520  Pharmaceutical  Associations.  ^"october.S111" 
"  Essentials  Oil  of  the  Pharmacopoeia. "  B.  G.  Eberle  presented  a  chart  for 
ready  reference  of  the  more  common  essential  oils,  relative  to  their  purity, 
production,  preservation,  tests,  etc. 
VIRGINIA  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION.1 
The  annual  meeting  was  held  at  Elkton,  on  July  16th.  The 
President,  A.  W.  Eley,  in  his  address  recommended  that  the  Asso- 
ciation endeavor  to  have  inserted  in  the  new  constitution  of  Virginia, 
a  clause  to  prohibit  the  Legislature  from  passing  relief  bills  to  allow 
certain  persons  to  become  druggists  without  passing  the  examination. 
The  Secretary,  C.  B.  Fleet,  suggested  in  his  report,  that  a  com- 
mittee be  appointed  to  consider  the  advisability  of  the  Association 
publishing  a  journal  or  securing  a  department  in  some  journal  that 
was  already  in  existence.  On  motion,  the  matter  was  referred  to  a 
special  committee  and  a  report  on  it  will  be  made  at  the  next  meet- 
ing of  the  Association.  Mr.  Fleet  also  suggested  that  the  Associa- 
tion take  some  steps  in  assisting  the  Board  in  prosecuting  violators 
of  the  pharmaceutical  laws,  and  on  motion,  a  committee  was  ap- 
pointed for  that  purpose. 
Treasurer  Lumsden's  report  showed  Association  finances  to  be  in 
a  healthy  condition. 
The  committee  appointed  at  last  year's  meeting  to  make  an  ex- 
hibit of  National  Formulary  preparations  before  the  Virginia  Med- 
ical Association  at  its  late  annual  meeting,  reported  that  it  had 
prepared  a  most  creditable  exhibit  of  these  preparations  and  exhibited 
them  to  the  physicians  in  attendance.  All  seemed  interested  and 
the  committee  believed  the  exhibit  would  result  in  convincing  physi- 
cians of  the  value  of  the  National  Formulary  preparations. 
The  Committee  on  Legislation  reported  its  continued  effort  to 
prosecute  violators  of  the  pharmacy  laws,  and  the  continued  diffi- 
culty which  they  found  in  getting  the  Commonwealth  attorneys  to 
take  hold  of  the  violations  and  violators.  An  appropriation  was 
made  to  assist  the  Committee  in  its  programme  of  war  against 
transgressors  of  the  pharmacy  laws. 
At  the  election  of  officers  for  the  ensuing  year  the  following  were 
selected :  President,  E.  L.  Robey ;  Vice-Presidents,  John  L.  Hagan 
and  N.  B.  Schmitt ;  Secretary,  C.  B.  Fleet,  of  Lynchburg  ;  Local 
Secretary,  Thomas  S.  Howell,  of  Hampton ;  Treasurer,  C.  H.  Lums- 
1  Nat.  Drug.,  p.  263. 
