Am.  Jook.  Pharm.  1 
Sept.  1, 1874.  J' 
Editorial. 
441 
a  paper  by  JM.  Nativelle.  A  note  on  the  falsification  of  dragon's  bloo<f  was 
communicated  by  M.  Bretet ;  investigation  son  the  density  of  cholesterin,  by  M. 
Menu  ;  a  process  for  the  preparation  of  cinchona  wine,  and  the  estimation  of  the 
alkaloids  contained  in  it,  by  Ferd.  Yigier. 
M.  Boudet  read  his  report,  which  is  intended  as  the  preface  of  the  Interna- 
tional Pharmacopoeia,  which  was  freely  discussed,  after  which  the  Society 
•elected  M.  JVlehu  as  delegate  to  the  International  Pharmaceutical  Congress 
at  St.  Petersburg. 
(fbttorial  Department 
The  Next  Meeting  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  to 
judge  from  the  accounts  received  by  us  from  different  sections  of  the  country, 
will  not  fall  behind  the  preceding  ones,  either  in  point  of  numbers  or  in  the 
interest  attached  to  it  through  the  reading  of  papers,  the  discussions  and  the 
exhibition  of  pharmaceutical  objects.  The  meetings  held  during  the  last  few 
years  have  abundantly  proven,  that  it  is  not  absolutely  necessary  that  business 
objects  should  call  the  members  into  those  sections  of  the  country  in  which  the 
meetings  are  being  held  ;  a  fair  atttendance  may  usually  be  expected  from 
those  having  the  good  of  the  profession  at  heart,  and  the  meetings  occurring 
at  a  time,  when  the  majority  of  members  are  not  confined  to  their  homes  by 
the  pressure  of  business,  the  certainty  of  meeting  many  friends  and  acquaintances 
of  former  years,  who  are  actuated  by  similar  motives,  will  always  surround 
these  annual  gatherings  with  attractions  and  enjoyments  which  are  not  easily, 
if  at  all,  met  with  at  places  of  recreation,  where  the  business  man,  after  a 
reason  of  toil,  seeks  a  short  period  of  quiet  and  the  restoration  of  mental  and 
bodily  vigor.  During  the  last  few  years,  death  has  forevever  sealed  the  lips  of 
several  prominent  members,  who  rarely  missed  the  opportunity  of  meeting 
their  brother  pharmacists  in  friendly  counsel,  and  as  time  rolls  on,  others  will 
follow  them  to  their  last  resting  places.  But  it  is  to  be  expected  that  their 
places  will  be  filled  by  others  equally  animated  by  the  desire  of  assisting  in  the 
progress  of  the  profession  of  their  choice. 
The  arrangements  made  for  the  next  meeting  have  been  noticed  in  detail  on 
page  395  of  our  last  number,  and  we  merely  have  to  mention,  in  addition  thereto, 
that  the  Chesapeake  and  Ohio  R.R.  will  sell  tickets  to  and  from  Cincinnati  at 
$25  from  Ptichmond,  Ya.,  and  at  $26  from  Washington,  D.  C,  for  the  round 
trip.  It  is  contemplated  that  a  party  of  the  visiting  members  from  the  Atlantic 
States  will  return  by  the  same  line,  and  it  is  expected  that  a  sufficient  reduc- 
tion of  fare  will  be  secured  to  induce  many  to  chose  that  route,  which  offers 
many  attractions  and  passes  through  a  country  replete  with  historical  iuterest. 
Numerous  applications  for  space  in  the  exhibition  room  have  been  received 
by  the  local  Secretary,  and  it  is  to  be  hoped  that  all  goods  will  arrive  in  due 
