Am.  Jour.  Pharm.  ) 
Oct.  1, 1874.  j 
Editorial. 
493 
Although  patent  and  proprietary  articles  are  excluded  by  the  rules  of  the 
Association,  we  noticed  quite  an  assortment  of  French  preparations,  which 
virtually  belong  to  the  same  class.  These  were,  however,  excluded  from  future 
exhibitions,  by  a  special  resolution  of  the  meeting. 
The  class  of  elixirs,  which  appear  to  be  on  the  wane,  was  less  numerously 
represented  than  formerly. 
Wines  and  liquors  were  offered  by  a  few  firms  in  great  variety.  During  a 
discussion  on  the  subject  of  their  exhibition  and  sampling,  considerable  disap- 
probation was  expressed  by  a  large  number  of  the  members  present. 
Messrs.  B.  0.  &  G.  C.  Wilson  made  their  usual  elaborate  display  of  superbly 
dried  herbs,  flowers,  etc.  The  entire  assortment  was  presented  by  them  to  the 
Louisville  College  of  Pharmacy,  and  must  prove  to  be  a  desirable  acquisition. 
We  were  greatly  pleased  with  the  accuracy  and  correctness  of  their  labels — 
a  subject  on  which  so  many  of  our  other  friends  were  deficient. 
Since  the  close  of  the  meeting,  we  have  incidentally  ascertained  that  one 
of  our  Cincinnati  members  is  the  fortunate  owner  of  a  valuable  collection  of 
Chinese  drugs.  While  we  regret  exceedingly  that  we  were  not  favored  with 
the  privilege  of  inspecting  these  in  Louisville,  we  would  respectfully  call  upon 
him  to  oblige  us  with  their  exhibition  next  year,  in  Boston,  and  to  give  us  the 
benefit  of  whatever  information  he  may  have  been  able  to  collate  concerning 
them  by  that  period. 
Bogus  Pharmaceutical  Diplomas. — We  have,  on  several  occasions,  called 
attention  to  the  traffic  in  bogus  medical  and  other  diplomas,  which  is  carried 
on  from  Philadelphia,  and  which,  notwithstanding  the  repeated  exposures  in 
this  country  and  Europe,  appears  to  be  still  in  a  very  flourishing  condition, 
numerous  simpletons  being  found  who  are  willing  to  expend  their  money  in 
obtaining  cheap  honors.  It  is  for  the  first  time  that  we  have  learned  that,  from 
the  same  concern,  pharmaceutical  diplomas  may  be  obtained  on  the  same  favor- 
able terms,  as  the  following  letter,  which  was  received  at  the  office  of  the 
Mayor  of  Philadelphia,  Sept.  24th,  will  show: 
"  Malaga,  September  4th,  1874. 
'•Hon.  Mr.  Stokley,  Mayor  of  Philadelphia : 
"Sir, — I  have  in  my  possession  two  letters  from  Jersey,  England,  by  a  person 
styling  himself  'Dr.'  P.  F.  A.  Van  Der  Vyver,  to  Mr.  Manuel  Perez,  of  this 
city,  enclosing  to  him  what  purports  to  be  a  circular  (printed)  of  'The  Amer- 
ican University  of  Philadelphia,  No.  514  Pine  street  ('La  Uuiversidad  de 
Fi'adelfia  Amerique')  and  offering  for  the  sum  of  eight  hundred  pesetas,  equiv- 
alent to  $160  in  American  gold,  to  furnish  a  Diploma  in  Pharmacy  of  said 
University  to  the  son  of  Mr.  Perez,  without  the  necessity  of  his  leaving  Malaga. 
And  in  a  letter  of  the  said  '  Dr.'  Van  der  Vyver,  dated  July  13th,  1874,  he 
says  he  has  sold  and  delivered  to  many  persons  in  Spain  and  Portugal  diplomas 
of  the  said  '  University,'  and  they  proved  satisfactory. 
"I  have  the  pleasure,  at  the  request  of  Mr.  Perez,  to  invite  your  attention  to 
this  matter,  and  to  request,  if  agreeable  to  you,  that  you  communicate  to  me 
