"^^ep^'igi?"11'  }  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  573 
The  Committee  on  Research  was  continued  with  authority  to  co- 
operate with  other  associations  planning  research  work  along  cog- 
nate lines  which  are  based  upon  service  to  the  profession  as  a  whole 
or  to  the  public  which  is  the  ultimate  benefactor.  Incidentally,  the 
A.  Ph.  A.  committee  on  research  recommended  that  the  award  of 
the  fund  available  this  year  be  made  to  George  D.  Beal,  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Illinois,  to  carry  on  research  on  the  anthraquinone-con- 
taining  drugs,  and  this  met  the  approval  of  the  Council. 
The  recommendation  of  the  President  that  laws  should  be 
framed  covering  and  regulating  the  proper  dispensing  of  medicines 
in  hospital  practice  as  such  dispensing  was  equally  as  important  as 
the  practice  of  pharmacy  to  the  public,  was  directed  to  the  attention 
of  the  National  Association  of  Boards  of  Pharmacy  as  one  requir- 
ing early  attention  and  legislation. 
His  recommendation  that  in  the  selection  of  delegates  to  the 
forthcoming  pharmacopceial  convention,  the  Association  should  be 
represented  by  delegates  who  will  attend  the  Convention  and  who 
will  be  suitable  for  service  on  the  new  committee  of  revision,  was  a 
timely  reminder  of  duty  that  was  favorably  received  and  adopted. 
Another  recommendation  dealt  with  the  subject  of  a  pharma- 
ceutical corps  in  the  U.  S.  Army  and  recommended  that  the  Amer- 
ican Pharmaceutical  Association  again  place  itself  on  record  as 
favoring  the  recognition  of  properly  qualified  pharmacists  by  eleva- 
tion to  commissioned  rank  in  a  corps  affording  an  opportunity  for 
distinctive  service  and  that  the  officers  of  the  A.  Ph.  A.  be  directed 
to  cooperate  fully  with  all  other  organizations  having  the  same  ob- 
ject in  view.  The  Report  of  the  Committee  on  Status  of  Pharma- 
cists in  Government  Service  dilated  further  upon  this  subject  and 
advised  a  continuation  of  efforts  with  the  Surgeon-General  with  the 
hope  of  ultimately  securing  the  endorsement  of  the  Medical  Depart- 
ment of  the  Army  and  that  a  committee  of  three  members  be  ap- 
pointed to  cooperate  with  similar  committees  appointed  by  other 
pharmaceutical  associations  to  present  to  the  Surgeon-General  the 
need  for  modern  pharmaceutical  service  in  the  medical  department 
of  the  army  and  to  further  the  aims  of  pharmacy  in  the  other 
branches  of  the  government  service.  This  Committee  also  urged  the 
endorsement  of  the  bill  introduced  by  Representative  Darrow,  H.  R. 
4760,  to  increase  the  efficiency  of  the  Medical  Department  of  the 
U.  S.  Navy  and  to  improve  the  status  and  efficiency  of  the  Hospital 
