Am.  Jour.  Pharm 
May,  1881. 
j  Reviews  J  etc.  267 
EEVIEWS  AND  BIBLIOGEAPHICAL  NOTICES. 
Proceedings  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  at  the  twenty- 
eighth  annual  meeting,  held  in  Saratoga  Springs,  N.  Y.,  Sept.,  1880. 
Philadelphia:  Sherman  &  Co.,  printers,  1881.    8vo,  pp.  661. 
The  first  part  of  this  volume  consists,  as  usual,  of  the  report  on  the  Pro- 
gress of  Pharmacy,  by  Prof.  Diehl — it  covers  366  pages ;  then  follow  the 
committee  reports  and  papers  read  at  Saratoga,  covering  130  pages,  the 
remainder  being  the  minutes  (180  pages),  constitution  and  by-laws,  roll  of 
members,  etc.    The  frontispiece  is  an  excellent  likeness  of  the  late  Prof. 
Wm.  B.  Chapman,  of  Cincinnati,  it  being  a  phototype  prepared  by  F.  Gute- 
kunst,  of  Philadelphia,  from  a  card  photograph  of  the  deceased. 
Proceedings  of  the  Missouri  State  Pharmaceutical  Association^  held  at 
Moberly,  Oct.  26,  1880.    8vo,  pp.  16. 
After  the  reports  of  the  various  officers  and  committees  had  been  read, 
the  following  officers  were  elected :  R.  T.  Miller,  of  Sedalia,  President ; 
A.  R.  Edmunds,  of  Miami,  H.  M.  Pettit,  of  Carrollton,  and  H.  C.  Churchill,, 
of  Windsor,  Vice  Presidents;  A.  M.  Fulkerson,  of  Clinton,  Secretary;  P. 
H.  Franklin,  of  Marshall,  Treasurer,  and  Wm.  T.  Ford,  of  Kansas  City,. 
Corresponding  Secretary.  Kansas  City  was  selected  as  the  place  of  the 
next  annual  meeting. 
Mr.  J.  J.  Slack,  of  Sedalia,  read  a  paper  on  the  preparation  of  syrups  by 
percolation.  The  draft  of  a  i^harniacy  law  for  Missouri  was  considered  and 
its  passage  advocated.  Through  the  efforts  of  the  officers  of  the  Associa- 
tion the  bill  was  passed  by  the  legislature,  and  goes  into  effect  June  26,  next. 
Proceedings  of  the  Convention  of  Druggists^  and  of  the  first  Meeting  of  the 
Illinois  Pharmaceutical  Association,  held  at  Springfield,  Dec.  7  and  8^ 
1880.    8vo,  pp.  87. 
A  brief  account  of  this  meeting  will  be  found  on  page  91  of  our  February 
number.  The  pamphlet  before  us  contains  the  discussions  in  full.  The 
roll  of  members  published  shows  that  a  large  number  of  the  pharmacists 
and  druggists  are  lending  their  sujDport  to  the  objects  of  this  State  Associa- 
tion. 
The  Metric  System  i7i  Medicine,  containing  an  account  of  the  metric  system 
of  weights  and  measures,  Americanized  and  simplified ;  a  comprehensive 
dose-table  and  300  practical  illustrations  of  metric  prescription  writing,, 
selected  from  recipes  in  actual  use  in  hospitals  and  out-door  practice.  By 
Oscar  Oldberg,  Ph.D.,  etc.  Philadelphia:  Presley  Blakiston,  1881.  12niOy 
pp.  182.    Price,  $1.50. 
On  page  364  of  this  journal  for  1878  we  called  attention  to  the  introduc- 
tion of  the  metric  system  into  the  U.  S.  Marine  Hospital  service  by  order 
of  the  late  Surgeon-General  J.  M.  Woodworth,  sanctioned  and  approved  by 
Secretary  Sherman.  This  step  had  been  rendered  practicable  in  conse- 
of  the  lucid  elaboration  of  the  metric  system  for  the  practical  use  of  phy- 
sicians by  the  author  of  the  present  volume,  and  experience,  we  believe, 
has  shown  that  a  full  and  correct  knowledge  of  the  system  may  be  acquired 
and  applied  with  comparatively  little  difficulty. 
