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ferring  the  prescriptions  from  the  daily  file  to  the  yearly  file.  When 
referring  to  prescriptions  in  the  early  part  of  the  year  the  file  is  held 
permanent  and  there  is  not  the  danger  of  a  sharp  hook  coming 
down  on  one's  head ;  and  the  prescriptions  being  punched  and  held 
out  of  contact  with  anything,  there  is  very  little  friction  to  overcome 
when  referring  to  old  prescriptions. 
HISTORICAL  NOTE  ON  THE  AMERICAN  JOURNAL  OF 
PHARMACY.1 
By  Henry  Kraemer. 
Entering  now,  as  we  do,  upon  the  last  quarter  of  one  century  of 
The  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy's  existence  as  a  regular  publi- 
cation, it  may  be  of  interest  to  review  briefly  its  history  up  to  this 
time,  and  in  doing  this  I  shall  draw  rather  freely  upon  the  "  Histori- 
cal Notice  "  published  in  connection  with  the  General  Index  in  1873. 
The  Journal  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  was  estab- 
lished in  1825,  and  the  Publication  Committee  consisted  of  Dr. 
Samuel  Johnson,  Henry  Troth,  Solomon  Temple,  Ellis  H.  Yarnall 
and  Daniel  B.  Smith,  the  latter  of  whom  was  chairman  of  the  com- 
mittee, and  practically  acted  as  editor,  and  to  whom  belongs  the 
credit  of  establishing  a  high  standard  for  the  Journal.  Too  much 
credit  cannot  be  given  to  the  members  of  the  committee,  who  laid 
the  foundation  along  lines  which  it  has  never  been  considered 
advisable  to  depart  from.  They  were  all  men  of  ability,  and  their 
work  reminds  one  of  the  work  of  those  who  drafted  the  Constitution 
of  the  United  States. 
Four  preliminary  numbers  were  published  up  until  1829,  when 
the  Publishing  Committee  was  reorganized,  as  follows :  Daniel  B. 
Smith,  Charles  Ellis,  S.  P.  Griffiths  and  Dr.  George  B.  Wood,  with 
Dr.  Benjamin  Ellis  as  the  editor.  At  this  time  the  publication  of 
the  regular  volumes  began,  and  since  then  the  publication  has  been 
uninterrupted.  From  now  on  up  until  1852  four  numbers  consti- 
tuted a  volume,  except  in  1847.  when  five  numbers  were  published. 
On  the  decease  of  Dr.  Ellis,  in  April,  1833,  Dr.  Robert  E.  Griffith 
was  appointed  editor,  and  during  his  incumbency  in  1835  the  Pub- 
lishing Committee  was  reorganized  by  the  addition  of  Dr.  Bache, 
1  This  is  part  of  the  annual  report  of  the  editor  of  The  American  Journal 
of  Pharmacy  to  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy,  March  28,  1904. 
