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Pilar maceu tica I  M eeting. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
April,  1905, 
"  Ethical  Pharmaceutical  Practice  and  its  Recompense."  (See  page 
153) 
Dr.  William  C.  Alpers,  of  New  York,  read  a  paper  on  "  Profes- 
sionalism vs.  Commercialism  in  Pharmacy."    (See  page  162.) 
George  M.  Beringer,  Ph.M.,  read  a  paper  on  "  The  Evolution  of 
Nostrum  Vending  and  its  Relation  to  the  Practice  of  Medicine  and 
Pharmacy."    (See  page  168.) 
Professor  Remington  said  that  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharm- 
acy was  honored  in  having  present  such  able  representatives  of  the 
professions  of  medicine  and  pharmacy,  and  called  upon  Dr.  Henry 
Beates,  Jr.,  to  open  the  discussion  on  the  papers  presented.  Dr. 
Beates'  remarks  are  given  in  another  part  of  this  Journal.  (See 
page  175.) 
M.  I.  Wilbert,  Ph.M.,  said,  in  commenting  upon  the  papers  pre- 
sented, that  Professor  Hynson  had  shown  that  professional  pharmacy 
is  both  a  reality  and  an  ideal;  that  Dr.  Alpers,  in  his  simile  of  the 
raft  on  the  Niagara,  had  shown  the  course  which  pharmacy  should 
take ;  and  that  Mr.  Beringer's  paper  was  important  at  this  time  in 
view  of  the  action  of  the  Council  on  Pharmacy  and  Chemistry  of  the 
American  Medical  Association,  with  regard  to  nostrums  and  pro- 
prietary  remedies.  (See  page  179.)  He  then  asked  those  present  to 
read  carefully  the  rules  formulated  by  this  Council  in  the  spirit 
manifested  at  this  meeting,  and  to  assist  the  Council  in  carrying  on 
the  work. 
Mr.  E.  M.  Boring  said  that  the  question  of  right  pharmaceutical 
practice  was  one  depending  upon  personal  character,  and  that  we 
either  do  right  of  ourselves  or  are  compelled  by  the  law  to  do  so. 
Professor  Lowe  followed  in  a  similar  manner,  and  said  that  suc- 
cessful men  are  men  of  character.  Mr,  William  Mclntyre  said  that 
the  young  men  present  had  an  advantage  in  hearing  such  teachings 
as  had  been  advanced  this  evening. 
Prof.  Joseph  P.  Remington  announced,  in  the  course  of  the  meet- 
ing, that  the  prerequisite  law  had  passed  both  houses  of  the  Penn- 
sylvania Legislature,  and  that  there  was  a  probability  of  Governor 
Pennypacker  signing  it,  which  has  since  been  done.  (See  page  182.) 
Prof.  Harvey  H.  Mentzer  commented  upon  the  papers  read,  and 
also  said  that  he  was  glad  to  hear  that  there  was  a  strong  probabil- 
ity of  the  prerequisite  clause  becoming  a  part  of  the  pharmacy  law. 
Henry  Kraemer,  Secretary. 
