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Book  Reviews. 
J  Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
t     August,  1914. 
for  the  coming  year  are :  Chairman,  R.  A.  Hatcher ;  vice-chairman, 
J.  Ray  Arneil ;  secretary,  M'.  I.  Wilbert ;  delegate,  John  F.  Anderson, 
and  alternate,  Ray  L.  Wilbur. 
At  the  opening  meeting  of  the  Association  on  Tuesday  morning 
Dr.  Victor  C.  Vaughan,  of  Ann  Arbor,  Mich.,  was  installed  as  presi- 
dent, and  at  the  concluding  session  of  the  House  of  Delegates  on 
Thursday  afternoon  Dr.  Wm.  L.  Rodman,  of  Philadelphia,  was 
selected  as  the  president-elect  and  San  Francisco  chosen  as  the  place 
of  meeting  for  1915. 
BOOK  REVIEWS. 
Digest  of  Comments  on  the  Pharmacopoeia  of  the  United 
States  of  America  and  on  the  National  Formulary  for  the 
Year  Ending  December  31,  1912.  By  M.  I.  Wilbert  and  M.  G. 
Motter. 
One  hardly  realizes  the  vast  amount  of  writing  done  annually  in 
reference  to  pharmacopceial  matters  until  one  peruses  the  above 
useful  compilation  and  the  several  that  preceded  it. 
We  do  not  say  that  Charles  Rice  "  builded  better  than  he  knew," 
because  he  knew  many  things,  if  all  we  have  learned  of  him  is 
true,  but  he  certainly  built  wisely  and  with  the  foresight  possessed 
by  a  great  mind  when  he  suggested  and  carried  out  the  idea  of  com- 
pilation and  classification  of  critical  references  anent  matters  pharma- 
ceutical. That  we  live  in  a  day  and  under  a  form  of  government  that 
sees  its  way  clear  to  carry  this  idea  to  fuller  fruition  augurs  well  for 
pharmacy  in  this  country.  Jofin  K.  Thum. 
Annual  Report  of  the  Investigations  Carried  Out  under 
the  Supervision  of  the  Therapeutic  Research  Committee  of 
the  Council  on  Pharmacy  and  Chemistry  of  the  American 
Medical  Association,  Volume  II,  1913. 
This  small  volume  of  11 1  pages  embodies  the  results  of  some 
practical  research  work  that  is  bound  to  have  an  influence  for  good 
on  medicine  and  pharmacy.  Both  physicians  and  pharmacists  would 
do  well  to  purchase  this  little  volume,  which  can  be  obtained  for 
a  small  sum,  for  it  will  put  them  in  possession  of  some  positive  knowl- 
edge on  the  possibilities  and  limitations  of  some  well-known  drugs. 
While  it  may  be  true,  as  is  sometimes  said,  that  medicine  is  not  an 
