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EDITORIAL, 
Exhibition  at  the  New  York  Meeting  of  the  American  Pharma- 
ceutical Association. — Not  having  had  the  pleasure  of  seeing  the 
Exhibition,  nor  the  report  of  the  Committee  relative  to  it,  we  avail 
ourselves  of  the  very  full  report  of  the  Druggists1  Circular  for  October. 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association.    Exhibition  of  Pharmaceutical 
Objects. 
Early  in  July,  the  Local  Secretary,  Mr.  P.  W.  Bedford,  issued  a  circu- 
lar, copies  of  which  were  sent  to  the  address  of  many  members  of  the 
Association,  as  also  to  those  engaged  in  manufacturing  articles  used  by 
pharmaceutists,  desiring  contributions  of  objects  of  interest  for  exhibi- 
tion.* Quite  a  large  number  of  persons  responded,  the  result  of  which 
was  an  excellent  display  of  useful  and  interesting  material.  Among  the 
exhibitors  of  chemicals  were  J.  F.  Luhme  &  Co.,  L.  Martin  &  Co.,  C. 
Pfizer  &  Co.,  Rosengarten  &  Sons,  and  Carter  &  Scattergood. 
J.  F.  Luhme  &  Co.,  exhibited  a  fine  collection  of  the  rarer  chemicals 
of  foreign  manufacture. 
There  might  be  mentioned,  tungstic,  stearic,  molybdic.  and  antimonic 
acids,  oxides  of  cobalt,  manganese,  uranium,  chrome,  nickel,  and  copper, 
oxalates  of  ammonia  and  cerium,  succinate  of  ammonia,  and  about 
twenty  other  specimens  of  chemicals.  A  large  sheet  of  aluminium 
attracted  much  attention. 
L.  Martin  &  Co.,  exhibited  thirty-six  specimens  of  their  manufacture 
of  chemicals.  Among  the  more  noticeable  (although  all  were  especially 
fine),  were  ammonio-citrate  of  bismuth,  citrate  of  iron  and  quinine,  iron 
by  hydrogen,  pyrophosphate  of  iron,  the  salts  of  zinc,  acetate  of  potassa, 
acetic,  carbolic,  gallic,  muriatic,  nitric,  •  sulphuric,  tannic  and  valerianic 
acids,  and  sulphate  of  morphia. 
This  house  makes  a  speciality  of  furnishing  pure  chemicals,  and  it  was 
stated  that  the  specimens  on  exhibition  were  taken  from  ordinary  stock, 
without  any  special  preparation  or  selection.  The  oxide  of  zinc,  and  iron 
by  hydrogen,  are  superior  to  any  we  have  ever  before  seen  of  domestic 
manufacture. 
C.  Pfizer  &  Co.,  exhibited  fifty  specimens  of  their  manufacture.  Spe- 
cial mention  is  made  of  the  elegant  crystals  of  permanganate  of  potassa, 
nitrate  of  silver,  piperin,  iodide  and  bromide  of  potassium  and  of  cad- 
mium. Of  the  other  articles,  iodine,  iodides  of  arsenic,  sulphur  and  1 
ammonia,  the  scaled  salts  of  iron,  valerianate  of  zinc,  chlorate  of  soda, 
sub-nitrate  and  sub-carbonate  of  bismuth,  and  caustic  potassa,  were  fine 
specimens. 
Rosengarten  &  Sons  exhibited  forty  specimens  in  a  case.  Sulphates 
of  quinia  and  morphia,  bromide  of  potassium  and  nitrate  of  silver,  in  one- 
gallon  jars,  made  a  fine  display.  Of  the  other  chemicals,  the  more  promi- 
nent were  the  fused  and  crystallized  nitrate  of  ammonia,  iodides  and 
bromides  of  ammonium,  sodium,  and  cadmium,  the  scaled  salts  of  iron, 
acetate  and  muriate  of  morphia,  piperin,  tannic  acid,  chromic  acid, 
iodides  of  lead  and  mercury,  and  sulphate  of  cinchonia. 
Carter  and  Scattergood,  of  Philadelphia,  were  represented  by  two 
handsome  specimens  of  red  and  yellow  prussiate  of  potassa,  in  solid  mass 
of  crystals,  each  weighing  about  forty  pounds.  They  were  exhibited  by 
P.  W.  Bedford,  to  whom  they  belong. 
E.  S.  Wayne,  of  Cincinnati,  exhibited  specimens  of  crude  tartar, 
cream  of  tartar,  Rochelle  salts,  and  tartaric  acid  made  from  wines  of  the 
*  During  the  sessions  of  the  Association. 
