Am.  Jour.  Phai  m. 
June,  1897. 
Pharmaceutical  Associations. 
325 
The  Pharmacologist  is  the  title  of  a  quarterly  journal  devoted  to  Materia 
Medica,  Pharmacy  and  Therapy.  It  is  edited  by  F.  E.  Stewart,  M.D.,  Ph.G., 
and  published  by  Frederick  Kimball  Stearns,  of  Detroit,  Mich.  The  first 
number,  recently  issued,  is  full  of  interesting  matter.  It  contains  comments 
and  editorials  on  a  variety  of  subjects,  and  two  original  communications, 
one  on  Aconite  and  another  on  Diastatic  Ferments. 
Semi-Annual  Report  of  Schimmel  &  Co.  (Fritzsche  Brothers.) 
Leipzig  and  New  York,  April,  1897. 
This  number  is  superior  in  many  respects  to  its  predecessors.  After  the  usual 
information  in  regard  to  a  large  number  of  oils,  the  following  novelties  are 
noted  :  Cardamom  oil,  Bengal  Schinus  ("pepper-tree )  oil; Valerian  "oil,  Mexican; 
camphor-wood  oil,  Venezuelan;  and  golden-rod  oil,  Canadian. 
The  latter  half  of  the  Report  is  devoted  to  a  list  of  essential  oils,  giving  their 
botanical  origin,  the  part  or  products  of  the  plant  from  which  the  oil  is  ob- 
tained, the  yield  and  the  physical  constants  and  principal  chemical  constituents 
of  each  oil.  This  is  especially  useful  for  reference.  A  map  is  appended,  show- 
ing the  producing  districts  of  oil  of  peppermint  (menthol)  and  camphor  in 
Japan. 
Proceedings  of  the  Twentieth  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Pharma- 
ceutical Association  of  the  State  of  South  Carolina. 
The  twentieth  annual  meeting  of  this  association  met  in  Columbia,  S.  C, 
November  ir,  1896.  A  good  number  of  original  communications  in  the  form 
of  addresses  were  delivered. 
Strophanthus  ;  a  Clinical  Study.  By  Reynold  W.  Wilcox,  M.D., 
LL.D.    From  the  American  Journal  of  the  Medical  Sciences,  May,  1897. 
The  author  is  of  the  opinion  that  the  variety  Kombe  is  a  distinct  species.  The 
present  report  is  confined  to  a  clinical  study  of  the  tincture  made  from  Stro- 
phanthus Kombe;  the  author  reserves  for  another  occasion  the  presentat'on  of 
similar  studies  upon  what  he  believes  to  be  four  absolutely  independent  species 
of  strophanthus. 
Zur  Prufung  des  Chinins.  Von  O.  Hesse,  from  Archiv.  der  Pharm.,  135 
114,  1897.  This  is  a  subject  on  which  Dr.  Hesse  is  especially  well  fitted  to 
speak. 
Natural  History  Charts  and  Illustrations.  By  John  W.  Harshberger, 
Ph.D.  Reprinted  from  Education,  April,  1897.  Dr.  Harshberger  gives  some 
valuable  suggestions  on  the  best  means  of  conducting  a  short  course  on  botany. 
PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATIONS. 
PENNSYLVANIA  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION. 
The  twentieth  annual  meeting  of  this  Association  will  be  held  in  the  Kitta- 
tinny  Hotel,  Delaware  Water  Gap,  commencing  Tuesday,  June  22d,  at  3.30 
P.M. 
The  Delaware  Water  Gap  is  so  delightfully  situated,  and  so  easily  reached, 
