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THE AUSTBALASIAN JOUBNAL OF PHABMACY. 
unification ; and this important matter will also, no doubt, receive the careful 
consideration of the assembled delegates. It is not, of course, to be expected 
that vital changes, such as we have here foreshadowed, can be brought into 
operation by a simple resolution of the conference. It may be several years 
ere the reforms indicated are achieved to their full extent, but the friendly 
interchange of opinions, for which an opportunity is thus afforded, cannot fail 
to augment the good feeling which should exist between Australian pharma- 
cists, and thus set in operation forces that will, sooner or later, bring about 
the high objects aimed at. 
In concluding this brief article we may be allowed to add a few words 
about ourselves, our aims, and purposes. And, as a first point, we desire to 
lay special stress on the fact that the Australasian Journal of Pharmacy , as 
from the first, will keep steadily true to its title. It will in no sense be a 
merely local journal, but will take within the scope of its survey the whole 
group of the colonies, both continental and insular. The pharmacist of 
Queensland or New Zealand will be just as much interested in the contents 
of every number of the journal as will be his brother professional resident 
in Sydney or Melbourne. As stated in the prospectus, each number as it 
appears will be forwarded gratuitously to every member of the Pharmaceutical 
Society in the seven colonies ; nor will Fiji and New Guinea be excluded. 
This wide range of circulation will make the journal a valuable medium for 
advertisements, whilst, at the same time, it will secure for its readers the 
utmost variety of contributions, competent correspondents having been appointed 
in each colony, for whose contributions we undertake the editorial responsibility, 
and who will keep them an fait with everything of interest occurring throughout 
Australasia. 
The Australasian Journal of Pharmacy will also be distinctively Aus- 
tralasian in respect of its treatment of the art of Pharmacy, for it will deal 
with the principles of the art as these are affected by the special conditions 
of climate, the natural products, and other local conditions and circumstances 
attaching to this part of the world. In the most specific sense of the word 
it will thus fill a very important position in the literature of pharmacy, and on 
that account will, no doubt, be read with interest even by pharmacists in the old 
country. The measure of approval which has been bestowed on our first 
number has exceeded our most sanguine expectations, and thus encouraged, 
and relying on the support and willing contributions of Pharmacists resident 
in the southern dominion, we shall spare no exertion to render the journal a 
thoroughly efficient organ of Australian pharmac 3 r , worthy both of the art and 
its professors. 
A Parisian dentist, named Duchesne, has been adjudged to pay £4000 to 
the heirs of M. Lejeune, who went to him to have a tooth extracted, and died 
under the administration of the protoxyde of azote. The deceased was somewhat 
corpulent, and the two medical men who made the autopsy reprobated the 
practice of employing the anaesthetic except under medical advice. 
Remedy for Warts. — Among other remedies, carbonate of magnesium has 
been recommended, especially in cases where the warts are very numerous ; a 
teaspoonful of it is to be taken three times a day for two or three weeks, and 
is said to effect a sure cure. The warts may also be touched with crystallised 
carbolic acid, of which a small crystal is placed on the wart and allowed to be 
absorbed. In addition to this treatment carbonate of magnesium is recommended 
to be taken internally. — Ph. Ztg. No. 38, 1885. 
