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3d.  Let  the  mental  process  of  recognizing  the  contents,  as  being  in  accord- 
ance with  the  label,  become  intuitive  by  practice,  and  never  omitted. 
But  whilst  we  realize  the  terrible  effects  of  this  accident  in  its  relation 
to  the  sufferer  and  her  friends,  and  increase  our  watchfulness  lest  it  should, 
in  a  new  phase,  occur  to  some  of  us ;  let  us  not  forget  the  sympathy 
which  is  due  to  the  apothecary,  who,  wounded  in  his  reputation  and  busi- 
ness, and  his  keen  sensibilities  harrowed  by  the  untimely,  and  too  often 
ungenerous  remarks  of  the  unthinking  public,  finds  the  nine  hundred  and 
ninety-nine  instances  of  careful  and  highly  responsible  service  have  been 
forgotten,  if  the  thousandth  falls  short. 
Proceedings  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  at  the  Eighth  An- 
nual Meeting  held  in  Boston,  Massachusetts,  Sept.  1859  ;  with  the  Constitu- 
tion and  Boll  of  Members.  Boston.  Press  of  Geo.  C.  Rand  and  Avery, 
1859.    Pp.  406,  octavo. 
It  is  with  no  small  degree  of  pleasure  that  we  receive  the  "Proceed- 
ings," after  a  somewhat  unusual  delay  in  their  issue,  arising  out  of  the 
want  of  punctuality  of  members  in  returning  their  MSS.  to  the  Executive 
Committee.  In  number  of  pages  it  falls  considerably  short  of  the  volume 
for  1858,  but  this  arises  from  the  fact  that  the  last  150  pages  which  in- 
clude the  special  reports  and  volunteer  papers,  are  printed  in  small  type, 
each  page  of  which  is  equal  to  two  of  the  usual  type.  In  its  typography 
this  volume  compares  favorably  with  all  that  have  preceded  it,  and  the 
paper  is  excellent.  So  much  for  the  physique  of  the  volume.  As  regards 
its  contents  much  may  be  said.  In  a  prefatory  note,  the  Executive  Com- 
mittee go  into  an  explanation  of  the  cause  of  delay,  and  suggest  a  remedy, 
for  the  benefit  of  future  publishing  committees,  in  the  following  resolu- 
tion : 
"  Resolved,  That  the  Executive  Committee  receive  from  the  hands  of  the 
Secretary  on  the  last  day  of  the  session,  all  papers  and  manuscripts,  with 
the  minutes  of  the  meeting,  referred  to  them  for  publication,  said  manu- 
scripts to  be  fairly  and  legibly  written,  and  in  proper  state  to  be  given  to 
the  printers ;  all  manuscripts  and  papers  not  so  delivered  to  be  excluded 
from  the  printed  report,  unless  delay  be  granted  by  a  special  vote  of  the 
Association." 
This  resolution,  if  passed  at  the  next  meeting,  would  be  too  late  for  the 
papers  presented  at  that  meeting,  all  of  which  will  be  prepared  before  it 
convenes:  and  as  to  the  Secretary's  minutes,  they  cannot  he  properly  made 
out  from  sitting  to  sitting,  and  are  much  more  likely  to  be  correct  if 
they  are  carefully  examined  and  copied  after  the  meeting,  especially  in 
reference  to  the  accuracy  of  names,  Nevertheless,  we  approve  of  its  sugges- 
tion, and  believe  that  it  will  induce  the  contributors  to  the  meeting  for 
1860  to  give  more  care  in  the  preparation  of  their  manuscripts. 
Forty-eight  pages  are  occupied  with  the  minutes  of  the  meeting  as 
