THE  AMEEICAN 
JOURNAL  OF  PHARMACY 
JANUARY,  1918 
EDITOR! 
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Greeting.Vv  O  t( 
With  the  completion  of  another  reckoninguT  Tiiiic  dnd  the  ad- 
vent of  the  New  Year,  commences  another  chapter  of  history 
With  the  initial  number  of  the  ninetieth  volume  of  the  American 
Journal  of  Pharmacy,  it  is  very  appropriate  to  acknowledge  our 
indebtedness  to  the  numerous  contributors  and  patrons  and  to  the 
host  of  readers  who  throughout  all  these  years  have  sustained  the 
Journal  as  the  exponent  of  ethical  pharmacy  and  the  recorder  of 
pharmaceutical  progress. 
It  is  a  pleasure  at  this  time  to  extend  to  the  many  friends  of  the 
Journal  a  hearty  salutation  and  greeting  of  the  season  and  the 
sincere  best  wishes  to  you  all  for  the  year  1918. 
The  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy  has  been  favored  with 
many  valuable  papers  and  its  pages  will  continue  to  be  the  forum  to 
which  new  writers  will  be  welcomed  and  the  old  contributors  in- 
vited "to  come  again." 
The  retrospect  of  yesteryear  discloses  that  it  was  filled  with 
serious  problems  confronting  the  nation  and  the  outlook  for  1918 
indicates  that  still  more  momentous  will  be  the  events  of  this  year. 
Let  us  pray  that  ere  this  new  cycle  shall  be  completed  peace  and 
happiness  may  reign  throughout  the  world. 
While  no  one  can  foretell  the  events  of  the  year  and  their  out- 
come, we  can  predict  that  new  trials  and  responsibilities  will  be 
placed  upon  pharmacists  and  these  will  call  for  the  development  of 
the  highest  ideals  of  citizenship  and  of  service  to  our  country  and 
to  our  profession. 
G.  M.  B. 
