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Reviews,  etc. 
f  Am.  Jour.  Pliarm. 
\       May,  1884. 
heretofore  not  been  accessible  to  pharmacists.  The  influence  of  legislation 
in  the  past  upon  both  professions  has  been  in  two  entirely  different  direc- 
tions. Laws  passed  during  recent  years  for  regulating  the  practice  of  medi- 
cine we  believe  have  invariably  taken  the  ground  that  a  physician  should 
possess  a  diploma  as  evidence  of  having  acquired  sufficient  special  knowl- 
edge to  be  entrusted  with  the  cure  and  prevention  of  disease.  If  this  be 
so,  it  would  seem  that  the  responsibility  of  what  should  be  considered  as 
"sufficient,"  rests  with  the  special  educational  institutions,  and  if  these 
cannot  be  made  to  agree  in  the  premises,  that  the  law  would  have  to  define 
their  position  more  plainly. 
It  is  different,  however,  with  pharmaceutical  legislation,  which  has 
nowhere  in  the  United  States  restricted  the  practice  of  pharmacy  to  gradu- 
ates in  pharmacy,  although  these  are  granted  dispensation  from  exami- 
nation by  local  boards,  in  most  of  the  States,  having  enacted  pharmacy 
laws.  The  pharmaceutical  colleges,  therefore,  it  seems  to  us,  would  have 
as  the  first  duty  imposed  upon  them  under  the  laws,  indirectly,  it  is  true, 
but  nevertheless  imposed  upon  them,  to  mould  the  material  presenting 
itself  in  perfect  agreement  with  the  law,  as  far  as  the  individual  qualities 
will  permit,  although  these  may  be  unsuitable  for  attaining  that  grade  of 
knowledge  which  is  deemed  requisite  for  graduation. 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association.— Mr.  Henry  C.  Schranck, 
the  local  Secretary,  elected  in  place  of  Mr.  J.  R.  Drake,  who  was  unable  to 
act,  informs  us  that  the  Turner  Hall  has  been  secured  for  holding  the  next 
meeting  in  Milwaukee,  and  also  for  the  exhibition.  The  hall  is  centrally 
located,  within  three  squares  of  most  of  the  hotels  and  accessible  by  all 
street  car  lines,  and  is  lofty,  well  lighted  and  ventilated.  Applications  for 
space  should  be  made  to  the  local  Secretary. 
REVIEWS  AND  BIBLIOGRAPHICAL  NOTICES. 
The  Cinchona  Barks,  Pharmacognostically  Considered.  By  Friedrich  A. 
Fliickiger,  Ph.D.,  Professor  in  the  University  of  Strassburg,  etc.  Trans- 
lated from  the  original  text,  with  some  additional  notes,  by  Frederick  B. 
Power,  Ph.  D.,  Professor  of  Pharmacy  and  Materia  Medica  in  the  Uni- 
versity of  Wisconsin.  With  eight  lithographic  plates  and  one  wood-cut. 
Philadelphia  :  P.  Blakiston,  Son  &  Co.,  1884.  Large  8vo,  pp.  101.  Price, 
bound,  $1.50. 
The  original  German  edition  of  this  excellent  work  has  been  previously 
noticed  by  us  in  detail  (see  "Am.  Jour.  Phar.,"  1883,  p.  56),  and  the  hope 
then  expressed  that  this  monograph  might  be  made  accessible  to  those  who 
are  not  familiar  with  the  German  language,  has  been  realized.  In  under- 
taking this  labor  of  love,  Professor  Power  has  rendered  a  signal  service  to 
the  students  of  materia  medica.  Having  previously  spoken  of  the  merits 
of  the  work  itself,  it  remains  for  us  now  to  speak  of  the  manner  in  which 
the  translation  has  been  performed,  and  we  may  express  this  by  stating 
that  it  was  done  faithfully  and  by  following  the  original  as  closely  as  pos- 
