The second duty of the pharmacist is to endeavor to conduct his business in such a manner that the educated young men will be attracted to it (for undoubtedly there is no more interesting work than that connected with the profession of pharmacy), and find something to repay them for their pains, and to appeal to their aspirations as professional men. The third duty of the pharmacist is to the physician. If the physician is willing to rely upon the pharmacist and to help him in maintaining and re-establishing the profession of pharmacy by prescribing only the preparations and medicines in the Pharmacopœia and National Formulary, and the new and non-official remedies approved by the Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry of the American Medical Association, then should the pharmacist aim to eliminate as rapidly as possible patent medicines, nostrums and sundry articles not used as medicines, or as aids to the sick, or even as toilet preparations, and prepare to give his undivided attention to his profession, which alone by training, education and experience he is qualified to conduct. In briefly summing up my remarks I may say that I have endeavored to emphasize the essential principles which we must bear in mind. (1) A good preliminary education is essential to an apprentice and student of pharmacy. (2) The least that a college or school of pharmacy should do is to send forth graduates that are masters of every detail of the U. S. Pharmacopœia and the National Formulary. (3) It is the duty of the Board of Pharmacy to determine what applicants for the certificate of Registered Pharmacist can do rather than what they are able to memorize. (4) That pharmacists themselves must share in the work of elevating the standards of pharmacy. If we are clear on these principles, sincere in our professions and earnest in our endeavors, the details can easily be worked out. THE FOOD AND DRUGS ACT IN ITS RELATION TO PUBLIC HEALTH. BY CHARLES H. LAWALL. The responsibility of the pharmacist in his attitude toward fraud and quackery was never more important than it is at the present time, and there should be no reluctance on the part of the members of the profession to serve the public in the capacity of disseminators of information concerning this important subject which is everywhere under discussion, the Food and Drugs Act.