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Progress  in  Pharmacy. 
f  Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
I   December,  1907. 
obtained  by  the  use  of  those  medicaments  under  their  own  proper 
designation." 
An  editorial,  in  the  same  journal,  one  week  later  (September  24th, 
page  375)  says: 
"  The  majority  of  quack  medicines  which  are  advertised  as  tonics, 
or  by  similar  alluring  names,  derive  their  popularity  from  the  effects 
of  sedative  drugs,  by  which  sensations  of  immediate  comfort  are 
imparted  to  the  consumer,  and  which  frequently  lay  the  foundations 
for  a  confirmed  habit  of  morphin  taking." 
A  correspondent  in  the  same  number  says  :  "  It  is  high  time  that 
we  disassociate  ourselves  from  trickery,  treachery,  humbug,  fraud 
and  lies."  Another  correspondent  (September  28th,  page  427)  says  : 
"  There  is  no  getting  over  the  fact  that,  by  the  actual  connivance  of 
some  of  our  members  and  the  passive  attitude  of  others,  we  are  in 
a  high  degree  aiders  and  abettors.  By  no  logic  can  we  claim  that 
our  hands  are  clean." 
In  Germany  restrictions  on  the  sale  of  secret  remedies  are 
increasing  in  number  and  severity.  A  recent  law  just  being  enforced 
makes  it  unlawful  for  apothecaries  or  druggists  to  sell,  except  the 
former  on  the  original  prescription  of  a  medical  man,  any  medicinal 
compound  the  composition  of  which  is  unknown  by  the  seller.  The 
law  of  1903  compelled  proprietors  to  state  ingredients  and  quanti- 
ties on  each  package,  but  the  new  law  goes  much  further  and  for- 
bids all  written  or  printed  praise  of  any  proprietary  preparation  on 
the  label  or  the  literature  accompanying  the  package. 
A  preliminary  list  of  the  prescribed  preparations  has  been  pub- 
lished in  the  pharmaceutical  journals.  It  includes  upwards  of  150 
specialties,  some  of  them  of  American  origin. 
American  Medical  Association,  Post- Graduate  Course. — As  an  in- 
teresting possibility  of  what  may  be  accomplished  by  legitimate 
organization  work,  it  may  be  well  to  call  attention  to  the  rather 
comprehensive  course  of  post-graduate  study  that  has  been  outlined 
by  the  American  Medical  Association.  (Jour.  A.  M.  A.,  September 
21,  1907,  page  1043.)  So  far  as  outlined  the  course  includes  a 
weekly  programme  for  six  months'  work,  particular  attention  being 
paid  to  treatment  and  the  study  of  materia  medica,  pharmacology 
and  therapeutics. 
Active  Campaign  Against  Proprietary  Medicines. — The  Kentucky 
State  Medical  Association  has    undertaken  an  active  campaign 
