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MINUTES  OF  THE 
The  importance  of  having  a  working  Committee  on  Adultera- 
tions is  advocated  as  a  duty  to  the  public  and  physicians. 
"No  sin  deserves  more  severe  rebuke  or  more  prompt  punishment  than 
that  which  silently  and  unknown  worksjmischief  and  death  upon  the  suf- 
fering invalid. 
"  Our  State  laws  are  defective  and  Public  Justice  is  blind,  but  if  we 
had  an  active  Committee  to  ascertain  facts  of  this  nature,  its  annual 
report  would  doubtless  exert  a  powerful  influence  to  check  this  growing 
and  unblushing  evil,  would  place  us  fair  upon  the  record,  give  our  law- 
makers a  basis  to  work  upon,  and  would  result  in  great  practical  benefit 
to  all." 
Dishonesty  in  pharmacopoeial  preparations  is  pointed  out  as 
properly  within  the  duty  of  this  Committee. 
The  President  suggests  the  preparation  of  another  general 
index  ;  advocates  the  appropriation  of  time  to  the  exhibition  of 
specimens  and  apparatus.  He  also  advocates  having  an  agent 
or  honorary  secretary  in  each  State,  to  collect  the  dues  of  mem- 
bers and  distribute  the  Proceedings,  as  an  improvement  upon  the 
present  method  of  collection  and  distribution ;  and  he  hopes, 
despite  the  excellent  reasons  given  by  Prof.  Maisch  for  resign- 
ing the  duties  of  Secretary,  that  he  will  continue  his  services. 
In  reference  to  the  law  suggested  last  year,  he  believes  fur- 
ther and  more  definite  action  is  needed.  In  reference  to  the 
distribution  of  the  Proceedings  gratuitously,  that  more  care  be 
necessary  in  complimentary  presentation ;  that  the  Association 
should  not  wait  for  invitations  in  deciding  on  the  places  of  meet- 
ing, and  that  the  Local  Secretary  should,  if  necessary,  provide 
needful  accommodations  at  the  expense  of  the  Association. 
The  President  calls  attention  to  the  sparsity  of  Southern  mem- 
bers, and,  after  making  full  allowance  for  the  influence  of  the 
war  and  interruption  of  business,  he  considers  the  45  members 
from  the  13  Southern  States  as  far  too  small  compared  with 
the  number  of  excellent  apothecaries  in  Southern  cities,  and  he 
attributes  it  to  the  fact  that  the  Association  has  never  met 
there  and  excited  an  interest,  and  suggests  that  it  should  do  so. 
The  President,  in  speaking  of  the  relations  of  pharmaceutists 
with  physicians,  thinks  that  the  influence  of  educated  and  skilled 
physicians  in  demanding  honesty,  carefulness  and  thorough  edu- 
cation on  the  part  of  druggists,  would  be  a  great  step  towards 
