Am.  Jour.  Pharm.  "I 
February,  19 18.  J 
Correspondence. 
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Pharmacy;  F.  X.  Moerk,  professor  of  analytical  chemistry,  Phila- 
delphia College  of  Pharmacy ;  Dr.  F.  E.  Stewart  and  Dr.  P.  S. 
Stout,  were  among  those  who  feelingly  expressed  the  loss  to  phar- 
macy and  their  personal  appreciation  of  the  services  of  this  great 
teacher  of  pharmists. 
Before  adjournment  a  number  of  telegrams  from  prominent 
pharmacists  throughout  the  United  States  and  Canada  were  read. 
C.  A.  Weidemann,  M.D., 
Recording  Secretary. 
CORRESPONDENCE. 
Treasury  Department, 
United  States  Public  Health  Service, 
Office  of  Hygienic  Laboratory. 
Washington. 
January  n,  1918. 
The  Editor,  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy, 
Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Dear  Sir:  Of  late,  the  hygienic  laboratory  has  received  a  num- 
ber of  inquiries,  the  purpose  of  which  was  to  determine  whether 
or  not  work  on  the  compilation  of  "Digest  of  Comments  on  the 
United  States  Pharmacopoeia  and  National  Formulary"  was  being 
continued.  In  order  that  all  of  those  who  are  interested  may  be 
correctly  informed  in  regard  to  this  matter,  the  accompanying  notice 
has  been  drawn  up.  The  publication  of  the  same  in  your  journal 
at  an  early  date  would  be  appreciated. 
Thanking  you  in  advance  for  the  courtesy,  I  am 
Sincerely  yours, 
G.  W.  McCoy, 
Director. 
Compilation  of  Digest  of  Comments  on  the  U.  S.  P.  and 
N.  F.  Continued. 
The  work  of  compiling  the  series  of  hygienic  laboratory  bulletins 
entitled  "  Digest  of  Comments  on  the  Pharmacopoeia  of  the  United 
States  of  America  and  on  the  National  Formulary,"  which  was 
interrupted  by  the  illness  and  death  of  technical  assistant,  Martin 
I.  Wilbert,  has  been  resumed  by  A.  G.  DuMez,  who  was  appointed 
