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miserable  patent  medicine  traffic  cannot  go  backward,  it  must  gradually  grow 
into  something  which  we  trust  will  be  better. 
A  TESTIMONIAL  TO  PROFESSOR  ATTEIEED. 
The  retirement  of  Dr.  Attfield  from  professional  life  is  an  event  in  the  history 
of  pharmacy  which  should  be  marked  by  an  acknowledgment  of  his  long 
labors  and  important  services. 
Now  some  of  his  past  pupils,  who  have  been  students  personally,  or  students 
of  one  or  more  of  the  fifteen  editions  of  his  Manual  of  Chemistry,  also  a  few 
of  his  public  friends,  have  decided  that  the  time  has  arrived  for  them  to  show, 
in  some  appropriate  manner,  the  esteem  and  warm  regard  they  have  for  him, 
and  to  ask  fellow-students  and  their  friends  to  join  them  in  a  scheme  for  this 
purpose. 
Just  what  form  the  recognition  will  take  has  not  been  settled.  Those  who 
are  willing  to  join  in  this  testimonial  should  address  Mr.  John  Moss,  39  Tres- 
sillian  Road,  London,  S.  B.,  for  circulars  and  other  information.  The  cash 
contribution,  if  any,  is  not  to  exceed  ten  shillings. 
OHIO  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION. 
The  pharmacists  of  Ohio  have  decided  to  hold  their  annual  meeting  this 
year  in  Cleveland,  during  the  second  week  of  June.  Detailed  information  can 
be  had  of  Lewis  C.  Hopp,  Secretary,  198  Euclid  Avenue,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 
REVIEWS  AND  BIBLIOGRAPHICAL  NOTICES. 
North  Carolina  and  Its  Resources.  Illustrated.  Issued  by  the  State 
Board  of  Agriculture,  Raleigh,  N.  C,  1896.    8vo.,  pp.  413. 
This  handsomely  illustrated  volume  opens  with  a  historical  and  general 
sketch  of  the  State,  and  then  treats  of  climate,  forests,  flora,  fauna,  geology, 
economic  minerals,  gems  and  gem  stones,  agriculture,  horticulture,  education, 
etc.,  etc.  North  Carolina  has  long  been  known  as  a  State  rich  in  economic 
products,  and  this  book  will  do  much  to  extend  the  knowledge  of  these  pro- 
ducts. The  flora  is  especially  rich  in  medicinal  plants,  and  the  supply  of  many 
native  vegetable  drugs  has  for  years  come  from  this  State.  The  Welsbach  and 
other  incandescent  lamps  are  dependent  on  the  supply  of  monazite  from 
McDowell  and  adjoining  counties. 
Biltmore,  the  famous  estate  of  the  Vanderbilts,  receives  careful  consideration 
in  this  book,  and  it  is  shown  to  be  a  superior  educator  in  agricultural  matters 
to  the  farmers  of  the  State. 
Leaving  the  mountainous  districts,  as  we  approach  the  coast  we  find  the 
turpentine  industry  of  great  importance.  The  annual  value  of  the  resinous 
products  sold  from  the  State  aggregates  over  $1,500,000,  being,  in  fact, 
about  one-third  of  the  entire  product  of  these  commodities  in  the  world. 
On  the  coast  the  fish  industry  is  of  considerable  magnitude.  On  reading 
this  book  one  is  almost  forced  to  the  conclusion  that  North  Carolina  is  able  to 
produce,  within  her  boundaries,  everything  necessary  for  the  comfort  and 
well-being  of  the  human  race,  and  therefore  is  capable  of  being  a  small  world 
within  herself. 
