428  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  {A™vtl™^rT^™' 
AMERICAN  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION.  m 
FIFTY-SEVENTH   ANNUAL  MEETING. 
The  fifty-seventh  annual  meeting  of  the  American  Pharmaceu- 
tical Association  was  held  at  Los  Angeles,  California,  from  August 
16  to  August  21.  This  was  the  second  time  in  the  history  of  the 
association  that  its  members  met  together  in  California,  the  former 
meeting  having  been  held  there  in  1889.  Probably  never  before  in 
the  history  of  the  association  were  the  retail  druggists  throughout 
the  land  more  intensely  interested  in  the  deliberations  of  this 
national  body.  The  official  organ  of  the  National  Association  of 
Retail  Druggists  devoted  one  of  its  issues  (July  29)  to  espousing 
the  work  of  the  A.  Ph.  A.  in  a  most  ardent  and  sincere  manner  and 
calling  the  special  attention  of  the  retail  pharmacists  to  the  helpful 
work  that  the  A.  Ph.  A.  has  been  doing. 
It  was  unfortunate  that  the  President,  Professor  Oscar  Oldberg, 
was  unable  to  be  present,  by  reason  of  illness,  to  deliver  his  address, 
which  was  able  and  sincere  and  a  model  presidential  address.  It 
represented  the  deliberations  and  results  of  a  long  experience  in 
the  study  of  pharmaceutical  conditions  and  practice.  That  it  may 
not  meet  with  immediate  approval  in  some  respects  is  not  remark- 
able. Every  member  of  the  association  and,  in  fact,  every  retail 
pharmacist  should  read  it  carefully,  for  it  is  a  summary  of  the 
conditions  of  to-day  in  pharmaceutical  practice  and  is  inspiring 
with  its  wholesome  optimism  and  constructive  criticism.  We  do 
not  recall  a  presidential  address  that  contains  such  an  analytical 
treatment  of  the  workings  of  the  A.  Ph.  A.  and  which  practically 
amounts  to  giving  a  plan  of  reorganization  of  the  association,  since 
the  founding  of  this  body. 
The  address  of  welcome  in  behalf  of  the  city  was  made  by  one 
of  the  city  officials  through  the  unavoidable  absence  of  the  Mayor 
and  was  responded  to  on  behalf  of  the  association  by  Professor 
Lloyd.  A  number  of  other  felicitous  addresses  were  delivered  by 
well-known  members  representing  the  various  national  associations 
and  departments  of  the  government. 
Important  reports  from  several  of  the  committees  were  pre- 
sented and  some  of  these  will  be  published  either  in  full  or  in  abstract 
in  later  issues  of  this  Journal.  The  officers  for  1909-1910  elected 
by  mail  in  September  and  October,  1908,  are:  President,  Prof. 
Henry  H.  Rusby;  Vice-Presidents,  Dr.  Clement  B.  Lowe,  Prof. 
