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of  preparation  which  destroy  essential  compounds.  The  fear  that 
disturbances  of  nutrition  from  such  causes  threaten  the  American 
people  as  a  whole  may  be  dismissed,  but  it  is  interesting  to  have  a 
new  insight  into  a  matter  which  under  certain  conditions  becomes 
of  pressing  importance. 
PHARMACEUTICAL  MEETING. 
At  the  third  Pharmaceutical  Meeting  held  February  20th,  Mr. 
A.  K.  Lobeck  spoke  on  "  A  Roughing  Trip  Across  the  Continent," 
showing  about  150  colored  slides.  While  the  subject  may  have 
seemed  remotely  connected  with  pharmacy,  yet,  as  Mr.  Poley  very 
well  brought  out  in  his  remarks  afterward,  anything  which  will 
attract  the  pharmacist's  attention  to  out-of-door  life  will  be  a  benefit 
to  him  and  tend  to  draw  him  away  from  his  confined  state  of 
existence. 
Mr.  Lobeck  attempted  throughout  the  story  of  the  trip  to  inter- 
pret the  natural  scenery  of  the  country.  The  origin  of  Niagara 
Falls,  the  fact  that  they  are  receding  at  the  rate  of  5  feet  per  year, 
the  geological  reason  for  the  forms  observed  in  the  Garden  of  the 
Gods,  and  the  explanation  of  the  scenery  around  Horse  Shoe 
Curve  were  some  of  the  things  dwelt  upon.  A  summary  of  the 
trip  was  given  showing  in  detail  the  distribution  of  the  expenses  and 
giving  the  average  of  expenses  for  each  day.  Exclusive  of  railroad 
fares  it  was  shown  that  the  average  cost  per  day  was  88  cents,  this 
low  average  being  accounted  for  by  the  fact  that  during  the  trip 
of  63  days,  27  days  were  spent  camping  or  on  ranches,  either  work- 
ing or  under  more  hospitable  circumstances. 
What  is  Sleep?  In  an  article  on  "  Sleep  "  Dr.  Boris  Sidis  says : 
"  Sleep  is  not  a  disease,  not  a  pathological  process  due  to  the  accu- 
mulation of  toxic  products  in  the  brain  or  in  the  system  generally. 
Sleep  is  not  an  abnormal  condition,  it  is  a  normal  state.  Like  the 
waking  states,  sleep  states  are  part  and  parcel  of  the  life-existence 
of  the  individual.  Waking  and  sleeping  are  intimately  related — they 
are  two  different  manifestations  of  one  and  the  same  life-process — 
one  is  as  normal  and  healthy  as  the  other." 
