  profession  in  an  admirable 
manner.  Dr.  Hynson's  address  is  published  in  the  August  number 
of  the  Bulletin  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association. 
Surely  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  should  continue 
to  utilize  this  means  of  annual  communication  with  the  American 
Medical  Association  to  cultivate  a  better  understanding  of  the  duties 
of  pharmacists  toward  medicine  and  of  the  physicians  toward  phar- 
macists. Never  before  within  my  recollection  has  the  time  been 
more  auspicious  for  cordial  co-operation  between  the  medical  pro- 
fession and  the  pharmacists  of  the  country  because  the  desire  of  the 
physicians  to  again  make  full  use  of  the  services  of  the  pharmacists 
is  strong  and  clear. 
Ptoprietary  Remedies. — The  American  Medical  Association,  as  you 
know,  has  undertaken  in  an  effective  way  the  investigation  of  the 
merits  and  character  of  proprietary  remedies.  It  has  established  a 
Council  on  Pharmacy  and  Chemistry  composed  of  physicians,  phar- 
macists and  chemists  of  the  highest  standing  which  is  doing  very 
valuable  work.  I  strongly  recommend  that  the  American  Pharma- 
ceutical Association  place  itself  on  record  as  in  hearty  sympathy 
with  this  movement  and  that  it  recommend  to  the  schools  of  phar- 
macy active  co-operation  in  the  work  of  the  Council.  Members  of 
the  Faculties  of  the  schools  and  their  post-graduates  can  do  a  con- 
siderable amount  of  work  with  the  facilities  the  schools  have  at  their 
disposal,  and  many  members  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical 
Association  are  doubtless  able  to  lend  assistance  in  the  same  manner. 
