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List  of  Poisons  and  Aromatic  Elixir,  by  Emile  Ott;  Sponges,  by  William 
B.  Burk. 
Some  additional  reports,  and  the  installation  of  officers  concluded  the  pro- 
ceedings. 
Gettysburg  Springs  was  selected  as  the  place  for  holding  the  next  meeting, 
on  June  9,  1896. 
THE  MINNESOTA  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION. 
The  eleventh  annual  meeting  of  this  Association  was  held  at  Lake  Minne- 
tonka,  Minn.,  June  11  to  13,  1.895. 
The  following  officers  were  elected  :  President,  William  Gausewitz  :  Vice- 
Presidents,  L.  Trautman,  M.  A.  Sheldrup  and  Miss  Emma  Combacker  ;  Secre- 
tary and  Treasurer,  C.  T.  Heller  ;  Executive  Committee,  S.  H.  Reeves,  A.  T. 
Hall  and  J.  L.  Stiles. 
The  leading  paper  was  by  Dr.  J.  W.  Harrah,  on  Trade  Interests.  The  com- 
mittee, of  which  he  was  chairman,  advised  the  formation  of  a  corporation 
consisting  of  members  of  the  State  Association  to  manufacture  household 
remedies,  to  advertise  them,  and  to  promote  their  sale  in  preference  to  patent 
medicines.  The  Association,  as  a  body,  heartily  endorsed  this  recommenda- 
tion. 
G.  H.  Webster  presented  a  paper  on  the  Benefit  of  Pharmacy  Laws. 
Prof.  J.  P.  Remington  delivered  a  lecture  on  Prescription  Difficulties,  to  a 
large  and  appreciative  audience. 
The  Best  Means  for  a  Retail  Druggist  to  Advertise,  was  the  subject  of  a  prac- 
tical paper  by  Truman  Griffin,  and  The  Pharmacopczia  was  the  title  of  one  by 
C.  R.  Marelius. 
The  second  Tuesday  of  June;  1896,  was  decided  on  as  the  time  for  holding 
the  next  meeting,  and  Lake  Minnetonka  was  selected  as  the  place. 
FLORIDA  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION. 
The  ninth  animal  session  of  the  Florida  State  Pharmaceutical  Association 
convened  in  the  city  of  Jacksonville,  Fla.,  May  8th,  at  the  New  Duval  Hotel. 
The  meeting  was  presided  over  by  President  F.  P.  McElroy,  of  Dade  City, 
with  R.  J.  Martinez,  of  Jacksonville,  Secretary. 
President  McElroy  introduced  Mayor  Fleeter.  The  latter  extended  a  hearty 
welcome  to  the  members,  and  spoke  of  the  good  work  that  was  to  be  accom- 
plished'by  the  Association. 
President  McElroy  responded  in  a  few  words,  thanking  the  Mayor  for  the 
kind  words  expressed,  and  then  read  his  annual  address.  He  then  spoke  of 
the  importance  of  the  Association,  both  to  the  members  and  people  of  the 
State.  He  advocated  a  change  being  made  in  the  present  State  pharmaceutical 
laws,  so  that  general  stores  could  not  carry  a  line  of  drugs  and  medicines  unless 
compounded  by  a  duly  registered  pharmacist,  as  is  necessary  in  places  of  more 
than  200  inhabitants,  under  the  present  State  law.  The  President  also  sug- 
gested that  a  change  in  section  2  of  the  law,  so  that  physicians  could  not  com- 
pound their  own  medicines,  and  thus  take  legitimate  trade  away  from  the  drug 
stores  and  pharmacies. 
The  Committee  on  Legislation  reported  that  a  draft  of  the  amendments 
desired  had  been  prepared  and  placed  in  proper  hands,  with  the  assurance  that 
the  matter  would  have  attention. 
