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Pk arm.iceutical  Association. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
July,  1897. 
ture.  Thesis  presented  to  the  Ecole  Superieure  de  Pharmacie  de  Paris.  By 
M.  Dufau  (Douis-Emile-Rene). 
Bulletin.  Vol.  II,  No.  7.  Imperial  University,  College  of  Agriculture, 
Tokyo,  Japan. 
This  number,  like  its  predecessors,  is  full  of  valuable  matter  relating  chiefly 
to  physiological  botany.  The  first  article  is  a  continuation  by  Dr.  Loew,  of  the 
study  of  living  protoplasm.  We  have  also  received  one  of  the  articles,  as  a  sepa- 
rate, "On  the  Formation  of  Asparagine  in  Plants  under  Different  Conditions." 
By  U.  Suzuki.  Bulletin,  Vol.  Ill,  No.  i,  has  also  been  received.  Its  113  pages 
are  devoted  entirely  to  an  exhaustive  consideration  by  Professor  Dr.  Diro  Kitao, 
to  the  one  subject  — "  Ueber  die  Wasserbewegung  in  Boden." 
Papain  ;  the  vegetable  pepsin,  its  origin,  properties,  and  uses.  Lehn  & 
Fink,  New  York. 
Antitoxins.  The  G.  F.  Harvey  Company.  An  illustrated  pamphlet, 
giving  much  historical  matter  and  considerable  clinical  data  on  the  use  of  this 
important  remedy. 
The  Action  of  Taka-Diastase  in  Various  Gastric  Disorders.  By 
Julius  Friedenwald,  A.B.,  M.D.  Reprinted  from  the  New  York  Medical 
Journal,  for  May  29,  1897. 
Report  of  Proceedings  of  the  Illinois  Pharmaceutical  Association. 
Seventeenth  Annual  Meeting,  1896. 
PENNSYLVANIA  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION. 
The  twentieth  annual  meeting  of  the  Pennsylvania  Pharmaceutical  Associa- 
tion convened  in  the  parlor  of  the  Kittatinny  House,  Delaware  Water  Gap, 
Pennsylvania,  on  Tuesday,  June  22,  1897. 
The  first  session  was  called  to  order  by  President  Joseph  P.  Remington,  at 
4.48  p.m.  About  seventy-five  persons  were  present.  The  Secretary  was  asked 
to  read  a  letter  of  welcome,  which  had  been  received  from  the  chief  burgess  of 
the  borough  of  the  Delaware  Water  Gap,  Mr.  E.  R  Johnson.  The  President 
asked  Mr.  M.  N.  Kline  to  reply  to  this  courtesy.  The  routine  of  business  was 
then  begun  by  the  Secretary  acknowledging  the  receipt  of  the  credentials  of 
delegates  from  the  following  bodies :  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy, 
National  Wholesale  Druggists'  Association,  New  Jersey  Pharmaceutical  Associa- 
tion, Maryland  Pharmaceutical  Association  and  the  Proprietors'  Association. 
The  President  then  delivered  his  address.  It  was  referred  to  a  committee  for 
consideration. 
The  reports  of  the  Committee  on  Entertainment  and  of  the  Secretary  were 
then  presented;  they  were  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Publication.  The 
report  of  the  Treasurer  showed  a  comfortable  balance,  and  that  the  association 
had  at  the  time  of  the  report  312  members  in  good  standing.  It  was  referred 
to  an  auditing  committee  appointed  by  the  chair.  The  report  of  the  Executive 
Committee  stated  that  the  project  of  holding  a  joint  meeting  of  the  Pennsylvania 
and  Maryland  Pharmaceutical  Associations  had  met  with  favor.  The  chair- 
man of  this  committee  reported  two  applications  for  membership  which  had 
