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"  Pharmacy  in  America"  through  English  Spectacles. — Ifourcotem- 
porary  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Journal  admitted  into  its  columns  the  article 
headed"  Pharmacy  in  America,"  in  that  Journal  for  December,  believing 
it  to  convey  a  truthful  impression  of  the  state  of  pharmacy  here,  it  may 
satisfactorily  account  for  an  obliquity  of  vision  which  prevents  him  from 
seeing  any  merit  in  numerous  papers  that  have  originally  appeared  in  this 
country.  As  a  pharmaceutical  journal  should  aim  to  give  a  record  of 
the  progress  of  science  irrespective  of  its  origin,  and  especially  of  that 
developed  in  its  own  language ;  we  believe  the  Pharmaceutical  Journal, 
as  almost  the  sole  exponent  of  the  science  of  Pharmacy  in  Great  Britain, 
would  give  a  better  view  of  "  Pharmacy  in  America/'  and  serve  the  cause 
of  science,  by  publishing  such  papers  as  that  of  Wenzell,  on  Ergot,  in 
this  Journal  for  May,  1864,  and  several  others,  which  have  reached  Eu- 
ropean readers  through  a  German  translation. 
Proceedings  of  the  American  Phat  maceutical  Association  at  its  Twelfth 
Annual  Meeting;  held  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  September,  1864;  also  the 
revised  Constitution  and  Roll  of  Members.    Philad.,  pp.  335,  octavo. 
We  acknowledge  with  pleasure  the  receipt  of  this  Annual,  which  made 
its  appearance  about  the  18th  of  February,  after  more  delay  than  usual, 
arising  from  causes,  explained  by  Prof.  Maisch  in  the  prefatory  note 
relating  chiefly  to  the  transmission  of  proof  sheets,  and  the  execution  of 
the  illustrations.    We  have  already,  in  November  last,  printed  the  minutes, 
and  have  given  therein  a  list  of  the  papers  read  at  the  meeting,  and  which 
constitute  the  volume  before  us. 
Of  the  Reports,  that  on  the  Progress  of  Pharmacy,  by  George  J.  Scat- 
tergood  occupies  one  hundred  and  thirty  pages,  and  is  arranged  on  the 
plan  followed  for  several  years  past,  initiated  in  1862,  by  Prof.  Maisch, 
classifying  the  subjects  under  various  heads  and  sub-heads. 
The  continuation  of  these  Reports,  if  nothing  else  was  included,  will 
warrant  the  publication  of  an  annual  volume.  The  report  on  the  Drug 
Market  by  Prof.  Maisch  next  follows,  occupying  twenty  pages,  including 
an  appendix  by  J.  J.  Thomsen  of  Baltimore.  This  report  though  neces- 
sarily made  under  disadvantageous  circumstances,  conveys  much  informa- 
tion, and  encourages  the  view  that  hereafter  the  labor  of  this  committee 
may  become  very  useful. 
There  are  twenty  special  reports  and  seven  volunteer  essays,  which 
together  are  more  numerous  than  on  any  previous  year,  and  though  none 
of  them  of  great  length,  are  creditable  productions,  and  worth  the  attention 
of  members  not  present  at  the  meeting. 
The  paper  on  "  The  Pharmaceutist  as  a  Merchant,"  by  Frederick 
Stearns,  commends  itself  to  the  attention  of  every  young  pharmaceutist, 
as  full  of  sound  and  healthy  advice  on  the  conduction  of  our  business. 
Prof.  Mayer,  in  his  paper  on  Tobacco,  arrives  by  experiment  at  the  con- 
clusion "  that  Nicotina  is  the  active  principle  of  all  parts  of  the  plant 
before  and  after  curing,"  and  that  recent  tobacco  contains  no  ammonia  or 
