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Progress  in  Pharmacy. 
( Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
\  December,  1914. 
can  claim  no  justifiable  right  of  existence,  much  less  sanction  or 
tolerance  for  sale  through  legitimate  pharmacy. — Proc.  New  York 
Pharm.  Assoc.,  1914,  p.  286. 
The  rapid  growth  of  pharmaceutical  manufacture  in  this  country 
is  commented  on  in  an  article  entitled  "  Drug  Intoxication,"  pub- 
lished in  Public  Health  Reports  (October  16,  1914,  vol.  29,  p.  2767), 
and  the  suggestion  is  made  that  the  steady  increase  in  the  death-rate 
from  so-called  degenerative  diseases  may  be  in  a  measure  accounted 
for  by  the  injuries  brought  about  by  the  promiscuous  use  or  abuse 
of  actively  poisonous  drugs. 
Bromide  Rash. — Weiss,  Ludwig,  reports  an  unusual  case  of 
bromoderma  of  the  leg  in  a  female,  aged  24,  who  had  taken  potassium 
bromide  for  a  number  of  years. — /.  Am.  M.  Assoc.,  1914,  vol.  63, 
PP-  635-639- 
Suicides  and  Newspaper  Publicity.  {Anon.) — The  probable  in- 
fluence of  newspaper  publicity  of  details  with  regard  to  the  nature 
and  kind  of  substances  used  in  connection  with  cases  of  poisoning 
is  well  shown  by  a  compilation  from  the  reports  of  the  coroner  of 
St.  Louis  for  the  years  1910  to  1914,  inclusive.  The  figures  given 
suggest  the  desirability  of  telling  the  truth  in  regard  to  the  action 
of  corrosive  poisons  and  the  need  for  refraining  from  even  an  in- 
timation that  the  use  of  any  one  poison  or  substance  may  lead  to  a 
sure  and  painless  death. — /.  Am.  M.  Assoc.,  1914,  vol.  63,  pp.  660, 
601. 
Poisons  and  Habit-forming  Drugs. — Progress  in  the  way  of  legis- 
lation to  restrict  the  sale  and  use  of  poisons  and  habit-forming  drugs 
is  reviewed  in  the  introduction  to  a  second  supplement  to  Public 
Health  Bulletin  No.  56.  This  supplement,  the  introduction  to  which 
appears  in  Public  Health  Reports  for  November  13,  1914,  includes  a 
digest  of  laws  and  regulations  relating  to  the  possession,  use,  sale, 
and  manufacture  of  poisons  and  habit-forming  drugs  enacted  dur- 
ing 1913  and  1914.  The  compilation  should  be  of  considerable  in- 
terest to  pharmacists  in  all  parts  of  the  United  States  who  may  be 
called  upon  to  endorse  or  to  oppose  prospective  legislation  along  this 
line. 
Solid  Alcohol. — The  use  of  solidified  alcohol  for  rubbing  and  for 
general  disinfection  purposes  is  meeting  with  increasing  popularity. 
The  production  of  alcohol  in  solid  form  would  appear  to  offer  a 
