Ok Journal of Pharmacology, 



A Monthly Journal Devoted to the Advances Made in the Various Departments of 

 Materia Medica, Pharmacy and Chemistry. 



Voi,. V. AUGUST, 1898. No. 8. 



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Edited by SMITH ELY JELLIFFE, A.B , M.D. 



with the collaboration of 



Chas Rice, Ph.D. H. H. Rusby, M D. V. Coblentz. Ph.D Geo A. Ferguson, Ph. B. 



Geo. C. Diekman, M D. H. B. Ferguson. Phar. D- 



Editorial. 



This issue may well be looked upon as one pertaining almost entirely to 

 the all interesting topic, <: Our Boys in the Navy." I have in every in- 

 stance shown preference to any news pertaining to this subject. 



L,ong before Commencement and when a call came from Washington 

 that apothecaries were needed, and before any living soul knew for final 

 that certain members of the class of '98 had passed their examinations suc- 

 cessfully or not, you could see these same young men making ardent en- 

 quiries as to where to report. The first call took eleven members to the 

 Navy Yard, Brooklyn, to pass their physical and professional examinations, 

 and in each case they stood the test. So it continued until, I am proud to 

 say that, about twenty-six were accepted from the Class of '98. It is impos- 

 sible for me to give a complete list, but in another column you can see the 

 names of a greater part of the delegation. I am sorry that I am unable to 

 acknowledge the names of the balance, but at this date a full list has not 

 been obtained from the Government. Many of them have seen the hardest 

 of hardships and only a few have been relegated to lighter duties. In 

 every case they have shown their metal and have received worthy praise 

 from their superior officers, and the daily papers in more than one instance 

 have noted the above facts. 



The Herald (N. Y.) commented upon the discovery (?) of an "extremely 



