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Progress  in  Pharmacy. 
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t    December,  1906. 
proof,  IO  parts  by  volume  of  methyl  alcohol  and  I  part  of  approved 
benzine. 
Provision  is  also  made  for  the  use  of  specially  denatured  alcohol 
by  certain  manufacturers,  not,  however,  by  those  engaged  in  the 
manufacture  of  liquid  medicines  or  beverages. 
N.A.R.D.  Convention. — The  annual  convention  of  the  National 
Association  of  Retail  Druggists  was  held  in  Atlanta,  Ga.,  October 
I  to  5,  1906.  The  attendance  at  the  meeting  is  said  to  have  been 
unusually  large  and  the  interest  in  the  proceedings  keen,  despite  the 
fact  that  little  but  routine  work  was  accomplished. 
The  report  of  the  Committee  on  Resolutions,  embodying  as  it 
does  a  review  of  the  accomplishment  as  well  as  the  prospective 
policy  of  the  association,  includes  a  large  number  of  resolutions  on 
widely  varied  subjects.  Among  the  more  prominent  of  these  reso- 
lutions were  expressions  of  opinion  on  the  marketing  of  proprietary 
remedies,  the  endorsement  of  the  so-called  D.C.S.N.  plan  and  recom- 
mendations to  popularize  U.S.P.  and  N.F.  preparations  with  phy- 
sicians. 
The  establishment  of  a  National  Buying  Club  was  discountenanced 
and  the  general  policy  of  local  buying  clubs  ignored,  as  not  coming 
under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  National  Association.  The  failure  to 
secure  the  enactment  of  the  Mann  Bill  was  discussed  at  some  length 
and  the  committee  having  the  matter  in  charge  were  instructed  to 
draft  a  bill  that  would  obviate  the  shortcomings  of  this  bill  and  still 
secure  relief  from  the  present  abuses  in  connection  with  patents  on 
medicinal  substances. 
N.  W.D.A.  Meeting. — The  National  Wholesale  Druggists  Associa- 
tion met  in  annual  convention  in  the  city  of  Washington,  October  8 
to  ii,  1906.  The  members  in  attendance  were  more  than  usually 
interested  in  the  reports  of  committees  and  in  the  discussion  of  trade 
subjects.  Not  the  least  interesting  of  the  several  subjects  presented 
was  the  consideration  of  the  recently  enacted  pure  food  and  drug 
law. 
From  the  available  reports  of  the  proceedings  of  the  convention 
it  would  appear  that  the  members  present  were  generally  favorable 
to  the  enforcement  of  this  law,  within  reasonable  limitations,  and 
were  willing  to  do  all  in  their  power  to  comply  with  its  requirements. 
The  Pharmacopoeia  of  the  United  States  of  America  was  discussed 
at  some  length  and  a  special  committee  was  appointed  to  secure 
