462  EDITORIAL. 
September,  (the  same  time  and  place  with  the  British  Association  for  the 
Advancement  of  Science,  which  commences  its  sittings  on  the  13th). 
Many  of  our  readers  will  recollect  that  this  body  commenced  its  existence 
last  year  at  New-Castle-upon-Tyrie,  in  an  endeavor  on  the  part  of  several 
of  the  prominent  Pharmaceutists  of  England  to  modify  the  existing  rela- 
tions between  the  pharmaceutical  chemists  and  the  chemists  and  drug- 
gists of  that  country,  so  as  eventually  to  have  but  a  single  class.  Some 
of  those  who  sought  this  object  believed  that  the  tendency  to  centralization 
in  the  action  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Society,  would  be  counteracted  by 
having  an  Annual  Meeting  for  scientific  and  professional  purposes,  which 
should  be  migratory  in  its  character  and  which  should  be  untrammelled 
by  the  material  requisites  of  a  local  society.  In  fact,  in  many  of  its  fea- 
tures the  "  Conference  "  is  like  our  Association,  and  affords,  like  it,  a  mid- 
dle ground  where  all  interested  in  pharmacy  may  meet  on  equal  terms  and 
under  circumstances  eminently  calculated  to  develope  the  professional  feel- 
ing and  talents  of  the  members.  Last  year  a  series  of  subjects  were  ac- 
cepted by  members  to  be  reported  on  at  the  ensuing  meeting,  and  if  only 
one  half  of  them  are  acted  upon,  the  profession  must  certainly  be  bene- 
fitted by  the  results.  The  ic  Conference ;;  has  our  best  wishes  for  a  suc- 
cessful meeting  and  a  continued  existence  of  usefulness. 
The  Eighth  French  Pharmaceutical  Congress  was  to  have  met  on 
the  17th,  18th  and  19th  of  August,  at  Strasburgh  on  the  Rhine.  The 
French  Journals,  in  giving  the  notice  of  the  meeting,  state  that  the  Rail- 
road Companies  have  reduced  the  fare,  for  members  in  attendance 
for  the  occasion,  to  fifty  per  cent,  of  the  normal  charge.  This  is  an  ar- 
rangement that  would  add  many  members  to  our  Cincinnati  meeting,  if  it 
could  be  carried  out  with  the  Railroads  here.  We  hope  in  due  time  to  be 
able  to  chronicle  some  of  the  proceedings  of  this  scientific  body. 
Bronze  Statue  of  Vauquelin. — A  movement  is  on  foot  at  Paris  to 
erect  a  bronze  statue  in  honor  of  this  eminent  chemist,  who  was  so  closely 
connected  with  the  progress  of  chemical  science  in  France.  The  Commit- 
tee embraces  the  names  of  Dumas,  Chairman,  Boullay,  Fremy,  Pelouze, 
Bussy,  Guibourt,  and  many  others  ;  Guibourt  acting  as  Treasurer.  From 
the  energy  exhibited  in  bringing  the  subject  to  the  attention  of  pharma- 
ciens  it  is  highly  probable  that  the  measure  will  be  carried  into  effect. 
The  Schools  of  Pharmacy. — The  season  for  special  devotion  to  phar- 
maceutical study  is  rapidly  approaching,  and  students  begin  to  prepare 
the  way  for  attendance  at  one  or  other  of  the  Schools  of  Pharmacy.  The 
attention  of  such  and  others  is  directed  to  the  advertising  sheet  of  this 
number  for  advertisements  of  the  Schools. 
