Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
March,  1S00. 
Notes  and  News. 
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NOTES  AND  NEWS. 
The  Ninth  Interna tional  Pharmaceutical  Congress  will  be  held  in 
Paris  from  August  2  to  8,  1900,  at  the  Ecole  superieure  de  Pharmacie  de 
l'Universite  de  Paris,  Avenue  de  l'Observatoire,  4.  The  President  of  the  Com- 
mittee 011  Organization  is  G.  Planchon,  Avenue  de  l'Observatoire,  4,  Paris  ; 
the  Secretary,  G.  Crenvin,  Rue  Turenne,  45,  Paris.  The  membership  fees  are, 
for  membre  effectif,  2of.  and  for  membre  donateur,  ioof.  The  Congress  will 
comprise  four  sections  :  (1)  general  pharmacy  and  pharmaceutical  chemistry  ; 
(2)  materia  medica  and  pharmacognosy  ;  (3)  biological  chemistry,  bacteriology 
and  hygiene  ;  (4)  professional  interests.  The  various  pharmaceutical  societies 
are  doing  their  utmost  to  make  this  a  memorable  meeting,  and,  in  addition  to 
the  Exposition,  there  will  be  a  most  pleasing  event  in  the  unveiling  of  the 
monument  to  Pelletier  and  Caventou. 
The  First  International  Congress  on  Medical  Ethics  is  to  open 
on  July  23d,  at  Paris,  and  is  under  the  patronage  of  the  French  Government. 
It  is  to  be  essentially  a  congress  of  practitioners,  and  appeals  especially  to 
national,  state  and  county  medical  associations.  It  concerns  all  who  are  in- 
terested in  the  economic  and  ethical  details  of  the  profession.  For  further 
information,  see  Jour,  of  Med.  and  Sci.,  1899,  p.  33. 
The  International  Congress  on  Medical  Electrology  and  Radi- 
ology will  hold  a  meeting  in  Paris  this  year,  from  July  27th  to  August  1st. 
For  information  address  Prof.  E.  Doumer,  General  Secretary,  57  Rue  Nicolas- 
Leblanc,  Lille. 
Practical  Pharmacy  and  Dispensing. — Since  the  foundation  of  the 
scientific  section  of  the  A.  Ph.  A.  in  1887,  there  has  been  a  decided  scientific 
tendency  in  the  work  of  this  section,  more  attention  being  given  to  the  eluci- 
dation of  problems  requiring  for  their  solution  expert  botanists  or  chemists, 
rather  than  retail  pharmacists.  Very  naturally  there  would  be  a  feeling  in 
the  Association  that  the  retail  pharmacist  is  not  so  active  as  he  once  was,  and 
that  there  is  a  need  for  a  committee  having  for  its  care  the  accumulation  of  all 
data  of  a  practical  nature.  The  language  of  the  Committee  on  Practical  Phar- 
macy and  Dispensing  of  the  A.  Ph.  A.  leaves  no  doubt  as  to  what  they  want 
and  from  whom  they  want  this  information.    They  say  : 
"Everywhere,  to-day,  there  seems  to  be  keen  relish  for  common  sense, 
practical  matter,  and  this  is  what  this  Committee  wants  from  you,  Mr.  Pharma- 
cist— something  you  know  to  be  good;  something  you  have  tried  ;  something 
you  have  proven.  No  matter  how  plain  or  commonplace,  if  it  is  of  a  positive 
quality,  we  want  it.  Again,  we  want  what  you  do  not  know,  what  you  would 
like  to  know,  and  what  you  can't  find  out.  If  it  pertains  to  your  business, 
and  would  be  helpful,  we  want  it.  We  want,  practically,  everything  pharma- 
ceutical ;  what  you  have,  and  what  you  want. 
"The  Committee  requests  you  to  keep  diaries  of  your  professional  work. 
Write  up  one  or  two  busy  days,  noting  each  movement  of  interest ;  tell  what 
you  did,  and  how  you  did  it. 
"Queries  are  also  very  desirable  ;  we  will  try  to  answer  them.  While  we 
prefer  that  prospective  writers  of  papers  should  select  their  own  subjects,  the 
Committee  will  offer  these  if  requested  to  do  so." 
