Editorials. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
Oct.,  1890. 
The  following  printed  Proceedings  of  State  Pharmaceutical  Associations 
have  been  received  : 
Delaware. — Fourth  annual  meeting.  P.  68.  See  June  number,  p.  311.  Among 
the  papers  read  at  the  meeting  and  not  previously  noticed,  the  following  may 
be  mentioned  :  The  Professional  Standing  of  the  Apothecary,  by  Dr.  F.  E. 
Stewart ;  Household  Ammonia,  by  F.  R.  Smith  ;  also,  by  the  same  author, 
papers  on  Face  Powders,  and  on  The  Reaction  between  Iodoform  and  Potassium 
Chlorate. 
Georgia. — Fifteenth  annual  meeting.  P.  76.  See  June  number,  p.  311.  The 
Association  elected  the  following  professors  honorary  members  :  John  Attfield, 
of  London  ;  Wm.  Simon  and  D.  M.  R.  Culbreth,  of  Baltimore  ;  C.  F.  Chandler 
and  P.  W.  Bedford,  of  New  York,  and  J.  P.  Remington  and  J.  M.  Maisch,  of 
Philadelphia. 
Louisiana. — Eighth  annual  meeting.  P.  116,  including  Report  of  State 
Pharmacy  Board.    See  June  mimber,  p.  311. 
New  York. — Twelfth  annual  meeting.  P.  228.  See  August  number,  p.  428. 
A  reprint  of  the  valuable  Report  on  New  Remedies  accompanies  the  volume. 
This  Report  has  been  compiled  by  Dr.  Eccles,  of  Brooklyn,  and  Professor  Vial, 
of  Ithaca,  and  gives  a  brief  characteristic  of  the  remedies  introduced  within 
the  past  few  years,  including  uses,  doses,  etc.  Copies  of  this  reprint  may  be 
procured  from  the  Secretary,  Clay  W.  Holmes,  Elmira,  N.  Y.,  at  10  cents  each, 
a  reduction  being  made  for  ten  or  more  copies. 
North  Carolina. — Eleventh  annual  meeting.  P.  72,  including  Report  of  the 
Board  of  Pharmacy.  The  meeting  was  held  in  Morehead  City,  July  8  to  10. 
President  Croom's  address  and  the  reports  of  the  Treasurer,  Secretary  and  of 
the  several  committees  received  due  attention.  Professor  Venable  having 
suggested  the  establishment  of  a  School  of  Pharmacy  in  connection  with  the 
University  of  North  Carolina,  a  Committee  on  Education,  Wm.  Simpson,  of 
Raleigh,  Chairman,  was  appointed  to  further  the  plan.  Papers  were  read  on 
Permanent  Emulsions,  by  W.  H.  Wearn  ;  on  Colorimetric  Estimation  of 
Morphine  (by  ferric  ferricyanide),  by  S.  J.  Hinsdale  ;  on  Eupatorium,  by  D. 
Herring ;  Practical  Notes,  by  E.  V.  Zoeller.  The  last-named  gentleman  was 
elected  President,  F.  W.  Hancock,  of  New  Berne,  Secretary  ;  A.  S.  Lee,  of 
Raleigh,  Treasurer,  and  R.  J.  Gooding,  of  New  Berne,  Local  Secretary.  The 
next  meeting  will  be  held  at  Morehead  City,  not  later  than  the  middle  of  July, 
1891. 
Rhode  Island. — Seventeenth  annual  and  semi-annual  meetings.  P.  19.  The 
meetings  were  held  January  8  and  July  9,  1890. 
EDITORIALS. 
Remedy  for  Rhus  poisoning. — The  following  communication,  which  explains 
itself,  will  be  particularly  appreciated  by  those  of  our  readers,  who  are  subject 
to  poisoning  from  the  exhalations  of  Rhus  : 
East  Leverington  Avenue, 
Philadelphia,  Pa.,  August  26,  1890. 
Editor  Philadelphia  Journal  of  Pharmacy  :— Having  experienced  great 
relief  from  the  application  of  "Phenol  Sodique  "  externally,  undiluted,  in  a 
very  annoying  case  of  poisoning  of  the  arms  and  hands  by  "poison  ivy," 
while  endeavoring  to  extirpate  the  vines,  I  take  the  liberty  of  submitting  the 
facts,  and  with  sentiments  of  profound  respect,  I  remain,  etc., 
B.  F.  Butcher. 
