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I      Mar.,  1881. 
An  interesting  exhibition  of  drugs,  cliemicals  and  pharmaceutical  pre- 
parations and  sundries  was  made  at  the  parlors  of  tlie  Scovill  House,  tlie 
same  hotel  where  the  members  took  their  meals. 
The  Iowa  State  Pharmaceutical  Association  held  its  second 
annual  meeting  at  the  Exhibition  Building  in  the  city  of  Des  Moines  Feb- 
ruary 8,  the  President,  Mr.  George  H.  Schafer,  in  the  chair,  Mr.  W-  H. 
Dodd  Secretaiy.  The  morning  session  was  devoted  to  some  routine  busi- 
ness and  to  the  President's  annual  address.  The  afternoon  session  was 
opened  with  speeches  by  several  members  of  the  legislature  who,  a  year 
ago,  introduced  and  were  active  in  securing  the  passage  of  the  Iowa  phar- 
macy law. 
The  following  ofticers  were  elected  to  serve  for  the  ensuing  year :  Pres- 
ident, Geo.  B.  Hogan,  Newton  ;  Vice  Presidents — A.  R.  Townsand,  Boone ; 
J.  W.  Ellis,  Patterson  ;  Jno.  W.  Ballard,  Daveni)ort ;  Secretary,  H.  W. 
Dodd,  Fort  Madison;  Treasurer,  C.  H.  Ward,  Des  Moines. 
A  vote  of  thanks  to  the  retiring  president  was  passed  for  his  efforts  in  the 
organization  of  the  society  and  the  furtherance  of  its  objects.  A  number  of 
papers  were  read,  and,  on  the  following  day,  two  sessions  were  held,  and 
■devoted  mainly  to  discussions  on  legislation  affecting  pharmacy.  The  next 
meeting  will  again  be  held  in  Des  Moines  on  the  second  Tuesday  of  Feb- 
juary  next. 
The  druggists  and  pharmacists  of  Des  Moines  entertained  the  Association 
at  the  Kirkwood  House  by  a  complimentary  banquet,  at  which  the  Governor 
and  other  dignitaries  ,of  the  State  and  city  were  present,  and  after  ample 
justice  had  been  done  to  the  good  things  spread  before  the  company,  speech- 
making  and  toasting,  and  finally  dancing  was  indulged  in. 
EDITORIAL  DEPAETMENT. 
The  Decennial  General  Index  of  the  "American  Journal  of  Phar- 
macy "  for  the  years  1871  to  1880,  inclusive,  is  now  ready,  and  will  reach  our 
subscribers  with  the  present  issue,  free  of  (diarge.  Extra  copies  of  this 
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per  copy.  We  also  call  attention  to  the  General  Index  for  the  first  forty- 
two  volumes  of  the  Journal,  from  its  commencement  in  1829  to  1870,  inclu- 
sive, and  including  the  preliminary  volume  published  in  1825-27.  This 
Index  has  been  i)repared  by  Mr.  H.  M.  Wilder,  and  was  published  in  1873. 
The  Publishing  Committee  has  reduced  the  price  for  the  remaining  copies 
to  $1.50  each,  in  jmper  cover,  and  $2.00  bound  in  cloth.  By  the  aid  of  these 
two  indexes  all  the  volumes  of  the  Journal  can  be  easily  consulted,  and  the 
large  amount  of  information  scattered  through  the  latter,  is  rendered  avail- 
able. The  two  indexes  will  therefore  be  of  great  service  to  those  possessing 
a,  portion  or  all  the  volumes,  or  desiring  to  consult  them  on  special  subjects. 
It  may  not  be  amiss  to  direct  also  attention  to  the  reduced  i)rice  at  which 
