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of  Trustees,  of,  say,  six  members,  to  conduct  the  business  in  the 
interim. 
The  scope  of  membership  should  be  as  broad  as  possible,  and 
might  well  remain  as  at  present,  with  the  possible  proviso  that  the 
Association  readopt,  and  the  members  be  asked  to  subscribe  to,  the 
code  of  ethics  promulgated  by  the  founders  of  the  American  Phar- 
maceutical Association. 
NOTES  AND  NEWS. 
The  Pacific  Pharmacist  is  a  new  monthly  drug  journal,  the  first  number 
of  which  appeared  in  May.  It  is  the  official  organ  of  the  California  Pharma- 
ceutical Society,  and  purports  to  be  "an  independent  journal  devoted  to 
scientific  pharmacy  and  the  interests  of  the  drug  trade."  Prof.  William  M. 
Searby  is  editor-in-chief,  and  associated  with  him  on  the  editorial  staff  are 
Professors  J.  H.  Flint,  Albert  Schneider  and  FT.  B.  Carey.  The  new  journal 
starts  out  well,  and  we  doubt  not  that  with  such  a  corps  of  efficient  workers  it 
will  be  able  to  maintain  its  purpose. 
Proposed  Exhibit  of  U.S. P.  and  N.F.  Preparations. — At  the  recent 
meeting  of  the  Pennsylvania  Pharmaceutical  Association  a  committee  of  seven 
members  was  appointed  to  represent  the  association  at  the  meeting  of  the 
Pennsylvania  State  Medical  Society,  and  to  conduct  an  exhibit  of  U.S. P.  and 
N.F.  preparations  similar  to  that  made  at  the  meeting  of  the  American  Medi- 
cal Association  at  Atlantic  City,  by  the  Philadelphia  Branch  of  the  A.  Ph.  A. 
An  appropriation  of  $roo  was  made  to  defray  the  expenses  of  making  the 
exhibit. 
Sir  Wii,i,iam  Henry  Perkin,  F.R.S.,  the  discoverer  of  aniline  mauve, 
died  at  his  residence,  Sudbury,  England,  on  July  14th,  in  his  seventieth  year. 
He  received  his  early  education  at  the  City  of  London  School,  and  at  the  age 
of  fifteen  entered  the  Royal  College  of  Chemistry.  Professor  Hoffmann  was 
one  of  his  teachers,  and  two  years  later  he  became  assistant  in  Hoffmann's 
Research  Laboratory. 
It  was  while  thus  associated,  in  1856,  that  his  great  discovery  was  made. 
He  was  working  at  his  father's  house  during  the  holiday  season,  attempting 
to  prepare  quinine  artificially,  and  in  the  course  of  his  experiments  obtained 
the  product,  afterward  called  mauve,  whereby  the  coal-tar  industry  was  estab- 
lished. Last  year  the  jubilee  of  Sir  William's  discovery  was  celebrated,  both 
in  Europe  and  America,  he,  accompanied  by  Lady  Perkin,  making  the  trip  to 
this  country  to  be  present  at  the  ceremonies  held  in  New  York  (Am.  Jour. 
Ph.,  Vol.  78,  pp.  300,  450,  577). 
Dr.  Frank  L.  James,  the  accomplished  editor  of  the  pharmaceutical  and 
scientific  departments  of  the  National  Druggist,  died  in  St.  Louis,  on  Sunday 
