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sides  have  organized  medical  departments  during  recent  years. 
The  total  number  of  schools  closed  since  1907  by  merger  or  other- 
wise is  given  as  sixty-five,  and  the  opinion  is  offered  that  this 
decrease  in  the  number  of  medical  colleges  has  not  been  to  the 
detriment  of  medical  education  but  to  its  advantage.  It  has  not 
removed  or  lessened  the  opportunities  of  students  to  study  medi- 
cine, but  has  resulted  in  giving  them  better  opportunities.  The 
question  of  medical  education  was  also  referred  to  by  George  Edgar 
Vincent,  President  of  the  University  of  Minnesota,  in  his  address 
of  welcome.  He  complimented  the  American  Medical  Association 
on  the  excellent  work  done  under  its  auspices  to  bring  about  proper 
recognition  of  laboratory  and  hospital  instruction  and  to  call  atten- 
tion to  the  need  of  medical  research.  He  also  pointed  out  that  a 
cheap  medical  education  is  the  most  expensive  for  the  community 
and  that  the  frequently  made  plea  that  individuals  should  have  a 
right  to  a  short  and  easy  road  to  professional  practice  should  not 
be  seriously  considered. 
The  work  of  the  Section  on  Pharmacology  and  Therapeutics  is 
perhaps  of  more  direct  interest  to  pharmacists  than  that  of  any  of 
the  other  sections  primarily  because  matters  of  pharmaceutical  in- 
terest are  usually  discussed  in  this  Section  and  also  because  of  the 
fact  that  delegates  from  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association 
are  received  by  this  Section.  This  year  the  American  Pharma- 
ceutical Association  was  represented  by  Prof.  Joseph  P.  Reming- 
ton, Dr.  Bernard  Fantus,  and  Prof.  F.  J.  Wulling.  Prof.  Joseph  P. 
Remington,  the  Chairman  of  the  delegation  of  the  American  Phar- 
maceutical Association,  in  presenting  felicitations,  said  in  part: 
"  The  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  sends  greetings  to  the 
American  Medical  Association  and  best  wishes  for  a  most  successful  meet- 
ing at  Minneapolis.  During  the  last  three  years  the  national  organizations 
have  been  more  closely  brought  together  through  Pharmacopceial  revision 
work,  members  from  both  organizations  working  in  their  several  depart- 
ments on  the  Ninth  Revision. 
"  It  was  to  be  expected  that  differences  of  opinion  would  arise,  and  it  is 
gratifying  to  know  that  during  the  three  years  of  earnest  discussion  and 
official  correspondence,  personalities  have  been  conspicuous  through  their 
absence.  The  principal  debates  have  been  on  the  question  of  scope,  some 
of  the  medical  members  arguing  for  a  more  restricted  list ;  others  desire  an 
extended  list,  but  the  majority  of  the  members  of  the  Revision  Committee 
are  undoubtedly  in  favor  of  adopting  neither  a  restricted  nor  extended  list, 
but  one  which  they  believe  will  be  satisfactory  to  the  largest  number  of 
practitioners  in  America.    It  will  be  interesting  to  know  that  about  85  per 
