Am.  Jour.  Pharm.  \ 
Oct.,  1878.  j 
Editorial. 
nicated  a  method  of  Preparing  Phosphorus  Pills,  in  which  he  takes  advantage  of  the 
density  of  chloroform  vapor  to  preserve  the  phosphorus  from  contact  with  atmos- 
pheric air  during  the  manipulation  of  the  pill  mass 
In  the  next  communication,  Mr.  C.  W.  Fletcher  described  an  interesting  com- 
pound which  has  the  composition  of  a  Triodide  of  Bismuth  and  Hydriodate  of  2>uinia. 
This  was  followed  by  some  Laboratory  Notes  by  Mr.  H.  Barton,  and  the  reading  of 
papers  was  brought  to  a  close  by  a  note  on  Reicherfs  Improved  Thermal  Regulator 
by  Dr.  Symes.  - 
The  Conference  then  turned  its  attention  to  the  arrangements  for  its  next  meet- 
ing, and  Mr.  Ward,  on  behalf  of  the  pharmacists  of  Sheffield,  gave  a  hearty  invita- 
tion to  the  members  to  meet  next  year  in  that  town.  This  it  was  decided  to  accept. 
The  election  of  officers,  Mr.  Schacht  being  again  chosen  President,  and  the  passing 
of  various  votes  of  thanks  brought  the  meetig  for  1878  to  an  end. — Phar.  Jour,  and 
Trans.  [Lond.],  Aug.  17,  1878. 
EDITORIAL  DEPARTMENT. 
The  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.— For  a  number  of  years  past  we 
have  been  enabled  to  give  in  the  October  number  of  the  "Journal"  an  account  of 
the  annual  meeting  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  which  was  usually 
held  during  the  month  of  September.  The  causes  which  have  led  to  its  postpone- 
ment this  year  are  familiar  to  all  our  readers.  The  yellow  fever,  though  abating  in 
severity,  is  still  carrying  off  its  victims,  but  with  the  season  near  at  hand  when  frosts 
may  be  expected  even  in  many  portions  of  our  Southern  States,  the  scourge  will 
doubtless  have  spent  its  fury  before  another  month  has  passed,  and  not  only  be  on 
the  decline,  but  have  disappeared  from  most,  and  let  us  hope  from  all  the  infected 
districts. 
The  Association  resolved  to  meet  this  year  in  the  heart  of  the  Southern  States, 
with  the  view  of  enlisting  the  active  co-operation  of  the  pharmacists  and  druggists 
of  that  section  of  our  country.  That  object  would  have  failed  if  the  meeting  had 
been  held  at  a  time  while  sections  from  which  a  large  attendance  had  been  confi- 
dently expected  were  suffering  from  the  visitation  of  that  terrible  plague.  But  the 
reasons  why  the  national  Association  should  go  South  are  still  the  same,  and  the 
necessity  is,  if  possible,  still  more  urgent  than  it  was  a  year  ago.  We  are  pleased 
to  learn  that  this  view  is  gaining  more  ground  in  all  sections  of  the  country,  and 
that  members  who  were  rather  inclined  to  forego  the  pleasure  of  meeting  their  asso- 
ciates, on  account  of  the  distance,  are  endeavoring  to  arrange  their  affairs  so  as  to 
permit  of  their  temporary  absence  from  their  homes  and  their  pursuits  at  a  season 
when  they  were  usually  at  their  posts  of  duty.  It  is  the  conviction  which  is  gain- 
ing ground  that  it  is  no  less  a  duty  to  further  the  objects  and  interests  of  the  Asso- 
ciation, and  that  this  duty  is  more  imperative  now,  when  that  beautiful  section  of 
the  North  American  continent,  whose  interests  were  to  be  specially  enlisted,  has 
been  suffering  to  so  great  an  extent.  The  warm  sympathy  which  fills  every  heart 
will  show  it  elf,  we  have  reason  to  hope,  in  ah  increased  attendance  from  the  East- 
