Am.  Jour.  Pharm.  \ 
January,  1900.  f 
Notes  and  News. 
i 
NOTES  AND  NEWS. 
Destruction  of  the  J.  B.  Ljppincott  Company's  Establishment  by 
Fire. — In  a  very  disastrous  fire  which  occurred  in  this  city  on  November  29th, 
this  large  publishing  house  was  completely  burned  out.  Among  the  publica- 
tions issued  by  this  firm  are  the  U.  S.  Dispensatory,  Remington's  "  Practice  of 
Pharmacy,"  and  Sadtler  and  Trimble's  Chemistry,  and  also  other  well-known 
pharmaceutical  works.  The  plates  of  Remington's  Pharmacy  were  saved  with- 
out injury  and  a  new  edition  will  be  out  in  a  few  weeks.  A  few  of  the  plates 
of  the  Dispensatory  were  destroyed,  and  a  new  edition  of  this  work  will  be  out 
as  soon  as  possible,  as  also  the  Text-Book  of  Chemistry.  That  the  paper  was 
ordered  for  the  new  editions  of  these  works  while  the  fire  was  still  burning, 
shows  the  promptness  and  energy  with  which  this  loss  will  be  repaired. 
Notwithstanding  the  great  loss  whi^h  the  J.  B.  Lippincott  Company  sustained 
in  the  destruction  by  fire  of  their  entire  plant,  except  perhaps  the  plates,  the 
energy  which  they  have  shown  is  remarkable.  They  at  once  secured  the  build- 
ing 624  Chestnut  Street,  Philadelphia,  where  they  have  furnished  handsome 
offices,  their  entire  clerical  force  being  actively  at  work.  Arrangements  are 
also  being  made  for  a  new  manufacturing  building,  to  be  occupied  during  the 
reconstruction,  on  a  thoroughly  modern  scale,  of  the  premises  they  formerly 
occupied.  New  supplies  of  the  latest  types  are  being  purchased,  and  the 
standard  of  taste  and  excellence  for  which  the  Dippincott  books  have  been 
famous  will  be  maintained  and  developed.  Early  in  the  coming  year  they  hope 
to  have  ready  a  full  stock  of  their  important  books,  and  they  are  always  open 
for  the  consideration  of  manuscript. 
Awards  of  the  National  Export  Exposition. — The  medals  and  diplomas 
awarded  by  the  judges  of  the  Exposition  have  been  announced,  and  among 
those  recognized  were  the  following  well-known  drug,  food  and  chemical  manu- 
facturing and  importing  houses  :  Mellor  &  Rittenhouse,  licorice  and  its  prepa- 
rations ;  Rosengarten  &  Sous,  chemicals ;  Smith,  Kline  &  French  Company,, 
chemicals,  pharmaceuticals  and  food  products  ;  Wm.  R.  Warner  &  Co.,  phar- 
maceutical preparations;  John  Wyeth  &  Bro.,  pharmaceutical  preparations; 
Barrett  Manufacturing  Co.,  chemicals  ;  Wm.  B.  Burk  &  Son,  sponges  ;  A.  Col- 
born  &  Co.,  food  products  ;  H.  K.  Mulford  &  Co.,  pharmaceutical  preparations  ; 
Pennsylvania  Salt  Manufacturing  Company,  chemicals,  all  of  Philadelphia  ; 
Keasbey  &  Mattison  Company,  Ambler,  Pa.,  chemical  and  pharmaceutical  pro- 
ducts ;  Horlicks  Food  Company,  Racine,  Wis.,  food  products ;  Seabury  & 
Johnson,  New  York,  medicinal  and  surgical  specialties  ;  and  the  Welch  Grape 
Juice  Company,  Westfiejd,  N.  Y.,  grape  juice. 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association. — The  following  announcement 
is  made  at  the  request  of  Charles  Caspari,  Jr.,  General  Secretary  of  the  Asso- 
ciation : 
At  the  fort}- -seventh  annual  meeting  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical 
Association,  held  at  Put-in-Ba}T,  O.,  September  4-12,  1899,  the  Council  resolved 
that  no  advertisements  be  solicited  or  accepted  for  any  of  the  publications  or 
programs  issued  by  or  in  the  name  of  the  Association  and  the  General  Secretary 
was  instructed  to  inform  annually  the  Local  Secretary  and  the  Pharmaceutical 
Press  of  this  resolution. 
