482  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  {AaoioberPi90Lm' 
AMERICAN  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION. 
The  forty-ninth  annual  meeting  was  held  in  St.  Louis,  September 
16-21.  At  the  first  general  meeting  held  on  Monday  afternoon, 
September  16,  the  President,  John  F.  Patton,  delivered  the  annual 
address.  It  was  devoted  to  the  consideration  of  the  notable  achieve- 
ments of  the  last  century  in  pharmacy,  the  progress  in  chemistry 
and  its  application  to  other  branches  of  science.  The  lives  and 
works  of  Dr.  Rice,  Dr.  Squibb,  and  Hans  M.  Wilder  were  briefly 
referred  to.  Some  of  the  problems  in  educational  work  were  con- 
sidered and  Mr.  Patton  said  that  the  hope  of  bettering  the  condi. 
tions  for  the  pharmacist  lies  in  bettering  the  individual.  The  effec- 
tive work  of  the  committee  on  national  legislation  was  commented 
upon  and  the  speaker  in  conclusion  referred  to  the  proposed  Procter 
memorial  and  suggested  that  a  Procter  memorial  medal  be  bestowed 
by  the  Association. 
An  interesting  feature  of  this  session  was  the  reading  of  a  letter 
from  Prof.  A.  B.  Prescott,  who  is  visiting  in  London  and  who  referred 
to  his  cordial  reception  at  the  recent  meeting  of  the  British  Phar- 
maceutical Conference  in  Dublin. 
At  the  second  general  session  the  following  officers  were  elected : 
President,  H.  M.  Whelpley ;  Vice-Presidents,  W.  M.  Searby,  George 
F.  Payne  and  W.  S.  Thompson1;  General  Secretary,  Charles  Caspari, 
Jr. ;  Treasurer,  S.  A.  D.  Sheppard  ;  Reporter  on  Progress  of  Phar- 
macy, C.  Lewis  Diehl.  W.  L.  Cliffe  was  elected  Local  Secretary  at 
a  subsequent  meeting  of  the  Council.  The  time  and  place  of  meet- 
ing for  1902  is  Philadelphia  not  earlier  than  September  first.  It  was 
proposed,  inasmuch  as  this  is  to  be  the  semi-centennial  anniversary 
of  the  Association,  that  Dr.  Fr.  Hoffmann,  Berlin,  be  asked  to 
preside  at  a  special  session  and  deliver  an  address  on  that  occasion. 
The  number  of  applicants  for  membership  reported  at  this 
meeting  was  nearly  1 50.  The  remainder  of  this  session  was 
devoted  to  the  consideration  of  the  reports  of  officers  and  stand- 
ing committees.  The  Secretary,  Charles  Caspari,  Jr.,  in  addition 
to  his  usual  report,  stated  that  the  receipts  from  the  sale  of  the 
National    Formulary    since    its   inception    was   something  over 
1  William  S.  Thompson  died  very  suddenly  of  angina  pectoris  on  September 
26th,  at  his  home  in  Washington,  D.  C.  He  had  not  only  rendered  valuable 
service  in  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  but  was  also  Chairman  of 
the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  U.  S.  Pharmacopceial  Convention. 
