Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
May,  1893. 
Editorial. 
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SECTION  IV.—  GENERAL  SECTION. 
(1)  Upon  what  general  plan  can  a  systematic  pharmaceutical  nomenclature 
of  the  complex  organic  chemicals  recently  being  introduced  into  the  Materia 
Medica  (such  as  antipyrine,  etc.)  be  constructed? 
(2)  In  what  directions  may  the  pharmacist  profitably  extend  his  technical 
and  professional  wrork  to  render  him  less  dependent  upon  the  purely  mercantile 
part  of  his  business  ? 
Papers  upon  these  and  other  subjects  which  may  be  presented  and  accepted 
will  be  referred  to  their  appropriate  Sections. 
The  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  will  hold  its  forty -first  annual 
meeting  in  Memorial  Art  Palace,  Chicago,  commencing  Monday,  August  14 
next,  one  week  preceding  the  meeting  of  the  Seventh  International  Pharma- 
ceutical Congress.  An  elaborate  circular  has  been  prepared  by  the  local 
Secretary,  and  several  weeks  ago  mailed  to  all  members  and  others  interested. 
There  can  be  no  doubt  that  at  the  time  when  these  meetings  are  to  be  held, 
visitors  to  the  World's  Columbian  Exposition  will  be  very  numerous,  and  it 
may  not  be  an  easy  matter  to  then  secure  suitable  accommodations  readily. 
In  his  circular  the  local  secretary  has  directed  special  attention  to  this  matter, 
and  it  will  be  well  for  those,  intending  to  visit  Chicago  about  that  time,  to 
bear  in  mind  that  accommodations  should  be  secured  in  advance,  and  that  the 
labors  of  the  local  secretary  for  securing  such  will  be  much  facilitated  by 
promptly  applying  to  him,  stating  time,  number  of  persons,  accommodations 
desired,  etc.  The  Bureau  of  Public  Comfort,  which  is  under  the  control  of 
the  directors  of  the  Exposition,  will  co-operate  with  the  local  secretary  in 
making  satisfactory  provision  for  visitors  and  participants  to  both  the  meetings 
referred  to  above.  Obviousty,  those  making  early  application  are  likely  to  be 
suited  more  promptly  than  those  delaying  until  near  the  time  of  meeting.  All 
communications  relating  to  these  matters  should  be  addressed  to  Mr.  Henry 
Biroth,  Local  Secretary,  Am.  Phar.  Assoc.  and  111.  Phar.  Assoc.,  Rooms  1111- 
11 13  Schiller  Building,  103-109  Randolph  Street,  Chicago,  111. 
Attention  to  Medical  Men  at  the  World's  Fair. — The  Joint  Committee  of 
the  Chicago  Medical  Profession  on  World's  Fair  Entertainment  has  delegated 
the  establishment  of  a  Bureau  of  Information  and  Service,  with  approval  and 
endorsement  to  Chas.  Truax,  Greene  &  Co.,  the  Committee  reserving  to  itself 
the  duty  of  such  social  entertainment  of  visiting  physicians  during  the  con- 
tinuance of  the  Exposition,  as  may  seem  desirable.  On  application  of  the 
Practitioners'  Club  and  the  South  Side  Medical  Club,  the  matter  of  social 
entertainment  was  delegated  to  them,  with  full  authority  to  act  in  the  capacity 
of  entertaining  bodies,  with  the  retention  of  the  Chairman  and  its  American 
and  Foreign  secretaries  already  appointed,  as  follows  : 
Chairman,  Dr.  Chas.  Warrington  Earle  ;  American  Secretaries,  Dr.  Archi- 
bald Church,  Dr.  Geo.  Henry  Cleveland,  Dr.  John  C.  Cook,  Dr.  J.  C.  Culbert- 
son  ;  British,  Dr.  Sanger  Brown ;  German,  Dr.  F.  C.  Hotz  ;  French,  Dr. 
Fernand  .  Henrotin  ;  Spanish,  Dr.  E.  J.  Gardiner;  Italian,  Dr.  A.  Lagario  ; 
Swedish,  Dr.  K.  Sandberg  ;  Canadian,  Dr.  R.  D.  McArthur. 
The  Eleventh  International  Medical  Congress  will  meet  in  th^  city  of  Rome, 
Italy,  September  24  to  October  t  next,  and  transact  its  scientific  labors  in  19 
sections,  meeting  simultaneously  and  each  electing  its  own  officers,  while  the 
