ir2  News  Items  and  Personal  Notices,  f  AS?-Jour-  Phar™- 
1JZ'  <-    February,  1918. 
For  destroying  headlice  on  men  and  boys,  the  hair  is  clipped,  placed 
on  newspapers  and  burned.  In  the  case  of  women  and  girls  the 
hair  was  treated  with  an  equal  mixture  of  kerosene  and  vinegar 
for  half  an  hour,  afterwards  given  a  washing  with  warm  water 
and  soap. 
In  the  fumigation  of  vessels  and  the  destruction  of  rats,  cyanide 
gas  was  far  more  efficient  than  sulphur  dioxide.  By  compliance 
with  the  regulations  established  for  cyanide  fumigation  900  vessels 
have  been  so  treated  without  an  accident. 
A  large  part  of  the  book  is  taken  up  with  reports  from  the 
quarantine  stations  maintained  by  the  United  States  which  prevent 
the  entrance  into  our  country  of  various  diseases,  many  of  them  of 
a  malignant  character,  thus  safeguarding  the  health  of  every  citizen. 
Under  the  head  of  Domestic  (Interstate)  Quarantine  an  inter- 
esting account  is  given  of  the  assistance  given  by  the  Public  Health 
Service  in  the  effort  to  control  poliomyelitis  (infantile  paralysis) 
in  different  parts  of  the  eastern  United  States. 
C.  B.  Lowe,  M.D. 
NEWS  ITEMS  AND  PERSONAL  NOTICES. 
The  College  Service  Flag. — A  service  flag  displayed  at  the  Phila- 
delphia College  of  Pharmacy  shows  that  one  hundred  and  fifty-three 
of  the  graduates  of  this  college  are  already  enlisted  in  the  military 
service  of  the  United  States. 
Professor  Remington's  Scientific  Library. — This  entire  branch 
of  his  extensive  private  library  was  bequeathed  to  his  two  associates 
in  the  department  of  pharmacy  at  the  college,  Professors  Charles 
H.  Lawall  and  E.  Fullerton  Cook,  to  be  divided  equally  between 
them.  This  contains  many  volumes  of  historic  value  as  well  as  of 
scientific  interest.  For  the  present,  this  will  be  preserved  intact 
in  the  pharmacy  department  as  a  reference  library  for  the  students 
engaged  therein  and  will  be  catalogued  by  the  librarian  of  the  col- 
lege as  an  adjunct  library  of  the  college. 
The  Lily  Scientific  Bulletin. — Number  8  of  the  first  series  of 
these  contributions,  published  by  Eli  Lily  &  Company  of  Indian- 
apolis, has  just  been  received.    The  papers  contained  present  sev- 
