Am,  Jour.  Phaem. 
Nov.  1, 1871. 
} 
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Theodore  Kalb,  Vice-President ;  Edmund  P.  Walsh,  Secretary ;  Charles  L. 
Lips,  Treasurer,  and  Arthur  F.  Hollister,  Enno  Sander,  M.  W.  Alexander, 
Charles  Habicht  and  J.  C.  Kirkbride,  Board  of  Trustees.  The  following-named 
gentlemen  were  elected  the  Faculty  of  the  College — the  lectures  to  commence 
about  the  middle  of  November:  Hugo  Krebs,  Professor  of  Chemistry;  Enno 
Sander,  Professor  of  Materia  Medica;  Justin  Steer,  Professor  of  Pharmacy. 
New  York  College  of  Pharmacy. — At  a  meeting  held  Oct.  i9th  Mr.  H.  A. 
Cassebeer,  Jr.,  was  elected  Secretary  in  place  of  Mr.  E.  L  Milhau,  resigned. 
A  Code  of  Ethics  was  then  discussed  and  adopted,  as  follows  : 
Preamble. — The  members  of  the  College  of  Pharmacy  of  the  City  of  New 
York,  considering  it  necessary  that  some  mutual  understanding  should  exist 
in  regard  to  the  moral  principles  guiding  them  in  their  profession,  hereby  agree 
upon  the  following  Code  of  Ethics  : 
1.  We  accept  the  U.  S.  Pharmacopoeia  as  our  standard  and  guide  for  all  offi- 
cinal preparations,  and  recognize  a  variance  from  its  rules  only  in  exceptional 
cases,  where  sufficient  authority  has  proved  some  other  process  more  reliable  to 
attain  the  same  end. 
2.  Although  not  a  legitimate  part  of  our  business,  custom  and  the  necessity 
of  the  times  warrant  us  in  keeping  on  hand  the  patent  medicines  of  the  day ; 
yet  we  earnestly  recommend  the  propriety  of  discouraging  their  employment 
when  called  upon  for  an  opinion  of  their  merits. 
3.  We  discountenance  all  secret  formulae  between  physicians  and  pharma- 
cists, and  consider  it  our  duty  to  communicate  such  to  each  other  when 
required . 
4.  We  distinctly  repudiate  the  practice  of  allowing  physicians  a  percentage 
on  their  prescriptions  ;  and  we  agree  not  to  have  a  secret  understanding  with 
physicians,  to  the  pecuniary  detriment  of  the  public. 
5.  We  will  endeavor,  as  far  as  lies  in  our  power,  to  refrain  from  compromising 
the  professional  reputation  of  physicians,  and  we  expect  the  same  comity  from 
them. 
6.  Since  the  professional  training  of  the  pharmacist  does  not  include  these 
branches  which  enable  the  physician  to  diagnose  and  treat  disease,  we  should, 
in  all  practicable  cases,  decline  to  give  medical  advice,  and  refer  the  applicant 
to  a  regular  physician. 
7.  The  growing  demands  of  the  age  require  that  those  who  follow  tha  pro- 
fession of  pharmacy  should  be  educated  up  to  a  higher  standard.  Therefore, 
we  consider  it  our  duty,  individually  and  collectively,  to  encourage  the  advance- 
ment of  knowledge  in  our  profession  generally,  and  particularly  by  stimulating 
our  assistants  to  attend  the  lectures  of  the  College,  and  by  aiding  and  assisting 
them  to  do  so. 
8.  Considering  it  expedient  that  some  rule  be  adopted  to  enforce  the  provi- 
sions of  our  Code,  we  hereby  agree,  if  any  just  cause  of  complaint  be  found 
against  a  member  of  this  College  of  having  violated  the  rules  or  the  spirit  of 
our  Association,  to  bring  the  case  before  a  special  or  the  next  general  meeting 
of  the  College,  when  the  accused,  after  being  heard  in  his  own  defence,  may  be 
expelled  by  a  two-thirds  vote. 
Cincinnati  College  of  Pharmacy. —  At  a  meeting  of  pharmacists,  held,  on 
the  20th  of  October,  in  the  lecture-room  of  the  Cincinnati  Dental  College, 
Professor  Edward  S.  Wayne  was  called  to  the  chair,  and  Mr.  Wm.  H.  Adderley 
appointed  Secretary  pro  ^emp.  A  committee,  consisting  of  Prof,  Wayne  and 
Mr.  Tully,  was  appointed  to  select  suitable  rooms. 
At  a  second  meeting,  held  Oct.  24th,  it  was  resolved  not  to  re  organize  under 
