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on  section  meetings  and  it  will,  therefore,  suffice  to  call  attention  to 
this  particular  phase  of  the  meeting  in  this  general  way. 
First  General  Session. — The  first  general  session  of  the  Asso- 
ciation was  called  to  order  in  the  palm- room  of  the  Claypool  Hotel 
by  the  president,  Mr.  Joseph  L.  Lemberger,  on  the  afternoon  of 
Monday,  September  3,  1906. 
After  the  presentation  of  the  usual  greetings,  and  messages  of 
welcome,  from  local  and  State  officials,  the  president  read  the  annual 
address. 
In  the  course  of  his  remarks,  which  were  largely  devoted  to  a 
review  of  "  what  has  been  accomplished  by  American  Pharmacy," 
Mr.  Lemberger  outlined  the  evolution  and  development  of  phar- 
macy since  the  organization  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical 
Association  and  also  referred  at  some  length  to  a  number  of  the 
contemporaneous  changes  that  have  been  brought  about  in  other 
lines  of  research  and  industry. 
Mr.  Lemberger  also  recounted  some  of  the  more  interesting  and 
important  problems  that  presented  themselves  for  solution,  and 
called  attention  to  the  work  that  had  been  outlined  for  the  several 
sections  of  the  Association. 
In  conclusion  the  president  offered  a  number  of  suggestions  or 
recommendations  that  he  deemed  worthy  of  immediate  consideration. 
Among  the  more  important,  he  recommended  that  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association  continue  the  publication  of  the  Bulletin; 
that  the  Association  endorse  the  action  of  the  American  Medical 
Association  to  promote  the  organization  of  a  department  of  public 
health,  and  also  commend  and  aid  in  enforcing  the  recently  enacted 
national  pure  food  and  drug  law. 
This  address  was,  on  motion,  referred  to  a  committee  of  three  to 
report  at  a  subsequent  meeting. 
The  poll  of  members  of  the  nominating  committee  indicated  that 
members  from  26  States  and  Territories  were  present  on  the  first 
day  of  the  meeting  of  the  Association. 
Second  General  Session. — Tuesday,  September  4,  1906. 
After  the  reading  of  the  minutes  of  the  first  general  session  and 
the  presentation  of  greetings  from  affiliated  bodies,  Prof.  Remington 
presented  a  letter  containing  greetings  from  Dr.  S.  S.  Cohen,  a  former 
chairman  of  the  section  on  Pharmacology  and  Therapeutics  of  the 
American  Medical  Association. 
