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EDITORIAL. 
risks  in  compounding  prescriptions  owing  to  the  illegible  manner  in  which 
they  are  often  written.  It  seems  to  us,  in  view  of  the  yet  imperfect  edu- 
cation of  many  to  whose  lot  dispensing  falls,  that  physicians  should  make 
their  prescriptions  so  plain  as  to  be  read  by  even  the  mediocre. 
The  Commencement  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  will 
be  held' in  the  Academy  of  Music,  at  noon,  on  the  23d  of  March,  on  which 
occasion  the  graduates  of  the  present  session  will  receive  their  degrees. 
This  will  be  the  first  time  the  ceremony  has  taken  place  in  the  day  time  ; 
the  evening  having  heretofore  always  been  selected  in  preference.  The 
valedictory  will  be  given  by  Prof,  John  M.  Maisch. 
Meeting  of  the  Alumni. — We  are  informed  by  a  Committee  of  this 
Association,  that  a  meeting  of  its  members  will  be  held  at  three  o'clock 
in  the  afternoon  on  the  23d  of  March,  in  the  First  Lecture  Room  of  the 
New  College  Hall,  followed  by  a  social  conversazione  ;  after  which  "  a  Tea 
will  be  served  in  the  lower  Hall,  when  short  addresses  will  be  delivered 
by  members  of  the  various  classes  in  attendance."  The  Committee 
further  say  that  "  cards  of  admission  will  be  issued  at  $1.50  each  ;  and 
in  order  to  facilitate  their  arrangements,  it  is  desirable  that  those  who 
wish  to  attend  should  procure  their  tickets  of  the  Committee,  (Messrs. 
Clemmons  Parrish,  800  Arch  Street  ;  Charles  L.  Eberle,  Germantown  ; 
Samuel  T.  Jones,  15th  and  Race  Sts.,  and  William  C.  Bakes,  800  Arch 
St.),  before  the  18th  of  March. 
Maryland  College  of  Pharmacy. — Safely  put  aside  for  notice,  the 
Circular  of  the  Maryland  College  lay  ensconced,  where  it  has  just  been 
discovered.  We  don't  remember  when  it  was  received,  but  presume  about 
the  time  of  the  meeting  of  the  Association,  when  all  were  busy.  An 
apology  is  due  to  our  Baltimore  friends  for  this  oversight,  as  it  has  always 
been  out  wish  to  notice  these  circulars  when  received.  Though  too  late 
to  be  of  service  to  their  school,  it  is  not  too  late  to  say  that  the  officers 
of  the  College,  when  the  circular  was  issued,  were  Geo.  W.  Andrews, 
President;  J.  Paris  Moore  and  E.  Walter  Russell,  Vice-Presidents ;  I.  P. 
Frames,  Secretary ;  J.  Brown  Baxley,  Treasurer ;  W.  S.  Thompson,  J. 
F.  Hancock  and  N.  H.  Jennings,  Examiners. 
The  Faculty  consists  of  J.  Paris  Moore,  M.  D.,  Prof,  of  Pharmacy,  T. 
H.  Helsby,  M.  D.,  Prof,  of  Chemistry,  and  Claude  Baxley,  M.  D.,  Prof, 
of  Materia  Medica. 
The  circular  is  gotten  up  in  a  spirit  and  style  unexcelled  by  that  of  any 
other  school  of  pharmacy,  and  calculated  to  give  a  favorable  impression 
of  the  management  of  the  Maryland  College  of  Pharmacy. 
SvAPNiA  AND  Sweet  Quinine. — Svapnia  is  a  trade  name  applied  by 
Frederick  Stearns  to  the  purified  titrated  extract  of  opium,  suggested  by 
Dr.  J.  M.  Bigelow,  of  Detroit.    The  merits  claimed  for  it  are,  first,  that 
