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large  a  quantity  is  necessary  to  prevent  fermentation,  but  suggests  the  addition  of  a 
small  quantity  of  alcohol,  as  at  present  directed  for  the  syrups  of  ipecac  and  senega. 
For  the  preparation  of  purified  honey,  the  same  author  suggests  to  accomplish  the 
final  evaporation  in  small  quantities  only,  in  order  to  obtain  it  light-colored. 
Mr.  Kobligk  reported  his  experience  with  the  preparation  of  phosphoric  acid  by 
Markoe's  process  ("Am.  Jour.  Phar.,"  1875,  P-  524  and  529),  and  does  not  believe  it 
adapted  to  replace  the  process  by  nitric  acid,  as  used  heretofore. 
EDITORIAL  DEPARTMENT. 
The  Revision  of  the  Pharmacopoeia. — Dr.  Squibb's  plan  for  the  future  revision 
of  the  "United  States  Pharmacopoeia  "  has  been  before  those  interested  for  abont  a 
year.  It  was  brought  forward  at  the  meeting  of  the  American  Medical  Associa- 
tion in  1876,  and  has  been  acted  on  at  the  last  meeting  of  the  same  Association, 
held  in  June,  in  Chicago.  On  a  former  occasion  we  stated  that  in  our  opinion  the 
societies  having  a  right  to  participate  in  such  a  revision  should  be  heard  on  the  sub- 
ject 5  but  aside  from  those  that  have  been  previously  alluded  to,  but  few  have  taken 
action  that  became  public  previous  to  that  meeting;  among  them  we  may  mention 
the  colleges  of  pharmacy  at  Washington  and  Chicago,  both  being  opposed  to  the 
general  plan  of  revision  as  contemplated.  The  President  of  the  American  Med- 
ical Association,  Dr.  Henry  J.  Bowditch,  of  Boston,  in  his  opening  address,  dis- 
cussed the  proposition  in  an  impartial  manner,  weighing  the  various  arguments  and 
arriving  at  the  conclusion  that  the  Association  was  not  prepared  to  adopt  any  new 
plan  and  had  better  defer  action  for  another  year.  The  subject  was  discussed  by 
the  Association  on  Thursday,  June  7th,  and  a  motion  of  Dr.  N.  S.  Davis  to  indefi- 
nitely postpone  the  whole  matter  was  carried  amid  loud  applause. 
The  American  Medical  Association,  in  our  opinion,  has  acted  very  wisely.  It 
cannot  be  otherwise  but  that  greater  unity  and  increased  interest  will  be  secured  for 
the  next  revision  of  the  "  Pharmacopoeia,"  and  if  that  interest  be  manifested  by 
personal  labor  on  the  part  of  those  who  in  the  past  had  so  much  fault  to  find,  Dr. 
Squibb"' s  agitation  of  the  subject  will  have  accomplished  what  could  scarcely  have 
been  expected  through  any  other  means. 
Professor  Theo.  G.  Wormley,  M.  D.,  formerly  of  Columbus,  O.,  we  are  pleased 
to  learn  has  been  elected  to  fill  the  vacancy  in  the  chair  of  chemistry  of  the  medical 
department  of  the  University  of  Pennsylvania,  in  this  city,  occasioned  by  the  resig- 
nation of  Prof.  Rogers,  who  has  been  elected  to  the  same  chair  in  the  Jefferson  Med- 
ical College.  Prof.  Wormley  is  well  known  to  our  readers  as  a  contributor  to  this 
journal,  and  as  the  author  of  that  valuable  work,  "  Microchemistry  of  Poisons." 
He  has  our  hearty  good  wishes  for  success  in  his  extended  new  field  of  labor. 
Warburg's  Tincture  Once  More. — We  did  not  think  that  one  of  the  asserted 
ingredients  of  the  above  tincture,  which  has  recently  gained  such  prominence, 
would  possess  sufficient  interest  for  our  readers ;  but  having  received  many  requests 
