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Notes  and  News. 
/Am.  Jour.  Pbarm. 
I  September,  1900. 
ceutical  Association,  in  convenient  form,  and  giving  medicinal  properties,  uses 
and  adult  doses  of  all  the  preparations.  The  chief  aim  of  the  National  Formu- 
lary, now  in  its  fourteenth  year,  is  to  insure  uniformity  of  strength,  appear- 
ance and  taste  in  numerous  preparations  frequently  designated  by  physicians 
to  be  of  special  manufacture,  whereby  the  pharmacist  is  subjected  to  great 
inconvenience  and  expense. 
The  better  known  the  preparations  of  the  National  Formulary  become  to 
physicians,  the  more  likely  are  they  to  be  designated,  and  pharmacists  every- 
where must  realize  the  great  advantages  that  would  accrue  to  them  if  this  could 
be  achieved.  It  is,  therefore,  urged  that  pharmacists  will  find  it  to  their  inter- 
est to  supply  physicians  with  copies  of  the  epitome,  a  convenient  booklet  of 
about  ninety-six  pages  for  pocket  carriage  and  in  semi-flexible  linen  cover. 
The  epitome  of  the  National  Formulary  can  be  had  in  lots  to  suit  at  the  fol- 
lowing prices  :  Less  than  25  copies,  15  cents  apiece  ;  25  to  100  copies,  10  cents 
apiece. 
If  more  than  100  copies  are  ordered,  a  discount  of  5  per  cent,  will  be  allowed 
on  each  additional  100  up  to  500  ;  on  orders  for  more  than  500  copies,  a  discount 
of  10  per  cent,  will  be  allowed  on  each  additional  100;  on  orders  for  1,000 
copies  or  more  a  discount  of  10  per  cent,  will  be  allowed  on  the  whole 
amount. 
If  desired,  an  imprint  can  be  put  on  outside  of  front  cover,  at  an  additional 
cost  of  $2.50  per  1,000  copies  or  any  less  number.  All  orders  should  be  ad- 
dressed to  Chas.  Caspari,  Jr.,  General  Secretary  of  the  American  Pharma- 
ceutical Association,  Baltimore,  Md. 
A  Complete  Branch  House  of  Merck  &  Co.  has  been  established  in 
Chicago  at  227  Randolph  Street,  and  they  request  that  all  correspondence 
and  business  not  purely  financial  or  scientific  be  addressed  to  them  there  from 
points  more  convenient  to  Chicago  than  to  New  York. 
Artificial  Air.— It  is  stated  (New  York  Herald)  that  Desgrez  and  Balthaz- 
ard  have  constructed  a  diver's  helmet  of  aluminum,  in  which  there  is  a  lining 
of  sodium  dioxide.  The  properties  of  this  chemical  will  keep  the  air  so  satu- 
rated with  oxygen,  and  at  the  same  time  will  absorb  so  much  of  the  carbon 
dioxide,  that  the  danger  point  heretofore  existing  will  be  removed  and  enable 
the  wearer  of  the  helmet  to  move  and  work  for  hours  in  otherwise  unbearable 
surroundings. 
The  importance  of  the  discovery  can  hardly  be  overestimated,  as  there  are 
many  conditions  under  which  men  labor,  as  in  caissons,  coal  mines,  submarine 
boats,  factories,  etc.,  where  the  air  conditions  are  very  bad,  and  anything  to 
restore  the  qualities  of  the  air  will  be  indeed  valuable. 
Henry  V.  Arny  has  returned  to  Cleveland,  and  will  continue  his  work  as 
Professor  of  Pharmacy  and  Director  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Laboratory  of  the 
Cleveland  School  of  Pharmacy. 
Vermont  Pharmaceutical  Association.— The  next  annual  meeting  of 
this  Association  will  occur  at  Rutland,  Wednesday  and  Thursday,  September 
26th  and  27th. 
