98  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  {Apebr°uUarry^?8a99m' 
antiseptics,  hypnotics,  etc.  Under  these  groups  the  compounds  are  arranged 
into  these  various  chemical  classes.  The  object  of  this  has  been  to  give  promi- 
nence to  the  presence  of  certain  groupings  which  occur  in  each  of  these  classes, 
and  to  the  influence  exerted  by  the  introduction  of  new  groupings  ;  in  other 
words,  to  show,  wherever  possible,  the  relationship  between  chemical  constitu- 
tion and  physiological  action."  The  author  has  come  to  be  regarded  an 
authority  on  the  subject  of  modern  synthetics,  and  the  paper  is  one  full  of 
information  and  value. 
The  Physician's  Visiting  List  for  1899.  Philadelphia  :  P.  Blakiston's 
Son  &  Co. 
This  is  the  forty-eighth  year  of  the  publication  of  The  Physician's  Visiting 
List.  It  is  primarily  intended  as  an  account  book  for  keeping  notes  on  en- 
gagements, addresses,  etc.  There  is  also  contained  a  brief  article  on  the  Metric 
System,  by  Professor  Oldberg ;  dose  table  ;  comparison  of  thermometers,  and 
other  useful  information.  The  work  is  well  arranged  ;  the  paper  and  finish 
of  the  best,  and,  because  of  its  usefulness  to  the  physician,  well  deserves  to  be 
nearing  its  fiftieth  anniversary  of  publication. 
Proceedings  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  at  the 
forty-sixth  annual  meeting,  held  at  Baltimore,  Md.,  August,  1898.  Also  the 
Constitution,  By-Laws  and  Roll  of  Members.    Baltimore:  1898. 
Volume  46  of  the  Proceedings  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Associa- 
tion comes  to  us  at  the  beginning  of  the  new  year  with  considerable  gratifica- 
tion. The  Secretary  and  Reporter  on  Progress  of  Pharmacy  are  to  be  con- 
gratulated that  they  have  expedited  the  publication  of  this  work  so  that  in 
four  months  after  the  meeting  the  results  are  in  the  hands  of  its  members. 
This  alone  enhances  the  usefulness  of  the  work  considerably,  as  there  are  so 
many  things  contained  in  the  proceedings  that  the  investigator  desires  readily 
to  see,  and  it  is  this  volume  that  he  places  considerable  reliance  on  and  obtains 
time-saving  assistance.  The  proceedings  of  the  Association  have  already 
been  referred  to  in  this  Journal.  We  note  a  mistake  on  p.  240,  in  that  some 
remarks  made  by  Mr.  Edwin  M.  Boring,  of  Philadelphia,  are  accredited  to 
Prof.  F.  X.  Moerk.  It  is  safe  to  say  that  every  pharmacist,  with  the  interest 
of  his  profession  and  business  at  heart,  requires  a  copy  of  this  storehouse  of 
information,  and  ought,  by  membership  in  the  organization,  contribute  his 
support  and  sympathy.  It  is  very  evident  that  the  leaders  and  pioneers  in 
American  pharmacy  are  devoting  their  best  energies  during  all  the  year  for 
these  annual  meetings,  and  from  which  emanates  the  light  which  shows  the 
progress  of  events  and  whither  we  are  drifting.  The  year  1898  is  shown  by 
the  proceedings  to  be  as  encouraging  to  the  American  pharmacist  as  Dun  & 
Co.'s  or  Bradstreet's  report  indicate  the  year  has  been  throughout  the  business 
world  in  America. 
AMERICAN  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION. 
To  the  Druggists  of  the  United  States  and  Canada. 
In  the  daily  life  of  the  druggist  many  questions  arise  of  a  practical  nature 
which  might  be  answered  by  a  series  of  experiments,  but  which  for  lack  of  time, 
of  suitable  apparatus,  or  of  other  facilities,  remain  unsolved.  Such  are  trouble- 
