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Ft^OIVI THE LtlBt^flt^V 



ADELAIDE RUDOLPH 

 Assistant Librarian 



During the past month a dozen or 

 more books have been added by gift, 

 from Dean Rusby and the Cohimbia 

 University Library — notably, from Dean 

 Rusby, a "Pharmacopeia officinalis and 

 extemporanea; or, A compleat English 

 dispensatory; by John Quincy."(Ed. 12. 

 Lond., 1749) and "Notes on materia 

 medica & therapeutics ; taken from lec- 

 tures delivered by Professor William H. 

 Thomson, M. D., ^ledical Department 

 of the University of New York ; issued 

 by Egbert LeFevre." (1882). The latter 

 is a hectograph copy of LeFevre's orig- 

 inal manuscript note-book, which was 

 evidently sold, by authority, to the stu- 

 dents attending Professor Thomson's 

 lectures on materia medica. It will be 

 especially treasured by the Library on 

 account of its connection with Dean 

 Rusby's student days. 



Professor Edward Kremers, of the 

 University of Wisconsin, has very kindly 

 presented the Library with his new 

 "Bibliographic guide for students of the 

 history of pharmacy." 55 pp. Madison, 

 1916. It is a most welcome contribution 

 to a subject that has hitherto received 

 too little attention among pharmacists. 



In response to the following inquiry : 

 "The G. U. C. P. Alumni Journal for 

 1916 is marked volume 2^, yet it is the 



first volume of the new publication. 

 Will you not be good enough to give me 

 an account of the precursors that are 

 regarded as constituting volumes i to 22 

 inclusive?" we subjoin two historical 

 passages, which we find by consulting 

 the file of the Journal itself : 



I. 



"During the early part of 1894 the 

 Alumni Association decided to issue a 

 publication which would serve as a means 

 of communication between its members 

 and the College. With this object in 

 view a board of editors was chosen, and 

 in February the Alumni Journal made 

 its first appearance, under the editorial 

 management of Dr. O. G. Harrison. Dr. 

 Harrison served in this capacity for only 

 one issue,* when the services of Dr. 

 Henry Kraemer, now editor of the Amer- 

 ican Journal of Pharmacy, were secured. 

 Under this guidance the Journal pros- 

 pered until May, 1895, when added du- 

 ties compelled Dr. Kraemer to resign. 

 Since that time changing conditions have 

 placed several different men at the head 

 of the editorial staff. From June to De- 

 cember, 1895, the chair was filled by B. 

 Frank Hays; from January to April, 

 1896, by Fred. Hohenthal; from May to 

 November, 1896, by Alfred H. Mason. 

 December, 1896, found Mr. Adolph Hen- 

 ning in charge. In January, 1897, the pub- 

 lication became known as the Journal of 

 Pharmacology, Dr. Smith Ely Jelliffe 



