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Notes  arid  News. 
j  Am.  J  our.  Pharm. 
\      August,  1900. 
Libraries  for  Employees. — One  of  the  most  commendable  features  of  the 
movement  looking  to  the  benefit  of  employees  is  that  inaugurated  by  a  number 
of  large  firms  in  encouraging  and  providing-  means  for  the  education  of  their 
employees.  It  is  of  interest  to  note  in  this  connection  that  the  employees  of 
Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  at  Detroit,  have  an  organization  known  as  the  "  Labora- 
tory Reading  Association,"  which  manages  its  own  affairs,  an  apartment  having 
been  reserved  for  the  use  of  the  Association  by  the  firm. 
Georgia  State  Board  of  Pharmacy. — On  the  17th  of  July  the  Governor 
appointed  C.  D.  Jordan,  of  Monticello,  and  J.  G.  Dodson,  of  Americus,  to  fill 
the  vacancies  on  the  Board  of  Pharmacy  occasioned  by  the  retirement  of  John 
P.  Turner  and  the  resignation  of  Harry  Sharp,  respectively. 
For  The  Vomiting  of  Pregnancy. — Dr.  Dudley  {American  Journal  of 
Obstetrics,  February  ;  Northwestern  Lancet,  June  15th)  speaks  very  highly  of 
capsules  containing  cocaine,  half  a  grain  ;  camphor  monobromide,  3  grains, 
the  latter  drug  being  added  to  offset  the  bad  effects  of  cocaine.  —  N.  Y.  Med. 
Jour.,  1900,  p.  17. 
A  New  Drastic  Cathartic. — 'larpiKrj  npoodos  for  April  ascribes  the  follow- 
ing to  Bonatti : 
R    Senna  leaves   180  grains. 
M. — This  preparation  exercises  drastic  results  where  even  jalap  and  croton 
oil  have  failed.—  N.  Y.  Med.  Jour.,  1900,  p.  113. 
The  Secretary  of  the  Michigan  Board  of  Pharmacy  is  issuing  to  the 
druggists  of  the  State  a  circular  of  inquiry  as  to  the  advisability  of  requiring 
applicants  for  State  examinations  in  pharmacy  to  be  graduates,  such  legal  pro- 
vision not  to  go  into  effect  until  two  years  after  its  enactment  and  publication. 
St.  Louis  ColxEGE  of  Pharmacy. — At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  St. 
Louis  College  of  Pharmacy  the  following  officers  were  elected  for  the  ensuing 
year  :  President,  Hy.  T.  Rohlfing  ;  Vice-President,  Theo.  F.  Hageman  ;  Treas- 
urer, Sol.  Boehm  ;  Recording  Secretary,  Wm.  C.  Bolen  ;  Corresponding  Sec- 
retary, J.  C.  Falk.  Trustees  to  serve  two  years  :  E.  P.  Walsh,  Thos.  Layton 
and  H.  F.  A.  Spilker.  ustees  holding  over  are  :  Charles  Gietner,  H.  W. 
SchefFer  and  Louis  Schurk.  Charles  Gietner  was  elected  Chairman  of  the 
Board  of  Trustees. 
The  Limits  of  the  Specialist.— John  B.  Deaver,  of  Philadelphia,  in  an 
article  on  the  "  Limitation  of  Operative  Gynecology,"  in  the  Am.  Med.  Quar- 
terly, 1900,  p.  333,  says  of  the  specialist:  "A  fact  that  we  well  know  is  the 
tendency  of  all  specialism  to  confine  itself  to  its  own  narrow  limit  and  to  lose 
sight  of  the  larger  field  and  the  possibilities  of  intercurrent  and  interdependent 
affections  of  the  human  organism.  In  other  words,  the  specialist  is  apt  to  lose 
sight  of  generalities  and  substitute  therefor  his  own  narrow  range  of  vision." 
Infuse  in  boiling  water 
4,500 
Add  : 
Chlorine  water 
Simple  syrup  . 
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