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divide  its  proceedings  into  scientific  and  practical  sections,  the 
latter,  including  some  of 'the  matters  which  the  conference  has 
been  in  the  habit  of  dealing  with,  would  suffice  to  include  the 
work  now  being  done  by  the  Federation  of  Local  Pharmaceutical 
Associations  of  Great  Britain,  and  the  latter  organization,  which 
was  founded  to  represent  the  trade  interests  of  British  chemists 
and  druggists,,  is  to  be  discontinued  [Chem.  and  Drug.,  London, 
July  30,  1910,  p.  154). 
British  Medical  Association. — The  annual  meeting  of  the 
British  Medical  Association  was  held  in  London,  beginning  on 
July  22.  One  of  the  more  interesting  discussions  was  on  the 
question  of  censorship  of  advertisements  offered  for  insertion  in 
the  British  Medical  Journal.  It  was  finallv  decided  that  this  ques- 
tion should  be  carefully  considered  by  the  Central  Council  and 
that  a  report  be  prepared  and  submitted  to  the  next  representative 
meeting. 
The  exhibition,  which  is  described  at  some  length  in  the  Chemist 
and  Druggist  (  June  30.  1910.  pp.  155-158).  was  particularlv  in- 
teresting from  an  American  point  of  view,  in  that  a  very  large 
number  of  preparations  that  have  been  eliminated  from  similar 
exhibitions  in  this  country  were  shown. 
Societe  de  Pharmacie  D'Anvers  has  recently  celebrated  its 
seventy-fifth  anniversary  and  the  journal  of  the  society,  for  June  15, 
1910,  is  devoted  to  an  account  of  the  several  features  of  the  cele- 
bration and  incidentally  gives  a  review  of  the  history  and  achieve- 
ments of  the  society  since  its  organization  on  May  29.  1835.  The 
report  is  liberally  illustrated  with  portraits  of  present  and  former 
officials  and  is  supplemented  by  an  appendix  containing  messages 
of  greeting  and  felicitation  from  other  pharmaceutical  associations. 
The  Centexlary  of  the  "  Journal  de  Pharmacie  et  de 
Chemie,  Paris.'' — A  comprehensive  history  of  this  journal  from 
1809  to  1909  has  been  published  separately,  making  a  volume  of 
102  pages,  liberally  illustrated. 
The  biographical  sketches  and  portraits  of  past  editors  include 
such  well  known  personages  as :  Parmentier,  Boullay,  Pelletier, 
Bouillon-Lagrange.  Soubeiran,  Planchon,  and  Riche,  names  well 
known  wherever  the  science  and  art  of  pharmacy  or  chemistry  are 
known  or  practised. 
International  Cox'gress  of  Pharmacy. — The  Chemist  and 
Druggist  (May  21.  1910,  v.  76.  pp.  91.  92")  presents  a  report  of 
