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mia,  deposits  a  variety  of  chemical  glass  ware,  agate  mortars,  crystal 
models,  etc.    Some  of  the  articles  are  beautifully  made. 
Italy. —  The  Italian  department  contains  no  deposits  requiring  particular 
notice. 
Besides  drugs,  chemicals,  and  pharmaceutical  preparations,  chemical 
and  pharmaceutical  apparatus,  by  Luhme,  of  Berlin,  and  others,  is  ex- 
hibited, but  our  space  does  not  admit  of  a  further  notice  at  this  time.  The 
display  in  this  department  is  by  no  means  extensive,  however,  especially  in 
view  of  the  numerous  ingenious  arrangements  that  are  common  in  German 
laboratoiies. 
Meeting  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association. — Our  readera 
will  find  a  full  account  of  the  "  Proceedings,"  in  this  number.  The  attend- 
ance was  encouraging,  good  feeling  and  earnestness  prevailed,  and  the 
brethren  in  Boston  extended  their  usual  courteousness  and  hospitality  to 
their  guests.  On  Thursday  evening,  (Aug.  25th,)  after  the  spicy  discus- 
sion of  the  drug  law,  the  members  were  invited  to  the  "  Pavillion,"  where 
everything  was  "  good  of  its  kind,  and  not  only  good  but  the  best/'  a  fact 
which  the  most  ultra  "  treasury  instructions  "  men  did  not  dispute,  after  a 
very  thorough  inspection.  Several  medical  gentleman  were  present,  and 
among  them  Dr.  J.  V.  C.  Smith,  of  the  Boston  Medical  and  Surgical  Jour- 
nal, who,  in  responding  to  a  call,  gave  a  sketch  of  Pharmacy  and  pharma- 
ceutists in  Egypt  and  Constantinople,  as  observed  in  his  recent  travels. 
The  Index. — To  occupy  less  space  we  have  adopted  the  plan  of  a  single 
index  in  the  future,  but  have  included  the  names  of  authors  in  alphabetical 
order  among  the  other  items,  distinguishing  them  by  italics. 
The  Prescribed s  Pharmacopoeia:  Containing  all  the  Medicines  in  the  London 
Pharmacopoeia,  arranged  in  Classes  according  to  their  action,  with  their 
Composition  and  Doses.    By  a  Practising  Physician.    Altered  to  corres- 
pond with  the  U.  S.  Dispensatory.    Revised,  with  additions.  Third 
American  from  the  fourth  London  edition.    By  Thomas  F.  Cock,  M.  D» 
New  York.    S.  S.  &  W.  Wood,  1853.    24mo.    pp.  178. 
The  object  of  this  little  book  is  obvious — it  is  a  pocket  companion  to  the 
practitioner — 'intended  as   a  ready  reference   in   composing  prescrip- 
tions, when  the  memory  needs  refreshing  in  reference  to  the  composition 
and  doses  of  officinal  preparations.    The  American  editor,  to  render  it  more 
useful,  in  addition  to  the  general  adaptation  of  the  formulae  to  correspond 
with  the  U.  S.  Dispensatory,  has  added  hints  on  the  uses  of  medicines,  a 
chapter  on  diet  for  the  sick,  and  formulas  for  proprietary  and  other  medicines 
more  or  less  known.    So  much  for  the  object  of  the  book  and  the  American 
improvements.    So  long,  however,  as  American  practitioners  are  served 
with  such  Anglo-American  hybrid  formularies — and  in  so  speaking  we  bv 
no  means  confine  the  remark  to  the  "  Prescriber's  Pharmacopoeia so 
