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Notes  and  News. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
June,  1907. 
which  he  outlined  a  process  for  detecting  the  admixture  of  arti- 
ficial coloring  matter  to  spices  by  extracting  them  with  a  mixture 
of  alcohol,  carbon  disulphide  and  melted  lard  or  petrolatum. 
Mr.  J.  P.  Remington,  exhibited  an  apparatus  for  the  extem- 
poraneous preparation  of  granular  effervescent  salts  and  also 
exhibited  specimen  samples  of  the  product. 
Mr.  M.  I.  Wilbert  presented  a  report  on  "  Recent  Progress  in 
Pharmacy  and  Materia  Medica"  (see  page  273),  and  expressed  the 
opinion  that  the  recent  decree  enjoining  the  several  drug  associa- 
tions from  combining  to  regulate  the  prices  of  "  patent  medicines  " 
would  prove  to  be  a  factor  of  great  importance  to  the  progress  of 
pharmacy  along  legitimate  lines.  •  M.  I.  Wilbert, 
Secretary  pro  tern. 
NOTES  AND  NEWS. 
Awards  at  the  Milan  Exposition. — In  connection  with  the  exhibit 
illustrating  researches  conducted  in  the  Wellcome  Chemical  Research  Labora- 
tories, a  diploma  of  honor  was  awarded  Dr.  F.  B.  Power,  Director  of  the 
Laboratories  ;  gold  medals  to  Dr.  Power  and  F.  Tutin,  and  a  silver  medal  to 
P.  E.  F.  Perredes. 
Henry  B.  Slade. — An  interesting  review  of  the  scientific  work  of  the  late 
Professor  Slade  appears  in  the  February  number  of  the  Alumni  Monthly,  of 
Brown  University.  The  author,  Dr.  Metcalf,  states  that  "in  the  ten  years  of 
active  life  intervening  between  his  graduation  and  death  he  had  made  his  way 
into  the  front  rank  of  the  young  scientists  of  America."  Professor  Slade  left 
a  good  deal  of  unpublished  matter,  but  the  only  one  of  his  papers  published 
posthumously  was  that  on  "Studies  in  Plant  Mutation,"  which  appeared  in 
this  Journal  last  July.  This  paper  has  been  extensively  reviewed,  both  in 
America  and  abroad,  and  is  probably  the  one  by  which  Professor  Slade  will  be 
longest  known. 
Howard  B.  French,  President  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy, 
has  been  serving  as  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Public  Charities  of  the  State  of 
Pennsylvania  for  over  a  year.  The  position  is  a  very  responsible  one,  as  the 
Board  has  charge  of  all  the  charitable  and  correctional  institutions  in  the  State. 
Frank  G.  Ryan  has  been  elected  president  of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.  to  succeed 
the  late  Theodore  D.  Buhl.  Professor  Ryan  was  formerly  connected  with  the 
Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy,  but  became  associated  with  Parke,  Davis  & 
Co.  in  June,  1900.  He  has  succeeded  from  one  responsible  position  to  another 
since  allying  himself  with  this  firm,  and  just  recently  returned  from  a  trip 
around  the  world. 
