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Reviews. 
J  Am.  Jour,  riiarm,, 
\       Dec,  1885. 
It  is  not  intended  that  tli is  Association  shall  eneroacli  in  any  manner 
upon  the  regular  Alumni  Association  of  the  College,  but  simply  to  give  all 
its  graduates  residing  west  of  the  AUeghanies,  whether  members  of  the 
Philadelphia  Alumni  Association  or  not,  an  opportunity  of  meeting  socially 
once  a  year.  To  all  graduates  residing  in  the  States  of  Ohio,  Michigan, 
Indiana,  Illinois,  Kentucky,  Missouri,  Kansas,  Nebraska,  Iowa  and  Wis- 
consin a  cordial  invitation  is  extended  to  participate. 
Another  meeting  will  be  held  in  Chicago  shortly  to  make  preliminary 
arrangements,  and  the  Secretary  will  give  any  information  to  those  desir- 
ing to  join.    Let  theic  be  a  generous  response. 
Charles  L.  Feldkamp,  Secretary. 
56  Beethoven  Place,  Chicago,  Nov.  23,  1885. 
The  California  Pharmaceutical  Society  held  its  annual  meeting 
in  San  Francisco,  Nov.  12th.  The  Society  has  144  active,  five  life  and  one 
honorary  member.  The  receipts  during  the  past  year  amounted  to 
12,371.80  ;  the  disbursements  were  $2,270.78  ;  leaving  a  balance  of  $101.02  in 
the  treasury.  A  number  of  new  members  were  elected.  The  Executive 
Oiticers  for  tbe  ensuing  year  are :  President,  M.  M.  Searby ;  Vice-Presi- 
dents, Prof.  H.  Behr  and  Prof.  Fred.  Grazer;  Corresponding  and  Finan- 
cial Secretary,  Chas.  Troppmann;  Treasurer,  E.  A.  Schreck  ;  Librarian 
and  Curator,  Dr.  A.  L.  Scholl ;  Editor,  Prof.  W.  T.  Wenzell. 
The  Secretary  is  desirous  to  open  correspondence  with  all  pharmaceuti- 
cal Societies  in  the  United  States  for  the  interchange  of  opinions. 
The  Illinois  Pharmaceutical  Association  held  its  sixth  annual 
meeting  in  Chicago,  commencing  Sept.  22d.  Besides  the  address  of  the 
President  and  the  reports  of  officers,  reports  on  trade  interests,  on  the 
pharmacy  law,  on  drug  adulterations,  on  non-officinal  remedies,  and  on 
kindred  subjects  were  received  and  fully  discussed.  Mr.  T.  H.  Patterson, 
Oliicago,  was  elected  President  for  the  ensuing  year ;  Mr.  T.  N.  Jamieson, 
Chicago,  Secretary,  and  Mr.  B.  F.  Gardner,  Treasurer.  The  Association 
adjourned  to  meet  in  Roekford  on  the  first  Tuesday  in  June,  1886. 
REVIEWS  AND  BIBLIOGRAPHICAL  NOTICES. 
A  Textbook  of  Pharmacology,  Therapeutics  and  Materia  Medica.  By  T. 
Lauder  Br'unton,  M.D.,  D.Sc,  etc.  Adapted  to  the  United  States  Phar- 
macopoeia by  Francis  H.  Williams,  M.D.,  Boston,  Mass.  Philadelphia: 
Lea  Brothers  &  Co.,  1885.  8vo,  pp.  1035.   Price,  cloth  $5.50,  leather  $6.50. 
After  a  brief  introduction,  explanatory  of  the  various  subdivisions  of  the 
science  of  materia  medica,  the  opening  section  treats  of  general  pathology 
and  therapeutics,  explaining  in  a  general  way  the  manner  in  which  drugs 
act  upon  different  animals,  the  various  organs  and  the  secretions,  the  mod- 
ifications in  the  effects  under  various  conditions,  the  methods  of  adminis- 
tration, and  the  antidotes.    The  discussion  of  these  subjects  is  particularly 
