AMERICAN  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION.  481 
"  Fellow  Associates,— The  Seventh  Anniversary  of  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association  has  arrived ;  and  among  the  peculiar  duties 
which  belong  to  the  occasion,  is  that  which  requires  of  its  retiring  Presi- 
dent a  general  view  of  the  affairs  of  the  Association  during  the  period 
which  has  elapsed  since  our  last  meeting,  together  with  any  information 
as  to  its  prospects,  and  suggestions  as  to  its  future  government  which  may 
occur  to  him. 
It  is  cause  for  gratitude  to  an  overruling  Providence  that  so  many  of  us 
have  been  permitted  to  assemble  under  its  auspices  in  the  metropolis  of 
the  Union,  and  I  may  venture  to  express  the  hope  that  on  the  present  oc- 
casion we  shall  have  a  rich  harvest  in  the  interesting  and  valuable  reports 
and  papers  from  committees  and  individuals  to  whom  labors  of  investiga- 
tion have  been  entrusted. 
Among  the  duties  assigned  to  Committees,  the  preparation  of  a  Syllabus 
of  a  course  of  studies  appropriate  to  the  student  of  Pharmacy  is  equally 
important  with  any  other.  The  Chairman  of  that  Committee  will  submit 
a  report  asking  for  its  further  reference.  From  the  Committee  on  weights 
and  measures,  a  report  may  be  looked  for.  It  is  understood  that  the  im= 
portant  Committee  on  the  revision  of  the  United  States  Pharmacopoeia, 
have  not  been  unmindful  of  their  duties.  How  far  the  several  sab-com- 
mittees may  have  progressed  with  their  labors,  I  am  not  advised.  The 
unwieldy  nature  of  the  undertaking,  embracing  as  it  does,  members  so 
widely  separated,  will  sufficiently  account  for  any  difficulties  that  may  have 
beset  the  Committee.  It  is  greatly  to  be  hoped  that  they  have  been  suc- 
cessful in  getting  a  general  response  from  those  concerned,  medical  and 
pharmaceutical,  who  are  entitled  to  a  judgment  of  the  character  of  our  next 
National  Codex. 
The  Committee  on  the  adulterations  in  drugs  has  been  at  work,  and  we 
may  anticipate  a  lucid  and  valuable  report  from  its  indefatigable  Chairman. 
The  other  special  Committees  on  local  unofficinal  formula,  and  on  the 
amendment  of  the  law  regulating  the  importation  of  drugs  and  medicines, 
will  no  doubt  have  some  results  to  lay  before  us.. 
The  Chairman  of  the  Executive  Committee  has  furnished  in  his  report 
the  transactions  appertaining  to  his  official  position,  especially  in  regard  to 
membership.  As  our  Association  increases  in  age  and  numbers,  we  may 
look  for  difficulties  to  occur  in  regard  to  membership,  both  in  reference  to 
the  annual  contributions  and  ethical  relations.  Hence  the  duty  of  the 
Executive  Committee  in  keeping  a  corrected  roll  list  of  members,  and  re- 
porting the  names  of  delinquents  who  voluntarily  separate  themselves  from 
us  by  refusing  the  small  annual  fee  during  more  than  three  successive 
years,  is  one  of  decided  importance  to  the  welfare  of  the  Association.  *  * 
To  no  one  of  the  permanent  features  of  the  New  Constitution  do  we  look 
with  greater  interest  than  to  the  Keport  on  the  Progress  of  Pharmacy. 
From  the  able  Chairman  of  this  Committee,  whose  industry  is  only 
