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Book  Reviews. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
Aug.  19 1 7. 
Annual  Reports  of  the  Chemical  Laboratory  of  the 
American  Medical  Association,  Volume  9,  January-December, 
1916. 
The  volume  under  consideration  is  composed  of  reports  of  work 
performed  the  past  year  and  not  the  least  interesting  of  these  reports 
are  those  bearing  on  "  Wine  of  Cardui."  From  page  39  to  103  the 
analysis  of  this  nostrum  is  gone  into  very  thoroughly.  The  reports 
of  more  than  nine  different  chemists  are  given  in  detail. 
After  careful  reading  of  these  one  is  convinced  that  the  inves- 
tigation of  this  much-vaunted  preparation  was  thorough  in  every 
way  and  helped  very  materially  in  the  great  moral  victory  won  by 
the  Association  in  the  suits  brought  against  it  by  the  Chattanooga 
Medicine  Company.  It  is  unnecessary  to  add  that  many  of  these 
analyses  of  "  Wine  of  Cardui "  were  made  by  chemists  having  no 
connection  with  the  laboratory  of  the  American  Medical  Association. 
Part  I  of  this  volume  contains  a  reprint  of  a  paper  by  W.  A. 
Puckner,  Phar.D.,  read  at  the  Detroit  meeting  of  the  Association 
held  in  June,  191 6.  Dr.  Puckner  is  the  director  of  the  laboratory. 
In  this  paper  he  relates  very  clearly  and  fully  the  scope  of  the  work 
performed  by  the  laboratory  and  its  great  usefulness  to  the  medical 
profession,  and  that,  despite  the  limited  facilities  at  its  disposal. 
Notwithstanding  this  the  laboratory  is  glad  at  all  times  to  answer  all 
inquiries  for  information.  In  some  of  the  problems  brought  to  its 
attention,  as  for  instance,  those  of  a  purely  local  nature,  it  tries  to 
gain  the  cooperation  and  the  investigation  of  such  problems  by  city 
or  state  authorities. 
It  is  becoming  increasingly  evident  that  the  work  done  by  this 
laboratory,  to  say  nothing  of  the  importance  and  usefulness  of  the 
Council  on  Pharmacy  and  Chemistry,  is  appreciated  by  the  medical 
profession  more  and  more  every  day.  J.  K.  T. 
PHILADELPHIA  COLLEGE  OF  PHARMACY. 
Minutes  of  the  Quarterly  Meeting. 
The  quarterly  meeting  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy 
was  held  June  25,  1917,  at  4  p.m.  in  the  Library,  the  President, 
Howard  B.  French,  presiding.  Sixteen  members  were  present. 
Regrets  were  received  from  Joseph  L.  Lemberger  and  H.  K.  Mul- 
ford  for  inability  to  be  present. 
