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in its especial field, and should be given full 

 power to enforce such regulations as could with 

 propriety be imposed in its particular section. 



The eighth annual meeting of the Association 

 of Manufacturers of and Dealers in Proprietary 

 Articles was held in Washington during Sept. 

 30-Oct. 1, 1890, under the presidency of R. V. 

 Pierce. Five new members were elected and 

 subjects of trade interest were discussed. 



The ninth annual meeting of the Association 

 of Manufacturers of and Dealers in Proprietary 

 Articles was held in Louisville, Ky., simultane- 

 ously with the National Wholesale Druggists' 

 Association. The cutting of prices was the 

 leading question under discussion, and they 

 adopted the conditions proposed by the larger 

 organization. R. V. Pierce, of Buffalo, N. Y., 

 was again chosen president. 



The first annual meeting of the National 

 Paint, Oil, and Varnish Association was held in 

 Cleveland, Ohio, on Jan. 22 and 23, 1889. The 

 sessions were devoted chiefly to the working of 

 completing the organization begun in Saratoga 

 Springs, N. Y., during September, 1888. The 

 officers elected were Charles Richardson, of 

 Boston, Mass., as president, and G. H. Vrooman, 

 of Chicago, 111., as secretary. The second an- 

 nual convention of this body was held in 

 Cincinnati, Ohio, on Nov. 18, 19, and 20, 1890, at 

 which 0. L. Whitelaw was chosen president. 

 The third annual convention was held in St. 

 Louis, Mo., on Nov. 17, 18, and 19, 1891. A 

 membership of 434 was then reported, consist- 

 ing of members from 13 clubs in different sec- 

 tions of the country. The treasurer's report 

 showed a balance of $547.80 to the credit of the 

 association. New York was chosen as the next 

 place of meeting, and M. D. Egan, of New York 

 city, as president, with F. Beal, of Philadelphia, 

 Pa., as secretary. 



Besides the formation of numerous local trade 

 organizations, it is worthy of special note to re- 

 port the formation, on Jan. 27, 1891, of the New 

 York Drug Exchange, of which John McKesson 

 was chosen chairman. 



Literature. Among the books recently pub- 

 lished may be noted: " Practical Hand-book of 

 Toilet Preparations," by Joseph Begg (New 

 York, 1890); "Hand-book of Materia Medica, 

 Pharmacy, and Therapeutics," by Cuthbert 

 Bowen (Philadelphia and London, 1889) ; " The 

 Pocket Materia Medica and Therapeutics," by C. 

 Henri Leonard (Detroit, 1891); "Tables for 

 Doctor and Druggist," by Eli H. Long (Detroit, 

 1891); "An Elementary Text-book of Chem- 

 istry," by William G. Mixter (New York, 1889) ; 

 " The American Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeia," 

 by Joseph T. O'Connor (Philadelphia, 1890) ; " A 

 Course of Home Study for Pharmacists," by 

 Oscar Oldberg (Chicago, 1891); "Secret Nos- 

 trums and Systems of Medicine," a book of for- 

 mulas by Charles W. Oleson (Chicago, 1890) ; 

 " The Latin Grammar of Pharmacy," by D. H. 

 Robinson (Philadelphia, 1890) ; " Essentials of 

 the Practice of Pharmacy," by Lucius E. Sayre 

 (Philadelphia, 1890) ; " Manual of Chemistry for 

 the Use of Medical Students," by Brandreth 

 Symonds (Philadelphia, 1889) ; "The Student's 

 Course in Pharmacy," by W. H. Watson (Nash- 

 ville, Tenn., 1890); "Text-book of General 

 Therapeutics," by W. Hale White (New York, 



1889) ; " International Pocket Medical Formu- 

 lary," by C. Sumner Witherstone (Philadelphia, 

 1889) ; " Nearly Three Hundred Ways to dress 

 Show Windows, also Suggestions and Ideas for 

 Store Decoration, and Novel Ideas for Special 

 Advertising " (Baltimore, 1889) ; also new edi- 

 tions of "Chemistry: General, Medical, and 

 Pharmaceutical, including the Chemistry of the 

 United States Pharmacopoeia." bv John Att- 

 field (Philadelphia, 1889) ; " College Botany, in- 

 cluding Organography, Vegetable Physiology, 

 etc.," by Edson S. Bastian (Chicago, 1889) ; " Les- 

 sons in Qualitative and Volumetric Chemical 

 Analysis," by Charles 0. Curtman (St. Louis, 

 1889) ; " Manual of Pharmacy and Pharmaceuti- 

 cal Chemistry," by Charles F. Heebner (New 

 York, 1889) ; " Chemistry of Medicine," by John 

 U. Lloyd (Cincinnati, 1889); "Elixirs, their 

 History, Formulae, and Methods of Preparation," 

 by John U. Lloyd (Cincinnati, 1889) ; " Dose 

 and Price Labels of all the Drugs and Prepara- 

 tions of the United States Pharmacopoeia," by 

 D. L. Lochman (Bethlehem, 1889) ; " A Labora- 

 tory Guide in Chemical Analysis," by David 

 O'Brine (New York, 1889) ; " A Manual of Or- 

 ganic Materia Medica," by John M. Maisch 

 (Philadelphia, 1890) ; " A Laboratory Manual of 

 Chemistry, Medical and Pharmaceutical," by 

 Oscar Oldberg (Chicago, 1891) ; " A Manual of 

 Weights and Measures," by Oscar Oldberg 

 (Chicago, 1890) ; " Ointments and Oleat.es," by 

 John V. Shoemaker (Philadelphia, 1890) ; " The 

 Practice of Pharmacy," by Joseph P. Remington 

 (Philadelphia) ; and " Lessons on the Life and 

 Growth of Plants," by Alphonso Wood (New 

 York). Pharmaceutical journals have increased 

 in numbers and in quality. The older journals 

 have improved as they have advanced, and 

 several of the larger ones now issue editions for 

 the different sections of the Union containing 

 local news for each department. Thus, the 

 Northeastern edition of the " Druggists' Cir- 

 cular " is distributed in the North Atlantic 

 States. The " American Drug Clerk's Journal," 

 of Chicago, 111., has changed its name to the 

 " Registered Pharmacist." J. W. Colcord, who 

 formerly edited the " New England Druggist." 

 has been succeeded by J. H. Churchill. In April, 

 1889, the initial number of the " Pacific Drug 

 Review" appeared. It is the first distinctive 

 drug paper published on the Pacific coast. The 

 " Canadian Druggist," a sixteen-page monthly 

 journal, edited by William S. Dyas,of Strathroy, 

 Ontario, is a new journal that began its publica- 

 tion in 1889. George S. Davis began in November, 

 1889, the publication, in Detroit, Mich., of a 

 monthly entitled " Pharmacology of the Newer 

 Materia Medica." " The Apothecary " is the 

 title of a quarterly issued for the first time in 

 the autumn of 1891, under the auspices of the 

 Illinois College of Pharmacy. " The Prescrip- 

 tion " is likewise a journal of pharmaceutical in- 

 terest that came into existence during 1891. 



PHYSICS, PROGRESS OF, IN 1892. 

 Constitution of Matter. The Ether. Prof. 

 Oliver Lodge (London Royal Society, March 31) 

 discusses exhaustively the present state of 

 knowledge as to the motion or " drag " of ether 

 close to moving bodies. He concludes that " the 

 law of reflection is not really obeyed in a rela- 

 tively moving medium, thdugh to an observer 



