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This  time  will  expire  on  the  second  day  of  August,  1889  ;  the  Board  has  no 
power  to  extend  it. 
General  country  storekeepers  are  not  entitled  to  or  required  to  obtain 
registration.  A  clause  in  section  six  of  the  act  permits  such  storekeepers 
to  deal  in  and  sell  the  commonly  used  medicines  and  poisons,  under  certain 
restrictions,  which  are  fully  explained  in  a  circular  issued  by  this  Board. 
The  Board  desires  to  distinctly  point  out  the  fact  that  only  such  persons 
as  were  actually  engaged  in  the  retail  drug  and  apothecary  business  in 
Pennsylvania,  on  May  24th,  1887,  and  who  continue  to  reside  in  said  State, 
are  eligible  for  registration  under  the  supplement. 
An  International  Congress  of  Therapeutics  and  Materia  Medica  will  be  held 
in  the  city  of  Paris,  France,  August  1st  to  5th  next.  Among  the  five  subjects 
coming  up  for  consideration  are  two  of  especial  interest  and  importance  to 
pharmacists,  namely : 
Question  IV.  The  new  drugs  of  vegetable  origin  introduced  during  the 
past  ten  years.    Professor  Planchon  will  report' on  this  subject. 
Question  V.  Unification  of  measures  and  weights  in  formulas,  and  the 
utility  of  an  international  pharmacopoeia.  Professor  Schaer,  of  Zurich,  will 
report  on  these  subjects. 
Communications  intended  for  the  Congress  should  be  addressed  to  the 
Secretary  of  the  Committee  on  Organization,  Dr.  G.  Bardet,  rue  Notre  Dame 
des  Champs,  119,  Paris. 
The  International  Congress  of  Hydrology  and  Climatology  will  convene  in 
Paris  October  3rd  to  10th  next.  The  secretary  general  is  Dr.  F.  de  Ranse, 
whose  address  during  the  summer  months  is  at  N6ris,  Allier,  France. 
REVIEWS  AND  BIBLIOGRAPHICAL  NOTICES. 
A  Guide  to  Therapeutics  and  Materia  Medica.  By  Robert  Farquh arson,  M.  P., 
M.  D.,  etc.  Fourth  American  from  the  fourth  English  edition,  enlarged 
so  as  to  include  all  preparations  officinal  in  the  U.  S.  Pharmacopoeia,  by 
Frank  Woodbury,  A.  M.,  M.  D.,  etc.  Philadelphia :  Lea  Brothers  &  Co., 
1889.  12mo.  Pp.  598.    Price,  $2.50. 
The  introductory  portion  treats  of  the  different  methods  of  medication ; 
the  writing  of  prescriptions  ;  weights  and  measures ;  classification  of  drugs, 
etc.  The  drugs  are  arranged  in  alphabetical  order,  the  galenical  prepara- 
tions being  considered  with  the  drugs.  The  work  being  primarily  intended 
for  the  use  of  the  physician,  and  more  especially  of  the  medical  student,  the 
text  is  mainly  devoted  to  the  physiological  action  of  the  drugs,  their  ther- 
apeutical uses,  mode  of  administration,  necessary  precautions,  antidotes, 
etc.;  and  great  care  has  been  taken  to  make  the  information  comprehensive 
and  practical,  embodying  all  that  is  essential  within  the  scope  of  the  work. 
Following  the  officinal  drugs  a  number  of  non-officinal  drugs  and  prepara-  ■  * 
tions  are  noticed  in  a  similar,  but  more  concise,  manner;  then  follows  a 
chapter  on  poisons  and  the  treatment  of  poisoning,  and  a  well  prepared 
epitome  of  the  National  Formulary  recently  issued  by  the  American  Phar- 
