St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-10-30
The Pharmaceutical Convention.

The annual meeting of the Vermont
Pharmaceutical Association WAS held at
Good Tcmplars' Hall "Wednesday. De
TONER II.
The meeting waS opened 10y the pres
idcnt. l.. +. sherman. of Ludlow. who
said, 1T affords me real pleasure to
see 50 many here to-day. for 1t augurs
we'll ioi our prosperity and parlicu-
LARRY the ladies, whom | address rs
ladies of our dissertation. Although not
officially members, Vet you belong to
us. and We belong to the a>>ociatiun.
and both together we are the a>>ora-
ton. Gentlemen congratulate YOU
that our members. and influence have
increased. We can look back upon the
time when We had no organization.
much I> the farmer does upon the, time
when thcIc was no agricultural fairs {:
and every man worked according to his
own plan. Now every county and
every town has its agricultural society
or farmers club. Unity of purpose and
intellect have accomplished infinitely
more tuI human progress than could in
dividuaI effort. We should take cumr-
age and not let minor considerations
keep us from attending" our meetings
and contributing each his full share To
make them interesting and pInritahIc."
There WIS Il fair ;ttcndiIrc of mem
brrS ar the first session. and I few l.I-
dies. The day Wa> most lovely. and
the attractions of Il ride. on Il walk
among he shops. oT Il visit To the State
House. had ll> Influence upon the la
dies, ;> we'll as some of the gentlemen
After the report of the several commit
tees. and the election of new members.
the first session closed with reading the
annual address of the president.
The a>>nciatinm met in the attrrnn"m
at Two o'clock. Il large number ncim.
present. reports lIum committees were
heard and laid upon the table. Then
followed ESSAYS mp"u queries arcrptrd
DIR. John y. Moore. of Chester. read
a paper upon tho ''Opium Habit" The
IMPROPER use of the greatest blessing
often hccanc the >rlrrc>t CURSE Ap-
petite is the great slaNc-rna>trr. OPT
nm H. II medicine Wis used AT Il very
early date. 1t is used in all parts of
the world H. Il medicine. and also for it>
cNlirr;tIimg and anod> we Influences.
More than two-rhiri> of the quantity OF
opium imported into this country i
u>''l IL IL - llllll'ill. L pllN druggists
ia tins state report sale of one thou
sand ounces at morphine ol eight thou
sand bottles III Il Ncar: and about half
IL much opium. mon" than two-tliId>
of which Is used as Il daily >timuant.
More females, alc addicted to the habit
than males. Examples. Us Illustrating
the quantity which the hthitIIal opium
tahcr could u>r without Immediate in
iIrl were given. show inn the ;tccrleri-
ting force al this habit. What j. the
remedy PLY >ican> should Ice eau
ti"u> IN prescribing it. Mothers should
he careful how they giv, >""thing >ilup
"I parrg"rir. The paper WAS listened
(" with attention Throughout.
&C.. bingham. of II .Juhm>hurl. read
Il N"IN interesting paper upon the pies
rmt and Iutrr" al pharmacy.
He Wis t"liuNrd hl y. q. Gates. of
N"ri>t"Nm. upon Dispensing liquors
which subject will come up t"r discus
sion AT some future time.
\ lengthy discussion upon Il pr"p">-
cd law t" regulate PHARMACY in this
state. "rrupird the attention OF the IL
~ucidtiou.