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Current  Literature. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
May,  1914. 
accumulated  in  the  last  few  years  on  proprietary  remedies  and 
nostrums. 
Previous  to  the  last  decade  investigative  work  of  this  sort  in 
reference  to  remedies  of  this  kind  was  hardly  thought  of,  although 
there  may  have  been  dreamers  who  had  hopes  and  visions  of  what 
the  future  might  bring  forth.  We  do  not  use  the  word  "  dreamers  " 
in  any  offensive  sense.  Dreamers  with  initiative  and  honesty  of 
purpose  are  the  compelling  force  in  this  world,  and  it  is  gratifying 
to  know  that  there  are  men  of  this  type  in  medicine  and  pharmacy 
who  are  willing  to  work  disinterestedly  for  the  body  politic. 
Pharmacists  who  desire  to  add  to  their  efficiency  and  usefulness 
would  do  well  to  add  these  reports,  which  have  been  appearing  for 
several  years,  to  their  libary. 
John  K.  Thum. 
New  and  Nonofficial  Remedies,  1914:  Containing  Descrip- 
tions of  the  articles  which  have  been  Accepted  by  the  Council  on 
Pharmacy  and  Chemistry  of  the  American  Medical  Association 
Prior  to  January  1,  1914. 
This  work  epitomizes  one  phase  of  the  revolution  that  has  taken 
place  in  medicine  the  last  decade.  It  typifies  the  passing  from  dark- 
ness into  the  light  of  reason  of  things  pharmacological,  or  rather  the 
exploitation  of  modern  materia  medica.  Indeed,  it  fills  a  long-felt 
want  in  both  the  profession  of  medicine  and  pharmacy.  When  one 
stops  to  consider  the  inaccessibility  of  information  relating  to  un- 
official remedies  previous  to  its  publication  it  hardly  seems  possible 
that  we  ever  got  along  without  it. 
Essential  information  relating  to  biological  remedies  such  as 
serums,  vaccines,  and  tuberculin  preparations  is  given  in  a  manner 
convenient  to  the  seeker  after  such  knowledge. 
John  K.  Thum. 
CURRENT  LITERATURE. 
Uniformity  in  Drug  Standards. — In  a  contribution  to  the 
Journal  of  the  Kansas  State  Medical  Society,  entitled  "A  Plea  for 
Uniformity  in  Drug  Standards  and  for  Uniform  Requirements  in 
Dispensing,"  L.  E.  Sayre  makes  some  interesting  observations. 
"If  what  is  prohibited  within  a  state  is  permitted  beyond  its  borders, 
