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THE  AMERICAN  PHARMACY  FAIR. 
We  have  recently  received  the  official  announcement  of  this  undertaking, 
and  can  give  it  our  hearty  encouragement.  It  will  be  held  in  Mechanics  Build- 
ing, Boston,  during  May,  1895,  and  has  been  endorsed  by  a  large  number  of 
prominent  New  England  pharmacists. 
This  fair  has  been  projected  with  the  object  of  promoting  the  commercial 
and  educational  interests  of  pharmacy  throughout  the  New  England  States. 
The  total  area  of  floor  space  is  six  acres,  and  exhibitors  will  be  granted  a 
number  of  privileges. 
Benjamin  Johnson  has  been  chosen  General  Manager  and  Permanent  Chair- 
man of  Advisory  Board,  and  D.  A.  0' Gorman  has  been  selected  Permanent 
Secretary.    The  Advisory  Board  is  composed  of  such  well-known  men  as  Prof. 
E.  Iv.  Patch  and  Messrs.  H.  M.  Whitney,  Wm.  F.  Sawyer,  S.  A.  D.  Sheppard, 
F.  H.  Butler,  Charles  C.  Williams,  Henry  Canning,  G.  W.  Cobb,  N.  W.  Stiles, 
J.  Allen  Rice,  W.  C.  Durkee  and  Prof.  W.  L.  Scoville.  The  office  is  at  3  Frank- 
lin Street,  Boston,  Mass. 
REVIEWS  AND  BIBLIOGRAPHICAL  NOTICES. 
The  Practice  of  Pharmacy.  By  Joseph  P.  Remington,  Ph.M.,  F.C.S.  Third 
edition,  enlarged  and  thoroughly  revised.  J.  B.  Lippincott  Company.  Phila- 
delphia, 1894. 
From  1,080  pages  in  the  first  edition  of  this  work  it  has  now  grown  to  1,448 
pages,  and  exceeds  in  size  the  earlier  editions  of  the  United  States  Dispensa- 
tory. 
It  is  evident  at  a  glance  that  an  immense  amount  of  labor  has  been  bestowed 
on  the  preparation  of  this  edition,  following  as  it  does  the  recent  issue  of  the 
Pharmacopoeia. 
Among  the  noteworthy  additions,  that  one  of  a  "  Glossary  of  Uncommon 
Names,  Terms  or  Substances,"  is  sure  to  be  appreciated.  We  note  with  satis- 
faction a  concise  and  systematic  treatment  of  the  new  synthetic  remedies  ;  too 
much  credit  cannot  be  given  to  this  feature,  for  it  at  once  furnishes  the  phar- 
macist with  desirable  information  about  the  composition,  properties  and  dose 
of  substances,  concerning  which  information  is  often  needed,  and  difficult  to 
find. 
The  metric  system  has  been  adopted  in  the  numerous  working  formulas,  but 
it  has  been  accompanied  by  the  equivalents  in  fluid  ounces,  troy  ounces, 
drachms  and  grains.  Evidently  the  author  did  not  see  his  way  clear  to  arbi- 
trarily ignore  the  old  system,  but  we  hope  the  time  is  not  far  distant  when  all 
scientific  works  will  absolutely  adopt  the  metric  system. 
Sixty  pages  of  index  complete  this  comprehensive  volume,  and  serve  to  ful- 
fil the  claim  made  for  it  that  it  is  the  handbook  of  the  pharmacist,  the  physi- 
cian and  the  student. 
