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lished  under  the  auspices  of  the  Council,  and  ventured  the  opinion 
that  this  book  would  go  far  toward  bringing  about  a  change  in  the 
relation  of  physicians  and  pharmacists. 
The  quality  of  the  drugs  furnished  to  patients  was  discussed 
in  a  paper  by  W.  A.  Puckner  on  the  "  Quality  of  Drugs  Sold  to 
Dispensing  Physicians,"  and  in  a  paper  by  M.  I.  Wilbert  on  "  Care- 
lessness in  the  Pharmacy  as  a  Reason  for  a  Restricted  Materia 
Medica."  The  following  preamble  and  resolution  designed  to 
bring  about  greater  activity  in  the  enforcement  of  existing  laws 
relating  to  drugs  and  medicines  was  adopted  by  the  Section,  referred 
to  the  House  of  Delegates  and  concurred  in  by  that  body: 
"  Whereas,  It  has  been  repeatedly  shown  by  the  Council  on  Pharmacy 
and  Chemistry,  and  by  the  Chemical  Laboratory  of  the  A.  M.  A.,  as  well 
as  by  other  investigators,  that  many  drugs  and  preparations  used  in  the 
treatment  of  diseases  are  of  unreliable  composition,  through  carelessness, 
negligence,  ignorance  and  other  reasons ;  and 
"  Whereas,  This  condition  of  affairs  is  against  the  interests  of  public 
health  and  the  progress  of  the  .science  of  medicine;  therefore  it  is  evident 
that  greater  activity  is  needed  in  the  enforcement  of  existing  laws  relating 
to  drugs  and  medicines ;  therefore,  be  it 
"Resolved,  That  the  Section  on  Pharmacology  and  Therapeutics  re- 
quests the  House  of  Delegates  of  the  A.  M.  A.  to  bring  this  matter  to  the 
attention  of  the  proper  federal  and  state  authorities,  and  urge  on  them  the 
need  for  more  energetic  and  effective  action  in  this  direction." 
A  comprehensive  paper  on  "  The  Physiological  Testing  of 
Ergot/'  by  A.  C.  Crawford,  of  Palo  Alto,  California,  was  pre- 
sented in  abstract  and  will  no  doubt  appear  as  a  part  of  the  pro- 
ceedings of  the  Section.  The  remaining  papers  presented  before 
the  Section  were  largely  of  interest  from  a  practical  therapeutic 
point  of  view,  and  included  contributions  on  the  treatment  of 
various  pathologic  conditions  by  the  use  of  drugs.  A  symposium 
on  physical  therapeutics  included  discussions  on  hydrotherapy,  the 
use  of  radium  and  the  use  of  the  Roentgen  rays  as  therapeutic 
measures. 
One  of  the  more  interesting  features  of  the  programme  was  a 
symposium  on  serums  and  vaccines  in  a  joint  meeting  with  the 
Section  on  the  Practice  of  Medicine.  The  papers  presented  in- 
cluded a  discussion  of  the  federal  control  over  the  manufacture  of 
serums  and  vaccines  by  Dr.  John  F.  Anderson,  of  Washington, 
D.  C. ;  the  treatment  of  pneumonia  by  specific  serums  by  Rufus 
Cole,  of  New  York;  the  treatment  of  lobar  pneumonia  with  par- 
