A™ ctober,^9w!m' }    American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  507 
Henry  P.  Hynson  made  "  A  Compilation  of  Threescore  and  More 
Prescriptions"  that  were  presented  a  year  ago,  and  these  with  the 
notes  of  the  contributors  formed  the  basis  of  an  interesting  dis- 
cussion. 
C.  Lewis  Diehl,  chairman  of  the  Committee  on  National  Formu- 
lary, presented  his  annual  report  to  this  section  which  was  discussed 
at  considerable  length  and  a  special  vote  of  thanks  was  tendered 
him. 
The  following  officers  were  elected  for  the  ensuing  year :  Chair- 
man, F.  W.  E.  Stedem  ;  Secretary,  William  F.  Kaemmerer  ;  Associate, 
George  VV.  Sloan. 
SECTION  ON  PHARMACEUTICAL  EDUCATION  AND  LEGISLATION. 
The  chairman,  C.  B.  Lowe,  in  his  annual  address  called  attention 
to  the  era  of  good  feeling  which  seems  to  prevail  among  pharma- 
cists generally  and  to  the  improved  trade  conditions,  both  of  which 
he  considered  to  be  the  result  of  organization.  He  regretted  that 
the  appointment  of  the  members  of  State  Pharmaceutical  Examining 
Boards  is  so  much  a  matter  of  politics  and  thought  that  the  State 
associations  might  do  much  toward  creating  a  sentiment  which 
would  influence  these  appointments  for  the  better.  A  recommenda- 
tion made  by  the  chairman  was  to  the  effect  that  a  committee  be 
appointed  by  the  Association  to  consider  the  question  of  rescinding 
the  right  to  obtain  product  patents  to  be  sold  under  registered 
names,  this  committee  to  be  invested  with  the  power  to  procure  the 
services  of  eminent  patent  lawyers  in  forming  the  draft  of  a  bill  to 
be  presented  to  the  Association  at  its  next  annual  meeting  and,  if 
approved  by  the  association,  to  be  finally  introduced  into  Congress. 
The  secretary  of  the  section,  J.  A.  Koch,  presented  a  report  giving 
statistics  concerning  the  pharmacists  of  the  United  States  and  also 
showing  the  number  of  registered  pharmacists  in  this  country  to  be 
approximately  85,849. 
J.  H.  Beal  gave  a  summary  of  the  pharmaceutical  legislation  in- 
troduced or  enacted  during  the  last  year. 
Oscar  Oldberg  introduced  a  resolution  requesting  Boards  of  Phar- 
macy to  require  from  each  candidate  for  examination  a  statement 
concerning  his  preliminary  education.  The  resolution  carried  and 
the  secretary  was  instructed  to  send  it  to  the  various  boards  of 
pharmacy. 
