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ALUMNI PIN. 



Only graduates are permitted to purchase and entitled to wear 

 this pin. It is distinct and different from a class pin, which can be 

 worn by any member of a class. The pin is made of solid gold 

 with blue enamel. Its style is shown on cover. Your name, year 

 of graduation, and the pin number will appear upon the reverse 

 side. The cost is $6 if delivered, or $6.15 if sent by registered 

 mail. Pins may be obtained upon application to Dr. George C. 

 Diekman, 115 West Sixty-eighth street. New York City. 



PATENT MEDICINE RESTRICTION. 

 Swedish Proposal to Limit Pharmaceutical Trade, 



Consul-General Edward D. Winslow writes from Stockholm that 

 the sale of proprietary medicines is to be prohibited in Sweden if 

 certain proposed legislation is enacted into a law. He says : 



There has been a strong movement of late years to prevent, by 

 law, the import and sale in Sweden of so-called "patent medicines." 

 The salient features of the proposed legislation may be said, first, 

 to clearly define what is to be construed or admitted as medicine, 

 and the Swedish apothecaries are to be instructed more closely in 

 regard to their duties; second, to put a stop to all "secret medi- 

 cines." All medicines placed on sale or on the privileged list must 

 have their contents stated on the label, and the prices at which 

 they are said must not be higher than the prices for the raw mate- 

 rials, which are fixed by the Government. 



YOUR TRADE PAPER. 



Don't overlook the value of the trade paper. Many dealers sub- 

 scribe for a paper and then don't get out of it the price of their 

 subscription because they neglect to read it regularly. Of course, 

 they miss many valuable ideas, and thereby do themselves and 

 their business an injustice. When it is considered that the modern 

 trade paper is published in the interest of the trade it represents, 

 that it is edited with the idea of being valualjle to the subscriber, 

 and that no first-class trade paper is circulated in any other spirit, 

 it stands to reason that there must be in every issue something of 

 interest. 



