Am  Jour.  Pharm.  \ 
December,  1894.  J 
Edit  or  ia  I — Reviews. 
597 
EDITORIAL. 
AMERICAN  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION. 
The  Section  on  Scientific  Papers,  through  its  chairman,  has  issued  a  circular 
letter  in  reference  to  the  Observation  Sheet  proposed  by  President  E.  L. 
Patch,  at  the  Asheville  meeting. 
The  purpose  of  this  sheet  is  to  assist  pharmacists  in  collecting  and  tabulating 
a  series  of  data  upon  incompatibilities,  difficult  problems  and  experiences  of  all 
kinds  in  compounding  and  dispensing  drugs,  and  how  they  were  solved  ;  upon 
the  relative  salability  and  therapeutic  value  of  the  various  new  remedies  ;  upon 
the  condition  of  the  various  products  purchased  by  the  pharmacist,  his  expe- 
rience with  the  formulas  of  the  Pharmacopoeia,  National  Formulary,  etc.,  as 
well  as  errors  or  difficulties  of  any  kind  found  in  the  Pharmacopoeia,  Dispen- 
satories, or  elsewhere. 
The  sheet  is  printed  on  four  pages,  with  space  to  write  down  answers  under 
the  following  : 
The  Prescription. 
The  Store. 
The  Laboratory. — A.  Unsatisfactory  products. 
The  Laboratory. — B.  Errors  in  formulas. 
There  is  something  new  and  practical  in  offering  pharmacists  this  method  of 
recording  their  experiences,  and  we  hope  to  hear  a  valuable  report  on  the  sub- 
ject at  the  next  meeting  of  the  Association.  Copies  of  the  Observation  Sheet 
may  be  obtained  by  addressing  Dr.  A.  R.  L,.  Dohme,  Chairman  of  the  Section, 
303  West  Pratt  Street,  Baltimore,  Md. 
Professor  Dr.  G.  Dragendorff  will  sever  his  connection  with  the  University  of 
Dorpat,  Russia,  in  December,  and  will,  for  a  time  at  least,  reside  in  Rostock, 
Mecklenburg,  Germany. 
The  Oklahoma  Pharmaceutical  Association  met  in  El  Reno,  Okla.,  October  c, 
1894.  W.  S.  May  field,  of  Norman,  Okla.,  was  chosen  President,  and  Edwin 
De  Barr,  Secretary.  The  next  meeting  will  be  held  in  Perry,  Okla.,  in  July  or 
August,  1895. 
It  may  be  of  interest  to  readers  of  the  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy 
to  learn  that  the  number  of  students  in  attendance  at  the  Philadelphia  College  of 
Pharmacy  is  something  over  750.  Over  40  per  cent,  of  these  come  from  outside 
the  State  of  Pennsylvania. 
REVIEWS  AND  BIBLIOGRAPHICAL  NOTICES. 
Practical  Ur  analysis  and  Urinary  Diagnosis.  By  Charles  W.  Purdy,  M.D. 
The  F.  A.  Davis  Company,  Philadelphia.    1894.    Pp.  357. 
If  the  author  had  possessed  a  more  exact  knowledge  of  the  science  of  chem- 
istry, he  might  have  written  a  book  that  would  have  been  a  necessity  to  every 
one  studying  this  subject  practically.  We  do  not  like  his  loose  chemical 
nomenclature,  as  illustrated  by  calling  stronger  ammonia  water  "strong  ammo- 
