AMERICAN  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION. 
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With  the  view  of  more  effectually  carrying  out  the  expressed 
wish  of  many  members  of  this  Association,  for  the  compilation 
of  unofficinal  formulae  in  local  use  with  many  physicians  of  our 
Union,  it  was  resolved,  that  a  committee  be  appointed  to  collect 
such  and  report  to  the  next  meeting. 
The  following  gentlemen  were  appointed  to  this  service,  viz  : 
John  Meakim,  of  New  York,  chairman ;  D.  Henchman,  of  Bos- 
ton ;  H.  C.  Blair,  of  Philadelphia ;  W.  S.  Thompson,  of  Balti- 
more; W.  H.  Gilman,  of  Washington;  Wm.  Heyser,  Jr.,  of 
Chambersburg ;  A.  E.  Richards,  of  Plaquemine,  La.;  James 
Cooke,  M.  D.,  of  Fredericksburg,  Va. ;  R.  H.  Stabler,  M.  D. 
of  Alexandria  ;  W.  J.  M.  Gordon,  of  Cincinnati. 
An  engrossed  copy  of  the  Constitution,  as  previously  read  and 
amended,  was  now  adopted  as  a  whole,  and  is  as  follows  : 
CONSTITUTION. 
OF  THE 
Jtmuintti  f IiiunuuntiinU  gUmiatifliu 
PREAMBLE. 
Whereas,  The  advancement  of  pharmaceutical  knowledge  and  the  eleva- 
tion of  the  professional  character  of  apothecaries  and  druggists  throughout 
the  United  States  are  dear  to  us  in  common  with  all  well  disposed  pharma- 
ceutists ;  and  ivhereas,  a  large  portion  of  those  in  whose  hands  the  prac- 
tice of  pharmacy  now  exists,  a^e  not  properly  qualified  for  the  responsible 
offices  it  involves,  chiefly  by  reason  of  the  many  difficulties  that  impede  the 
acquirement  of  a  correct  knowledge  of  their  business  : — 
Therefore,  "We  the  members  of  a  Convention  now  met  at  Philadelphia,  [Sep- 
tember, 1852]  composed  of  apothecaries  and  druggists  from  different  sections 
of  the  Union,  and  from  all  the  Colleges  and  Societies  therein  existing,  with 
the  objects,  of  deliberating  on  the  condition  of  our  profession,  do  hereby  re- 
solve and  constitute  ourselves  into  a  permanent  Association,  to  meet 
annually,  at  such  times  and  places  as  may  hereafter  be  determined,  for 
more  effectually  accomplishing  the  objects  for  which  we  are  now  assembled, 
and  do  now  adopt  the  following 
CONSTITUTION. 
Article  I. 
This  Association  shall  be  called  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Associa- 
tion. Its  aim  shall  be  to  unite  the  educated  and  reputable  Pharmaceutists 
and  druggists  of  the  United  States  in  the  following  objects  : 
1st  To  improve  and  regulate  the  drug  market  by  preventing  the  impor- 
