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movements  of  the  present  time  show  that  a  kindlier  and  more 
benevolent  spirit  is  growing  in  the  world,  and  these  should  receive 
our  most  earnest  support  in  all  instances  when  they  do  not  inter- 
fere with  what  may  be  considered  the  real  progress  of  the  race ; 
and  while  we  heartily  approve  of  such  measures  as  look  to  the 
amelioration  of  the  sufferings  and  cruelties  which  those  below  us 
in  the  scale  of  existence  are  ofttimes  forced  to  undergo,  still  we 
cannot  overlook  the  vast  benefit  which  has  been  rendered  humanity 
by  the  large  number  of  experiments  upon  the  lower  animals  in 
some  form  er  another.  It  would  seem  that  humanitarian  and  scientific 
movements  should  co-ordinate  one  another,  particularly  when  we 
consider  that  the  large  body  of  experimental  physiologists  and 
pathologists  are  working  with  the  object  of  lessening  the  ravages 
of  disease. 
REVIEWS  AND  BIBLIOGRAPHICAL  NOTICES. 
Proceedings  of  the  New  Hampshire  Pharmaceutical  Association 
at  the  Twenty-fifth  Annual  Meeting,  held  at  Isles  of  Shoals,  Septem- 
ber 6-7,  1898. 
The  proceedings  also  contain  the  report  of  the  Commissioners  of  Phar- 
macy. 
Charles  A.  Tufts  presented  a  paper  on  "Adulterations,"  in  which  he  enumer- 
ated the  chief  adulterants  in  foods  and  drugs. 
Proceedings  of  the  Texas  State  Pharmaceutical  Association,  held 
at  Waco,  Tex.,  May  16-18,  1899. 
-  The  following  is  the  list  of  the  titles  of  the  papers  presented  :  "  What  Legis- 
lation can  be  Proposed  to  Check  the  Exorbitant  Charges  Made  in  this  Country 
by  Foreign  Manufacturers  on  the  So-called  Patent  Chemicals  as  Compared 
with  Prices  Asked  in  other  Countries,"  by  Mr.  Pfeiffer  ;  "  What  Should  be  the 
Relation  of  Druggists  with  One  Another  in  Handling  Prescriptions  Composed 
in  Whole  or  in  Part  of  Private  Formulae  of  their  O  wn  or  of  Physicians  ?' '  by  John 
Pfeiffer  ;  "  Is  there  Any  Difference  in  Strength  or  Therapeutic  Value  Between 
a  Tincture  Made  by  the  Regular  Method  and  One  from  Fluid  Extract  ?"  by 
several  authors. 
Proceedings  of  the  Maine  Pharmaceutical  Association.  Thirty- 
second  Annual  Meeting,  held  at  Portland,  July  6-7,  1899. 
A  number  of  papers  were  presented:  "The  Pressing  Present  Need,"  by 
W.  F.  Jackman  ;  "  What  Standard  of  Knowledge  of  the  Pharmacopoeia  Should 
be  held  Necessary  for  Registration  in  Pharmacy  ?"  by  Ernest  Jordan;  "Abstract 
of  Special  Investigations  in  the  Laboratory  of  the  Department  of  Pharmacy, 
University  of  Maine,  1899  ;"  "Notes  on  Some  of  the  Questions  Proposed  to 
Competitors  for  Prizes  in  1899,"  by  H.  T.  Cummings  ;  "The  Relation  of  the 
Physician  to  His  Co-worker,"  by  T.  J.  Stevens  ;  "  The  Cultivation  and  Collec- 
tion of  Opium,"  by  E.  T.  Bowers  ;  "  Some  Thoughts  on  Beginning  the  Study 
of  Pharmacy." 
