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be  given  further  time,  as  they  had  not  been  enabled  to  complete  their  labors, 
because  of  the  difficult}'  of  obtaining  information.  He  also  asked  that  the 
special  committee  on  an  outlined  course  of  study  for  students  of  pharmacy  be 
granted  more  time,  stating,  in  connection  with  his  request,  that  the  colleges, 
when  consulted  on  the  subject,  had,  in  most  cases,  replied  simply  by  sending 
the  announcements  of  their  courses.  Secretary  Hallberg  then  reported  what 
information  he  had  been  able  to  get  on  the  several  inquiries  given  on  the  sheet 
under  the  division  of  poison  legislation.  Massachusetts,  Michigan  and  Wis- 
consin had  sent  in  complete  State  reports  of  the  deaths  that  occurred  from 
poisoning  during  1894.  Louis  Emanuel,  of  Pittsburg,  Pa.,  had  furnished  the 
secretary  with  the  report  for  that  city.  The  whole  number  of  reports  that  had 
been  received  covered  about  one-sixth  of  the  country's  population,  and  showed 
a  total  number  of  900  deaths  from  poisoning  during  1894.  Morphine,  carbolic 
acid,  opium,  arsenic,  rough  on  rats,  Paris  green,  strychnine,  laudanum 
and  chloroform  were  the  poisonous  substances  most  frequently  employed. 
The  report  included  all  cases,  whether  accidental,  suicidal  or  homicidal.  It 
was  received  and  referred  for  publication.  Prof.  Prescott  inquired  as  to  the 
completeness  of  the  United  States  Census  Report  in  the  matter  of  poisoning. 
Prof.  Hallberg  did  not  think  the  report  of  sufficiently  recent  date  to  afford  the 
information  desired.  He  stated,  however,  that  the  report  showed  suicides  by 
poisoning  to  be  the  greatest  in  numbers.  He  also  stated  that  Mississippi  and 
Minnesota,  and  some  other  States,  had  followed  Georgia  in  the  matter  of 
requiring  morphine  to  be  wrapped  in  red  paper  and  to  be  labelled  with  white 
letters.  Some  of  the  States  require  that  arsenic  be  colored  with  charcoal  or 
indigo,  in  order  that  its  presence  may  be  indicated.  Secretary  Hallberg  then 
read  a  list  of  the  States  which  require  the  registration  of  poisons.  Prof.  Pres- 
cott spoke  of  the  importance  of  this  matter,  and  advised  the  Association  to 
give  it  proper  attention.  He  mentioned  the  fact  that  indifference  or  careless- 
ness in  the  sale  and  registering  of  poisons  was  often  a  source  of  disgrace  to 
pharmacists,  by  virtue  of  the  use  of  the  substance  for  suicidal  or  homicidal 
purposes.  It  was  moved  and  carried  that  a  committee  be  appointed  to  draft 
suitable  resolutions  regarding  the  registration  of  poisons,  and  that  a  copy  of 
the  draft  be  sent  to  each  Board  of  Pharmacy  in  the  United  States.  The  chair 
appointed  Messrs.  Prescott,  Remington  and  Alexander  to  serve  on  this  com- 
mittee. C.  S.  N.  Hallberg  and  J.  H.  Beal  were  nominated  for  chairman  for  the 
coming  year.  Dr.  Bartley  was  nominated  for  secretary,  and  the  nominations 
closed  until  the  next  session.    A  paper  was  then  read  on 
REQUIREMENTS  FOR  GRADUATION. 
By  S.  A.  D.  Sheppard. 
He  favored  three  years'  experience  exclusive  of  time  spent  at  college.  He 
believed  store  experience  to  be  absolutely  necessary  in  the  training  for  phar- 
macy. He  thought  the  college  has  a  better  chance  to  determine  the  value  of 
store  experience  than  has  the  State  Board ;  that  the  examination  which  the 
trustees  usually  give  should  be  very  stringent,  more  so  than  the  examination  of 
the  State  Board.  He  advocated  leaving  the  degree  of  Graduate  in  Pharmacy 
untouched  as  an  indication  #of  college  training  and  store  experience.  He 
thought  other  degrees  should  require  proportionately  more  work,  probably 
special  work,  but  not  necessarily  store  experience.  Prof.  Oldberg  then  read  a 
paper  on 
