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entirely  too  willing  to  encourage  every  new  applicant  that  comes 
along  to  be  advertised  to  the  suffering  public.  Are  we,  as  profes- 
sional gentlemen,  or  even  only  as  tradesmen,  devoid  of  moral 
responsibility  when  we  encourage  the  sale  of  nostrums  that  have 
the  power  of  creating  a  liquor  or  drug  habit  ?  Laws  should  not  be 
necessary  prohibiting  the  sale  of  morphine  and  cocaine  by  pharma- 
cists. Is  it  not  a  disgrace  to  pharmacy  to  learn  that  in  some  locali- 
ties the  Sunday  sales  of  liquid  malts,  bitters  and  fake  tonics  are  so 
enormous  ?  The  writer  has  in  mind  a  remedy  that  is  now  being 
extensively  advertised  as  a  specific  for  catarrh  that  is  simply  a  spir- 
itous  extract  of  asarum,  and  containing  very  little  of  the  latter.  Can 
we  conceive  that  this  would  prove  to  be  of  the  least  benefit  in  the 
cure  of  such  a  disease  as  catarrh.  The  sale  of  this  nostrum  is 
simply  enormous,  and  are  we  not  justified  in  inquiring  how  many 
drunkards  are  the  drug  trade  of  America  thus  assisting  unscrupu- 
lous advertisers  in  making  per  annum  ? 
Do  the  officers  of  our  national  association  realize  the  responsibil- 
ity that  they  are  assuming  when  they  advocate  that  every  retail 
druggist  in  the  United  States  must  sign  contracts  to  do  nothing  to 
discourage  the  sale  of  such,  and  even  make  himself  liable  for  liqui- 
dating damages  if  he  exerises  his  right  of  judgment  and  discrimina- 
tion against  such  remedies  ? 
DISCUSSION  ON  PHARMACEUTICAL  ETHICS. 
In  the  discussion  following  the  reading  of  the  three  preceding 
papers  presented  at  the  Pharmaceutical  meeting,  on  Tuesday  even- 
ing, March  21st,  remarks  were  made  by 
DR.  HENRY  BEATES,  JR., 
as  follows : 
"  While  sitting  here  profiting  from  the  papers  of  the  evening  just/ 
read,  I  did  not  think  the  pleasure  enjoyed  was  to  be  interrupted  by 
a  request  from  your  honored  chairman,  especially  as  I  am  a  guest, 
to  open  the  discussion. 
"  I  noted  down  several  points,  and  trust  you  will  not  feel  that  the 
notes  in  my  hand  are  so  voluminous  as  to  augur  an  infliction  upon 
you  of  a  long  discussion. 
"  The  three  papers  treated  of  one  fundamental  principle,  which 
underlies  the  correct  solution  of  the  profound  problems  respectively 
