Am  Jour.  Pharm. 
May,  1884. 
Editorials. 
299 
William  Arms  Chapin,  Estimation  of  Caffeine  in  Commercial  Samples  of 
Kola  Nuts. 
Charles  Joseph  Countie,  Anthelmintics  and  their  Mode  of  Administration . 
Charles  Ozni  Currier,  Iodine  and  some  of  its  Preparations. 
Frank  Townsend  Dudley,  Galls. 
Daniel  Emerson,  Assays  of  Commercial  and  Special  Samples  of  Tincture 
of  Opium. 
Charles  Herbert  Goldthwaite,  Volatile  Oils. 
George  Young  Hutchins,  Phytolacca  Boot  and  its  Preparations. 
James  Oscar  Jordan,  Solution  and  Tincture  of  Chloride  of  Iron. 
Ernst  George  William  Kraushaar,  Alpinia  Officinarum. 
Fred.  Ellsworth  Lovell,  Syrup  of  Ilypophosphites,  and  Syrup  of  Hypophos- 
phites  ivith  Iron. 
Charles  Frederick  Nixon,  Glycyrrhiza  and  its  Officinal  Preparations. 
William  Baines  Shaw,  Solution  and  Tincture  of  Chloride  of  Iron. 
Frank  Osman  Warner,  Citrate  of  Iron  and  Quinine. 
Honorable  mention  is  to  be  made  of  John  Henderson  Greer,  Ph.G.,  for 
having  taken  and  passed  a  satisfactory  examination  in  the  Department  of 
Practical  and  Analytical  Chemistry  as  an  Elective. 
EDITORIAL  DEPARTMENT. 
Tribute  to  the  Memory  of  Professor  Dr.  R.  Bridges.— We  are 
gratified  to  be  able  to  present  to  our  readers  the  greater  portion  of  the  bio- 
graphical sketch  of  the  late  Professor  Bridges,  written  by  his  friend  and 
associate  in  science,  Dr.  Ruschenberger.  His  labors  in  the  Philadelphia 
College  of  Pharmacy  during  a  period  extending  over  half  a  century,  merit 
such  a  tribute  to  his  memory,  still  more  so  his  sterling  worth  as  a  man  and 
as  a  teacher  of  many  pharmacists  and  physicians  now  residing  in  all  parts 
of  this  continent. 
Medical  Education. — At  the  forthcoming  meeting  of  the  American 
Medical  Association  at  Washington,  there  will  convene,  May  5,  the  Associa- 
tion of  American  medical  editors.  The  annual  address  will  be  delivered 
by  President  Leartus  Connor,  M.  D.,  "On  Medical  Journalism  of  the 
Future,"  and  subsequently  a  discussion  will  be  had  on  "  How  Far  can  Legis- 
lation aid  in  Elevating  the  Standard  of  Medical  Education  in  this  Coun- 
try." The  discussion  will  be  opened  by  Dr.  N.  S.  Davis,  and  a  number  of 
well  known  physicians  have  already  signified  their  intention  of  partici- 
pating. This  subject  is  also  of  great  interest  to  pharmacists  ;  for  whatever 
affects  the  education  of  the  phyician,  will  exert,  directly  or  indirectly,  also 
the  question  of  proper  pharmaceutical  education.  Ignorant  physicians  will 
be  perfectly  satisfied  with,  and  perhaps  prefer  to  seek  the  dispensing  of 
equally  ignorant  apothecaries  ;  while  he  who  is  accomplished  as  a  physician 
and  general  scientist,  knows  the  value  of  sound  information,  and  its  import- 
ance in  cases  involving  the  patients'  health  and  lives  entrusted  to  his  skill. 
So  does  the  intelligent  layman,  and  acts  accordingly  in  the  choice  of  phy- 
sician and  pharmacist. 
The  discussion,  then,  is  likely  to  exert  an  influence  also  upon  pharmacy 
in  so  far  as  it  may  point  out  ways  for  reaching  the  desired  end,  which  have 
