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the  possibility  of  developing  it  as  a  recognized  specialty  of  medicine. 
The  report  of  the  nominating  committee  at  the  second  general 
session  of  the  Association  brought  with  it  probably  the  most  unusual 
demonstration  that  has  ever  been  witnessed  at  a  meeting  of  the 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  The  nominations  for  presi- 
dent included  the  names  of  Chas.  Caspari,  Jr.,  of  Baltimore, 
Caswell  A.  Mayo,  of  New  York,  and  Otto  Raubenheimer,  of 
Brooklyn.  Professor  Caspari,  who  had  served  the  Association 
for  a  number  of  years  as  General  Secretary  asked  permission  to 
withdraw  his  name.  This  request  was  opposed  by  John  Uri  Lloyd 
and  others  who  asserted  that  the  members  of  the  Association  desired 
the  opportunity  of  showing  their  appreciation  of  the  services  that 
had  been  rendered  by  Prof.  Caspari.  The  members  present,  in 
the  course  of  the  address  made  by  Prof.  Lloyd,  frequently  evi- 
denced their  appreciation  of  the  sentiments  expressed  and  at  the 
close  of  the  remarks  continued  their  applause  for  a  considerable 
time.  Despite  the  evident  desire  of  the  members  present  that  he 
continue  as  a  candidate,  Prof.  Caspari  insisted  that  his  name  be 
withdrawn  and  James  H.  Beal,  the  Secretary  of  the  Association 
put  in  nomination  the  name  of  W.  C.  Anderson,  of  New  York. 
This  nomination  was  seconded  by  John  C.  Wallace,  of  New  Castle, 
Pa.,  and  Otto  F.  Claus,  of  St.  Louis.  No  other  names  being 
offered,  nominations  were  on  motion  closed  and  the  members  of 
the  Association  will  have  the  rather  unusual  opportunity  of  select- 
ing a  president  from  nominees  resident  in  the  same  city.  As  a 
matter  of  more  than  passing  interest  it  may  be  pointed  out  that  all 
of  the  nominees  are  comparatively  young  men  though  well  and 
favorably  known  to  pharmacists  generally. 
Caswell  A.  Mayo,  who  was  the  first  to  be  placed  in  nomination, 
is  well  known  as  the  Editor  of  the  American  Druggist.  He  joined 
the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  in  1893  and  has  served 
as  member  of  the  council  and  as  secretary  of  the  Historical  Section. 
At  the  Denver  meeting  he  was  elected  to  serve  as  historian  and  is 
active  in  that  capacity  at  the  present  time.  Otto  Raubenheimer,  a 
man  of  many  attainments,  editor  of  the  Practical  Druggist,  member 
of  the  U.  S.  P.  Committee  of  Revision,  the  Committee  on  National 
Formulary,  the  Committee  on  Unofficial  Standards,  and  the  Com- 
mittee on  Recipe  book,  is  the  original  and  at  present  the  only 
American  professor  of  the  history  of  pharmacy,  having  been 
recently  elected  to  fill  that  chair  in  the  School  of  Pharmacy  of  the 
