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Progress  in  Pharmacy. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
June,  1904. 
This  plant  should  be  collected  for  its  drug  value  while  in  bloom, 
which  occurs,  according  to  locality,  from  June  to  September.  August 
is  the  proper  time  for  collection  in  New  Jersey".  The  tincture  of 
the  fresh  plant  is  believed  to  be  the  best  form  for  its  exhibition,  and 
is  prepared  as  follows  : 
TINCTURA  I^ACHNANTHIS. 
Take  of  the  fresh  plant  freed  from  sand  and  dirt  by 
washing  in  clear  water  1,000  grammes 
Cut  up  and  pound  to  a  pulp,  then  add  alcohol  ....  i,coo  c.c. 
and  set  aside  to  macerate  for  seven  days.  Then  express  and  wash 
the  dregs  with  sufficient  alcohol  by  soaking  and  expressing  until 
2,000  c.c.  of  tincture  is  obtained.  Filter  and  preserve  in  well- 
corked  vials.    The  dose  of  the  tincture  is  from  10  to  30  minims. 
PROGRESS  IN  PHARMACY. 
A  QUARTERLY  REVIEW  OF  SOME  OF  THE  LITERATURE  RELATING 
TO  PHARMACY. 
BY  M.  I.  WlIvBERT, 
Apothecary  at  the  German  Hospital,  Philadelphia. 
New  pharmaceutical  journals  are  usually  considered  as  being 
among  the  more  interesting  novelties  in  pharmaceutical  literature. 
This,  to  an  extent  at  least,  is  due  to  the  fact  that  they  are  almost 
invariably  an  indication  of  the  needs  and  wants  of  an  appreciably 
large  class  of  pharmacists.  This  is  particularly  true  where  these 
new  journals  embody  any  new  or  novel  features  either  in  their  con- 
tents or  in  their  proposed  aims.  Among  the  pharmaceutical  journals 
that  have  been  but  recently  established  is  The  Journal  of  the 
.Alumni  of  the  Massachusetts  College  of  Pharmacy.  This,  as  its  rather 
lengthy  name  would  indicate,  is  being  published  in  the  interest  of 
the  Massachusetts  College  of  Pharmacy.  The  Journal  appears  to 
be  intended  as  a  quarterly  of  48  pages,  octavo,  and  is  well  printed 
on  a  good  quality  of  paper.  The  material  contained  in  the  two 
numbers  so  far  issued  is  well  calculated  to  arouse  the  interest  and 
the  enthusiasm  of  the  alumni  of  the  college,  and,  if  possible,  to 
induce  them  to  make  additional  and  renewed  efforts  in  advancing 
the  interests  of  their  alma  mater. 
Another  comparatively  new  venture  in  the  pharmaceutical  journal 
line  is  the  Vierteljahresschift  fur  praktische  Pharm acie,  published  by 
