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more  street,  Baltimore  ;  W.  J.  M.  Gordon,  Cincinnati,  and  Eugene  L. 
Massot,  of  St.  Louis.  Those  members  who  have  not  paid  their  contribu- 
tions to  the  Treasurer,  Henry  Haviland,  23  John  street,  New  York,  are 
requested  to  do  so  early  to  meet  the  expenses  of  publication. 
The  undersigned  also  takes  this  opportunity  to  say  that  all  those  Phar- 
maceutists and  Druggists  who  are  eligible  by  the  Constitution,  who  desire 
to  become  members  before  or  at  the  annual  meeting  of  1861,  at  St.  Louis, 
are  requested  to  apply  to  the  undersigned,  and  receive  a  blank  Constitu- 
tion for  signature,  and  testimony,  as  preferable  to  postponing  the  applica- 
tion until  the  meeting  convenes. 
William  Procter,  Jr., 
Chairman  of  Executive  Committee, 
500  South  9th  St.,  Philada. 
Oct.  2Uh,  1860. 
Poisonous  Hair  Dyes.— Prof.  Aikin  sends  us  (as  below)  the  address  of 
the  Physician  who  was  called  upon  in  the  case  (noticed  in  our  July  No.)  of 
the  death  of  a  child  from  the  careless  use  of  a  hair  dye.  Our  Woodville, 
Miss.,  friend  can  learn  all  the  particulars  he  desires  by  addressing  his  inqui- 
ries to  M.  K.  Baldwin,  M.  D.,  Mt.  Gilead,  P.      Loudon  Co.,  Va. 
Proceedings  of  the    American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  at  the  Ninth 
Annual  Meeting,  held  in  the  city  of  New  York,  September  11-15,  1860, 
with  the  Constitution  and  Roll  of  Members.    Philadelphia :  printed  for 
the  Association  by  Merrihew  &  Thompson  ;  pp.  296,  octavo. 
In  glancing  over  this  volume,  we  find  the  first  sixty-four  pages  of  the 
text  devoted  to  the  Minutes  of  the  meeting  held  in  New  York  in  September 
last.    The  report  of  this  meeting,  through  the  aid  of  stenography,  is  much 
more  complete  than  usual,  and  the  Minutes  of  the  Secretary  have  been 
interpersed  with  the  reports  of  the  discussions,  so  as  to  add  much  to  the 
interest  of  their  persual.     The  discussion  on  the  sale  of  poisons  was 
partaken  in  by  several  members  of  the  New- York  Academy  of  Medicine, 
who  were  present  by  invitation. 
The  Report  of  the  Committee  on  the  Progress  of  Pharmacy,  by  Edward 
Parrish,  Chairman,  is  a  very  bulky  document, — occuping  sixty-five  pages. 
It  commences  with  a  brief  notice  of  the  several  pharmaceutical  organiza- 
tions in  the  United  States,  of  professional  appointments,  of  necrological 
notices,  of  pharmaceutical  literature,  including  catalogues  of  recent  publi- 
cations, and  of  general  remarks  on  the  drug  market.  The  main  body  of 
the  Report  is  occupied  with  brief  references  to  papers  in  the  European 
and  American  journals  of  the  past  year,  on  materia  medica,  pharmacy, 
inorganic  and  organic  chemistry,  and  toxicology.  The  editor  has  added 
greatly  to  the  practical  value  of  this  report  by  appending  to  the  volume  a 
special  index  of  the  authors  and  subjects  of  this  Report. 
The  Report  on  Home  Adulterations,  by  Charles  T.  Carney,  the  Chairman 
of  the  Committee  on  that  subject,  occupies  about  fifteen  pages,  and  is 
chiefly  devoted  to  the  adulterations  of  food? — the  Committee  deeming  such 
