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sibility  practitioners  of  medicine  must  share  equally.  Unfortunately  the  latter, 
as  a  class,  have  not  taken  very  kindly  to  either  of  these  authorities  in  recent 
years,  though  there  are  notable  exceptions,  and  much  missionary  work  seems 
to  be  necessary  to  convince  them  of  their  importance.  Towards  this  our 
Association  has  also  contributed  its  mite,  through  the  excellent  exhibit  of  N. 
F.  preparations  at  the  Paris  meeting,  and,  more  particularly,  through  our 
very  efficient  chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Papers  and  Queries,  Mr.  Henry 
W.  Preisler,  who  by  his  individual  efforts  has  induced  the  physicians  in  his 
own  locality  to  use  many  of  the  N.  F.  preparations,  to  the  exclusion  of  cor- 
responding proprietaries,  and  has  thus  set  a  practical  example  of  what  may  be 
done.  Last  year  your  attention  was  called  to  an  "Epitome  of  the  National 
Formulary,  compiled  for  the  purpose  of  familiarizing  physicians  with  the  pre- 
parations of  the  N.  F.  The  distribution  of  this  little  work  is  possible  only 
through  the  aid  of  the  State  and  local  associations,  and  it  is  therefore  a 
matter  of  regret  that  more  definite  action  was  not  taken  at  last  year's  meet- 
ing with  this  end  in  view.  I  urgently  advise  that  some  action  be  taken  at  this 
meeting  that  shall  assure  its  wide  distribution  among  physicians  of  our  State, 
feeling  confident  that  this  will  be  followed  by  a  demand  for  many  of  the  excel- 
lent preparations  of  the  N.  F. 
"When  the  so-called  proprietary  specialties  were  in  their  incipiency,  the 
Louisville  College  of  Pharmacy  adopted  a  series  of  formulas  for  Elixirs  and 
Wines,  which,  at  the  time,  drove  the  proprietaries  then  in  vogue  from  the 
local  market.  This  Association  afterwards  adopted  the  same  formulas,  with 
some  additions — testimony  that  Kentucky  pharmacists  were  early  alive  to  the 
importance  of  fighting  the  innovation  of  the  specialty  makers.  Indeed, 
although  the  immediate  incentive  to  the  "National  Formulary"  is  properly 
credited  to  the  efforts  of  the  pharmacists  of  New  York  and  Brooklyn,  who 
offered  their  "  Formulary  "  to  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  as  a 
nucleus  for  a  national  work,  this  preliminary  work  of  the  Louisville  College 
of  Pharmacy  doubtless  had  its  influence  on  the  character  and  contents  of  the 
National  Formulary.  But  what  I  particularly  wish  to  emphasize  is,  that 
although  an  apparent  unit  in  upholding  the  integrity  of  the  National  For- 
mulary individuals  in  our  midst  do  not  hesitate  to  use  these  formulas,  under 
coined  names  and  possibly  slight  modifications,  for  the  exploitation  of  their 
private  interests  ;  and  while  it  is  difficult  here  to  draw  a  line  on  purely  ethical 
grounds,  it  is  plain  to  me  that  co-operation  on  the  lines  of  the  "Golden 
Rule  " — but  not  as  interpreted  by  David  Harum — would  have  salutary  effect  in 
maintaining  the  dignity  of  our  profession." 
The  following  papers  were  presented  : 
"  Should  Purity  be  the  Prime  Consideration  ?"  By  J.  W.  Gayle  and  Vernon 
Driskell. 
"Buying  Goods."    By  Addison  Dimmitt  and  J.  W.  Gayle. 
"  How  to  Keep  Good  Clerks."    By  R.  M.  McFarland. 
"  Drug  Store  Rules."    By  Addison  Dimmitt. 
"The  Pharmacist  from  a  Professional  and  from  a  Mercantile  Standpoint." 
By  Vernon  Driskell. 
"The  Dispensing  Counter."    By  Vernon  Driskell. 
"  Postage  Stamps.  Telephones,  etc."    By  Vernon  Driskell. 
