Am.  Jour.  Pharii). ") 
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retary ;  P.  R.  Franklin,  of  Marshall,  Treasurer,  and  J.  F.  Llewellyn,  of 
Mexico,  Local  Secretary.  The  usual  committees  were  appointed,  a  rej^ort 
from  the  Board  of  Pharmacy  was  received,  and  a  recommendation  was 
adopted  favoring  the  establishment  of  a  dejDartment  of  pharmacy  in  the 
State  University. 
A  paper  on  syrups  made  by  cold  percolation  was  read  by  J.  J.  Slack,  of 
Sedalia ;  and,  after  tendering  a  vote  of  thanks  to  the  exhibitors,  the  Asso- 
ciation adjourned  to  meet  in  Mexico  on  Tuesday,  October  24,  1882. 
The  '^Western  Wholesale  Drug  Association  held  its  seventh 
annual  meeting  at  the  Grand  Hotel,  Cincinnati,  November  9th  and  10th  ; 
the  president,  T.  H.  Hinchman,  of  Detroit,  in  the  chair.  A.  B.  Meriam, 
of  Cincinnati,  acted  as  secretary.  Reports  were  read  from  the  treasurer — 
showing  an  increased  balance — and  from  the  committees  on  drug  market, 
on  insurance,  on  legislation,  on  commercial  travelers  and  on  proprietary 
goods.  The  report  on  legislation  states  that  ' '  the  New  York  statute  against 
the  adulteration  of  food  and  medicine  is  the  best  and  most  complete  yet 
passed and  concludes  as  follows:  "In  the  near  future,  laws  defining 
and  limiting  the  responsibility  of  druggists  (wholesale  and  retail)  in  cases 
of  error  in  putting  up  medicinal  agents  and  prescriptions,  should  be 
demanded ;  and,  in  the  not  distant  future,  the  public  will  demand  some 
legal  safeguards  and  restrictions  in  the  matter  of  worthless  and  injurious 
so-called  patent  medicines." 
The  ofticers  for  the  ensuing  year  are  :  President,  J.  S.  Burdsal,  of  Cin- 
cinnati;  Vice  Presidents — A.  A.  Miller,  St.  Louis;  John  R.  Drake,  Mil- 
waukee ;  M.  C.  Williams,  Detroit ;  Charles  West,  Toledo ;  R.  A.  Robinson, 
Louisville ;  Treasurer,  S.  M.  Long,  Cleveland  ;  Secretarp,  A.  B.  Merriam, 
Cincinnati. 
A  paper  on  the  adulteration  of  drugs,  by  Mr.  F.  Stearns,  was  read,  and, 
after  the  appointment  of  the  standing  committees,  the  Association  finally 
adjourned  to  meet  next  year  in  Cleveland,  O. 
EDITORIAL  DEPARTMENT. 
Corrections. — We  have  received  a  letter  from  Mr.  John  Eliot  Howard 
directing  our  attention  to  page  537  of  our  October  number,  and  continuing 
as  follows : 
"  In  this  page  you  follow  apparently  some  English  report  of  the  paper 
read  for  me  at  the  British  Pharmaceutical  Conference.  I  was  not  present 
at  the  meeting,  and  the  reporter  makes  me  say  exactly  the  opposite  of  my 
opinion.  I  do  7iot  adojit  Prof.  Karsten's  views,  and  I  never  before  met 
with  the  word  Cincinchona  !  In  the  genus  Cinchona  the  capsules  are 
dehiscent  from  the  base  towards  the  apex,  in  Karsten's  sec.  Heterasca  they 
are  variously  dehiscent.  You  will  see  in  the  '  Pharmaceutical  Journal '  of 
this  country  a  correct  publication  of  my  views,  and  I  shall  be  grateful  for 
you  doing  me  the  justice  of  setting  me  right  with  your  readers." 
Our  report  was  taken  from  the  "  Pharmaceutical  Journal  "  of  Sept.  3. 
We  shall,  with  pleasure,  reproduce  Mr.  Howard's  interesting  and  instruct- 
ive paper  in  our  next  number. 
Mr.  H.  S.  Wellcome  has  likewise  informed  us  that  his  remarks  made  at 
