478  British  Pharmaceutical  Conference.     {A™c^r  ?fia3rm' 
sections  are  to  be  held  at  varying  times  in  widely  separated  rooms. 
With  the  elimination  of  the  antiquated  provisions  of  the  by-laws 
requiring  that  certain  meetings  be  held  at  certain  times  it  is  to  be 
hoped  that  the  program  will  be  arranged  to  provide  for  continued 
meetings  of  sections  at  a  time  and  place  previously  arranged  for 
and  announced  on  the  printed  program.  A  serious  effort  in  the 
direction  of  simplification  of  the  proceedings  might  well  be  made 
on  the  authority  of  a  motion  made  by  H.  P.  Hynson,  which  au- 
thorizes the  council  to  take  up  the  matter  of  creating  a  conference 
committee  for  the  bringing  about  of  a  closer  cooperation  in  regard 
to  the  programs  of  the  various  affiliated  organizations.  If  in 
addition  to  this  some  of  the  now  evidently  unnecessary  duplication 
of  work  were  eliminated  much  time  for  profitable  discussion  on 
timely  topics  might  be  gained. 
Many  years  ago  a  proposition  was  made  that  the  important 
business  could  well  be  conducted  in  two  general  divisions  or  sec- 
tions, theory  and  practice,  that  the  meetings  of  these  divisions  be 
continued  during  the  day  only  and  that  the  council  and  the  affiliated 
organizations  have  their  meetings  at  night.  A  practical  application 
of  this  suggestion  accompanied  by  a  further  elaboration  of  the 
duties  of  the  council  and  the  elimination  of  the  so-called  House 
of  Delegates  would  appear  to  offer  possibilities  for  practical  ad- 
vances well  worth  considering.  M.  I.  W. 
BRITISH  PHARMACEUTICAL  CONFERENCE. 
By  John  K.  Thum,  Ph.G., 
Pharmacist  at  German  Hospital,  Philadelphia. 
The  1913  meeting  of  the  British  Pharmaceutical  Conference 
was  held  in  London,  the  Sessions  of  the  Conference  commencing 
Tuesday,  July  26.  The  attendance  was  greater  than  at  any  previous 
meeting  in  the  history  of  the  Conference,  this,  no  doubt,  being 
brought  about  by  the  fact  that  this  meeting  was  the  fiftieth  and 
the  Jubilee  of  the  Conference. 
While  the  various  papers  read  at  the  Conference  were  of  an 
unusually  high  order  of  merit  and  quite  in  keeping  with  past 
traditions  of  this  organized  body  of  pharmacists,  the  feature  of 
the  meeting  was  the  admirable  address  of  the  president,  Mr.  John 
C.  Unmey. 
