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for  this  same  purpose  of  furnishing  a  complete  series  of  abstracts, 
but  it  was  felt  that  our  American  Chemical  Society  should  take  up 
this  work  for  its  own  membership,  now  numbering  over  3000 
chemists. 
So  the  Society  for  the  future  will  publish  its  Journal  as  a  monthly 
for  original  papers  and  communications,  of  which  it  has  as  many 
as  it  can  possibly  find  room  for  in  its  twelve  issues,  and  the  Abstract 
Journal  as  a  semi-monthly,  covering  the  whole  field  of  pure  and 
applied  chemistry  under  some  30  subdivisions,  of  which  pharma- 
ceutical chemistry  is  one.  That  this  subject  will  be  cared  for  in  an 
appreciative  and  intelligent  way  can  be  assumed,  as  we  note  that 
Prof.  A,  B.  Stevens  of  Ann  Arbor  is  in  charge  of  the  abstracts  in 
this  field.  For  those  who  are  not  members  of  the  Society  the  sub- 
scription price  is  as  follows :  Journal  of  the  American  Chemical 
Society,  monthly,  $6  ;  Chemical  Abstracts,  semi-monthly,  $6;  for 
both  journals  sent  to  the  same  subscriber,  $10.  Members  of  the 
American  Chemical  Society  receive  both  journals  for  the  annual 
membership  fee  of  $8.  S.  P.  Sadtler. 
THE  PHILADELPHIA  BRANCH  OF  THE  AMERICAN 
PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION. 
The  regular  stated  meeting  of  the  Philadelphia  Branch  of  the 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association  was  held  on  the  evening  of 
Friday,  January  4,  1907,  and  was  attended  by  63  members  and 
visitors. 
The  minutes  of  the  previous  meeting  were  read  and  declared 
approved. 
The  Committee  on  Sunday  Closing  and  the  Committee  on  State 
Legislation  made  preliminary  reports  that  were  received  and  ordered 
filed. 
On  behalf  of  the  Committee  on  State  Legislation  Mr.  Cliffe  said 
that  members  of  the  committee  had  had  an  opportunity  to  confer 
with  the  members  of  a  special  committee  of  the  State  Legislature 
on  the  subject  and  that  a  joint  conference  of  members  of  committees 
interested  in  the  enactment  of  a  State  Food  and  Drug  Law  would 
be  held  at  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  on  the  evening  of 
Tuesday,  January  15,  1907. 
