44  Reviews  and  Bibliographical  Notices.  {k*jm™'mt**' 
Whereas.  The  College  of  Pharmacy  has  thought  fit  to  publish  said  preamble 
and  resolutions  before  sending  to  this  Association  an  officially  certified  copy 
thereof,  or  waiting  for  a  meeting  of  this  Society  to  consider  and  reply  to  those 
resolutions,  or  to  explain  their  action  ;  therefore 
Resolved,  By  the  Medical  and  Surgical  Society  of  Baltimore,  that  this  action 
of  the  Maryland  College  of  Pharmacy  is  unjust,  ungenerous  and  undignified, 
evinces  an  unfriendly  spirit  towards  this  Society  and  the  Medical  profession 
at  large,  an  eagerness  to  avail  themselves  of  a  trivial  and  technical  excuse  to 
evade  the  charges  made  against  them,  and  furnishes  additional  evidence  of  the 
truth  of  those  charges. 
Resolved,  That  the  assumption  contained  in  those  resolutions,  that  this  So- 
ciety withdraws  its  charges  against  the  pharmaceutists  by  discharging  its  Com- 
mittee from  their  further  consideration,  is  not  warranted  by  that  circumstance, 
and  is  untrue  in  fact.  On  the  contrary,  we  repeat  and  urge  them,  singly  and 
collectively,  and  maintain  that  the  pharmaceutists  are  daily  furnishing  addi- 
tional evidence  of  their  truth. 
Resolved,  That  the  Secretary  be  ordered  to  send  a  copy  of  these  resolutions, 
properly  authenticated,  to  the  Faculty  of  the  Maryland  College  of  Pharmacy, 
and  also  to  the  Philadelphia  "  Journal  of  Pharmacy,"  with  the  request  that 
they  be  published. 
R.  W.  Mansfield,  M.  D.,  Cor.  Secretary. 
Thomas  B.  Evans,  M.  D.,  President. 
In  complying  with  the  request  of  the  Medical  and  Surgical  Soicety  of  Bal- 
timore, to  publish  the  foregoing  preamble  and  resolutions,  we  desire  to  express 
our  regret  at  their  unfriendly  spirit.  Irregularities  and  abuses  can  only  be  cor- 
rected by  harmonious  action.  The  Medical  and  Surgical  Society  offers  in  the 
above  no  explanation  why  the  subcommittee  of  the  physicians  did  not  meet  the 
subcommittee  of  the  pharmacists,  or  why  their  Committee  was  discharged  ; 
but  simply  reiterates  charges,  which  are  admitted  to  apply  to  some.  The  ac- 
tion of  the  conference  at  the  first  meeting  appeared  to  be  so  friendly  and  har- 
monious, that  we  sincerely  trust  the  honorable  members  of  both  professions  in 
the  Monumental  City  will  again  endeavor  to  remedy  all  complaints  by  friendly 
and  patient  counsel. 
REVIEWS  AND  BIBLIOGRAPHICAL  NOTICES. 
Deutsche  Miniatur-Pharmakopde.  Ein  praktisch.es  Handund  Hilfsbuch  fur 
Aertze  und  Apotheker,  von  Dr.  Max  Biechele,  Apotheker.  Eichstatt  und 
Stuttgart.  Krull'sche  Buchhandlung,  1873.  16o.  406  pages.  Price  in 
paper,  1  thaler. 
This  is  the  German  pharmacopoeia  translated  into  the  German  language,  and 
arranged  in  such  a  manner  that  the  formulas  are  given  in  definite  weights  in- 
stead of  in  parts,  with  space  sufficient  to  insert  other  larger  or  smaller  weights 
as  maybe  necessary  or  convenient.  It  contains  also  directions  for  preparing 
many  chemicals,  formulas  for  which  have  not  been  admitted  into  the  pharma- 
copoeia, and  which  nevertheless  may  be  advantageously  prepared  by  the  phar- 
macist. In  each  case  the  yield  is  likewise  given  ;  also  directions  for  detecting 
the  impurities  which  may  possibly  contaminate  the  preparations.  The  little 
volume  appears  to  be  a  handy  and  practical  laboratory  companion, 
Anleitung  zur  Erkennung  und  genauen  Prufung  aller  in  der  deutschen  Phar- 
macopoe  aufgenommenen  Stoffe.  Yon  Dr.  Max  Biechele,  Apotheker.  2 
Auflage.    Eichstatt,  1873.    Krull'sche  Buchhandlung.    16  mo.  pp.  237. 
