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If  bicycling  is  so  beneficial  to  the  physician,  who  ordinarily  gets 
much  more  out-door  exercise  than  the  pharmacist,  will  it  not  be  of 
greater  value  to  the  latter  ? 
A  well-known  apothecary  of  Philadelphia,  who  has  suffered  since 
a  lad  from  an  injury  to  one  of  his  legs,  claims  that  in  all  those  years 
he  has  never  been  absolutely  free  from  pain  until  he  took  to  riding  a 
bicycle. 
A  prominent  clergyman  of  the  same  city,  who  is  quite  a  student, 
says  "  that  the  more  he  studies  the  more  he  has  to  ride  to  equalize 
matters,"  and  further  says,  "  who  would  for  a  moment  ride  in  a  car- 
riage if  possible  to  ride  on  a  wheel  ?" 
Some  advice  may  be  of  value,  especially  to  beginners. 
Don't  let  your  bump  of  self-esteem  outgrow  your  bump  of  cau- 
tion. 
A  clerk  of  mine  learned  to  ride  fairly  well  in  one  afternoon ;  on 
his  second  trip  he  did  so  well  that  he  thought  every  one  was  looking 
at  him,  but,  having  to  pass  a  wagon  that  provokingly  kept  in  the 
middle  of  the  road,  he  got  nervous,  wabbled,  ran  into  the  hind  wheel, 
took  a  header,  cut  his  leg  to  the  bone,  and  was  laid  up  for  repairs  for 
three  weeks. 
Don't  overdo  it,  especially  at  the  start ;  you  will  hear  so  much 
about  century  runs  that  you  will  be  tempted  to  ride  further  than 
your  strength  will  allow,  and  so  will  become  exhausted  instead  of 
invigorated.  Unless  a  daily  rider,  15  to  25  miles  of  an  afternoon 
will  be  amply  sufficient. 
REPORT  OF  THE  COMMITTEE  ON  U.  S.  PHARMA- 
COPCEIA  TO  MISSOURI  STATE  PHARMA- 
CEUTICAL ASSOCIATION.1  — 
By  Chari.es  O.  CurTman,  Chairman. 
The  writer  has  the  honor  to  report  the  following  in  regard  to  the 
United  States  Pharmacopoeia  : 
The  committee  elected  by  the  national  convention  for  revising 
the  Pharmacopoeia,  held  in  Washington,  D.  C,  in  May,  1890,  has 
during  the  past  year  completed  the  work  of  the  seventh  revision 
intrusted  to  it,  and  in  August,  1893,  tne  ^rst  copies  of  the  work 
1  Read  before  the  Missouri  Pharmaceutical  Association,  June  12  to  15,  1894. 
