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Notes  and  News. 
(Am.  Jour.  Pharm- 
\   November,  1908. 
NOTES  AND  NEWS. 
Frederick  B.  Power. — In  recognition  of  his  "  services  to  pharm- 
aceutical education  and  science,"  the  University  of  Wisconsin,  on 
June  17th  conferred  upon  Dr.  Frederick  B.  Power  the  honorary 
degree  of  Doctor  of  Laws.  Dr.  Power  was  present  to  receive 
the  degree  in  person,  and  the  event  marked  the  25th  anniversary 
of  his  appointment  as  professor  of  pharmacy  in  the  University 
of  Wisconsin,  he  having  been  the  first  professor  in  this  branch 
in  the  University  and  having  planned  the  course. 
Whether  pharmacy  or  chemistry  has  the  greater  claim  to  Dr. 
Power  need  not  concern  us,  but  it  is  a  matter  of  congratulation 
when  within  the  ranks  of  either  those  may  be  found  who  are  devot- 
ing themselves  exclusively  to  research  work,  particularly  when  it 
is  of  the  high  character  of  that  being  done  by  Dr.  Power. 
M.  I.  Wilbert,  who  for  more  than  17  years  past  was  apothe- 
cary at  the  German  Hospital,  Philadelphia,  has  been  appointed 
Technical  Assistant  in  the  Division  of  Pharmacology,  Hygienic 
Laboratory,  U.  S.  Public  Health  and  Marine  Hospital  Service, 
and  on  October  1st  went  to  Washington  to  assume  charge  of  his 
new  duties.  Among  the  first  of  these  will  be  the  preparation  of 
a  series  of  bulletins  giving  digests  of  comments  on  the  U.  S.  Pharm- 
acopoeia. Mr.  Wilbert  has  been  a  constant  contributor  to 
pharmaceutical  periodicals  since  1899,  and  has  been  actively  identi- 
fied with  every  movement  having  for  its  object  the  betterment  of 
pharmacy.  While  his  presence  will  be  greatly  missed  in  both 
pharmaceutical  and  medical  circles  in  Philadelphia,  it  is  to  be  hoped 
that  his  new  position  will  open  up  a  yet  wider  field  of  usefulness 
for  him. 
The  Southern  Pharmaceutical  Journal  is  the  name  of  a 
new  monthly  periodical,  which  purports  to  be  published  in  the 
"  interests  of  the  retail  druggists,  the  wholesale  druggists,  the 
chemical  and  pharmaceutical  manufacturers."  It  is  owned  by  a 
stock-company  composed  of  well-known  Texas  pharmacists,  and 
with  Prof.  E.  G.  Eberle  as  editor,  the  outlook  for  this  new  journal 
seems  promising.  The  publication  office  is  at  416-418  Jackson 
Street,  Dallas,  Texas. 
