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EDITORIAL. 
probable  that,  under  the  present  state  of  public  affairs,  much  atten- 
tion will  be  given  to  this  matter,  but  the  importance  of  the  subject  should 
not  be  lost  sight  of,  when  the  proper  period  arrives. 
Our  School  of  Pharmacy. — It  is  with  pleasure  that  we  refer  to  the  list 
of  graduates  in  Pharmacy,  at  page  282,  which  is  the  largest  graduating 
class  that  has  yet  received  the  honors  of  our  College.  It  will  be  seen  on 
examination  that  the  list  includes  a  considerable  number  who  are  not 
Philadelphians,  Some  of  these  are  from  the  South  and  West.  It  is  en- 
couraging to  observe  the  increased  interest  that  has  been  manifested  of 
late  years,  in  regard  to  a  better  education  among  pharmaceutists.  Young 
men  who  have  served  three  or  four  years  in  Maine,  Georgia,  Ohio  and 
other  States,  or  in  Cuba,  have  come  on  and  subjected  themselves  to  the 
expense  and  inconvenience  of  a  two  winters'  sojourn  in  our  city,  in  attend- 
ance on  lectures  in  order  to  get  information  and  a  diploma.  Under  these 
circumstances  it  is  of  the  utmost  importance  that  the  accessories  to  phar- 
maceutical education  be  increased  and  perfected  as  far  as  possible.  Among 
these  accessories  yet  in  the  future,  is  a  school  of  Practical  Pharmacy,  where 
young  men  can  perfect  themselves  in  manipulation  of  the  higher  grades. 
The  expense  attending  a  school  of  this  kind,  has  heretofore,  and  probably 
will  for  some  time,  prevent  its  establishment  as  a  part  of  the  operations  of 
our  College  of  Pharmacy,  but  it  must  eventually  become  an  important  fea- 
ture of  the  tuition  extended. 
The  Great  Exhibition  at  London  in  1862. — Already  the  English  Jour- 
nals are  calling  attention  to  the  fact,  that  it  has  been  determined  to  hold 
another  "World's  Exhibition"at  London,  in  1862,  and  that  Pharmacy  should 
be  represented  there.  It  is  doubtful  whether,  in  the  present  condition  of 
this  country,  much  attention  will  be  attracted  from  the  inventors  and 
manufacturers  of  the  United  States. 
A  Colloquy  on  the  Duties  and  Elements  of  a  Plujsician.  By  Thomas  S. 
Powell,  Professor  of  Obstetrics  in  Atlanta  Medical  College.  Written 
at  the  request  of  his  private  class.  Atlanta,  Georgia,  1860.  pp.  68. 
18mo, 
We  acknowledge  the  reception  of  this  little  volume  from  the  author. 
As  its  title  asserts,  it  is  intended  to  convey,  in  an  agreeable  and  easy  form, 
valuable  information  in  regard  to  the  ethical  relations  of  the  physician. 
O'Eeilly  on  the  Placenta,  and  the  phenomena  connected  with  the  animal 
and  organic  nervous  system.  By  John  O'Eeillt,  M.  D.,  New  York, 
1861,  pp.  46.  Octavo. 
From  the  author. 
