Am.  Jour.  Pharm,  V 
April  1, 1871.  J 
Editorial. 
187 
Class  in  Phaimacy.  Class  in  Analytical  Chemistry. 
E.  C.  Batchelor,  Miss.  E.  C.  Batchelor,  Miss.  M.  F.  Rinehart,  Ohio. 
Jno.  B.  Elston,  Mo.  Emiliano  Causse,  Cuba.  Ch.  Sniteman,  111. 
Jas.  F.  Hurt,  Mo.  W.  P.  Carpender,  Iowa.  E.  D.  Snyder,  Ohio. 
Henry  Kielhorn,  Ind.  Jul.  Jungmann,  Pa.  Aaron  Stern,  Pa. 
David  J.  Lewis,  Pa.  Ch.  J.  Kadish,  111.  Lane.  Thomas,  Pa. 
Wren  H.  Light,  Ky.  Jos.  Kaufman,  Ohio.  Henry  R.  Thomson,  Ind. 
Henry  Schmidt,  O.  Sam.  Lemly,  Jr.,  Miss.  J.  A.  Weaver,  Pa. 
H.  R.  Thomson,  Ind.  A.  J.  Odenwelder,  Pa.  Fred.  C.  Weber,  111. 
John  C.  Wells,  Vt. 
Pharmacy  in  New  Jersey. — The  Newark  Register  of  March  6th  contains  a 
copy  of  a  petition  sent  to  the  Legislature  against  the  Registry  Law,  recom- 
mended and  urged  for  adoption  by  the  New  Jersey  Pharmaceutical  Associa- 
tion. As  the  Association  represents  a  large  number  of  the  best  druggists  of 
the  State,  the  petition  must  emanate  from  those  who  are  opposed  to  the  reform 
suggested  by  the  Association  and,  consequently,  to  that  class  who  advocate  free 
trade  in  drugs  and  poisons  without  reference  to  the  public  welfare. 
Pharmacy  in  Rhode  Island. — The  Providence  Evening  Press,  of  Feb.  28^ 
contains  the  report  of  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy,  after  one  year's  experience 
of  the  pharmacy  registering  law  of  that  State.  The  reporters  inform  that  there 
have  been  six  meetings  for  business,  and  for  the  examination  of  assistant  phar- 
macists. Five  of  the  meetings  were  held  in  Providence  and  one  in  Newport. 
Most  of  the  persons  examined  exhibited  a  fair  knowledge  of  pharmacy  as  ob- 
tained from  the  shops,  whilst  but  few  were  familiar  with  chemistry  and  botany. 
One  of  the  greatest  difficulties  presented  in  the  report  was  that  of  the  sale  of 
liquors  by  apothecaries.  Owing  to  the  stringency  of  the  U.  S.  Law,  small  quan. 
titles  of  liquors  for  medicinal  purposes  can  only  be  sold  by  prescription,  hence 
the  apothecaries  are  compelled  to  obtain  a  license  from  the  government,  by 
which  they  become  regular  liquor  dealers,  and,  in  order  to  repay  the  expense  of 
the  license,  cater  for  business  regardless  of  the  uses  made  of  the  liquors.  A 
temptation  is  thus  opened  to  promote  the  improper  use  of  these  agents,  as  well 
as  to  their  use  by  employees.  They  therefore  ask  for  some  modification  of  the 
law  which  will  enable  the  apothecary  to  supply  the  simple  needs  of  medicine 
without  being  compelled  to  became  liquor  dealers  in  a  legal  sense. 
They  also  submit  a  revised  draft  of  the  law,  which  covers  some  omissions,  and 
pray  for  its  passage  as  a  substitute  for  that  of  1870. 
Pharmacy  in  Illinois. — Our  friends  in  Chicago  have  just  introduced  a  bill 
into  the  Illinois  Legislature  asking  for  a  law  to  regulate  the  practice  of  phar- 
macy and  the  sale  of  poisons  in  the  State  of  Illinois.  The  bill  is  modelled 
after  that  of  the  Association  at  the  Chicago  meeting.  We  shall  be  glad  to 
hear  of  its  acceptance  at  the  hands  of  the  wise  men  assembled  at  Springfield. 
Pharmacy  in  California. — By  an  accident  the  '-Proceedings"  of  the  An- 
nual Meeting  of  the  California  Pharmaceutical  Society  were  placed  out  of 
sight  and  overlooked  till  just  as  we  are  closing  this  number.  The  Aunuai 
Meeting  occurred  on  the  lOth  of  October,  at  San  Francisco.  The  Annual  Re- 
port of  the  Executive  Committee  is  an  interesting  document,  embracing  a 
