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Notes  and  News. 
/  Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
\    January,  1903. 
NOTES  AND  NEWS. 
Benjamin  Horatio  Paui,,  editor  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Journal  for  thirty 
years,  has  resigned  that  position.  Dr.  Paul  is  not  only  well  known  as  an 
editor  but  also  for  his  labors  in  pharmaceutical  chemistry.  A  large  number  of 
papers  of  a  high  order  have  come  from  his  pen  and  that  of  A.  J.  Cownley,  who 
has  been  associated  with  him  for  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  century.  Dr.  Paul 
was  recently  made  an  honorary  member  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Phar- 
macy in  recognition  of  his  splendid  services  to  pharmacy.  An  interesting  sketch 
of  Dr.  Paul's  career  is  given  in  the  Chemist  and  Druggist,  1902,  pp.  1046  and 
1047. 
Edgar  F.  Smith,  Professor  of  Chemistry  in  the  University  of  Pennsylvania 
and  well  known  for  his  wide  researches  in  chemistry,  ,has  been  elected  President 
of  the  American  Philosophical  Society,  which  is  distinguished  as  having  been 
founded  by  Benjamin  Franklin  in  1743,  and  as  having  a  membership  including 
many  of  the  most  eminent  men  in  science  in  this  country,  and  abroad  as  well. 
The;  Gordon  Memorial  Coei,EGE  at  Khartoum,  which  Lord  Kitchener 
opened  on  Saturday  last,  is  now  ready  for  the  chemical  and  bacteriological 
research  laboratories  presented  by  Mr.  Henry  S.  Wellcome  during  his  recent 
visit  to  the  Soudan.  The  fixtures  and  appliances  made  in  England  have  already 
been  shipped,  and  the  equipment  for  scientific  work  is,  we  understand,  com- 
plete in  every  detail  and  will  be  equal  to  any  similar  laboratories  in  Europe. 
Dr.  Andrew  Balfour  has  been  appointed  director  of  the  laboratories,  and  he  will 
find  the  Soudan  to  present  exceptional  opportunities  for  the  study  of  tropical 
diseases.  Dr.  Balfour  and  his  staff  will  also  assist  the  authorities  in  forensic 
investigations,  besides  giving  attention  to  the  study  of  cereals  and  textile  fibres 
and  to  similar  matters  affecting  the  development  of  the  agricultural  and  mineral 
resources  of  the  country. — Lancet,  November  75,  igo2. 
The  Drug  Laboratory,  Bureau  of  Chemistry,  Department  of  Agriculture, 
which  has  been  established  for  the  purpose  of  carrying  on  work  connected  with 
the  investigation  of  drugs,  is  about  ready  to  begin  work,  with  Lyman  F.  Kebler 
as  chief  chemist.  Mr.  Kebler  is  a  graduate  of  the  University  of  Michigan  and 
has  received  the  degrees  of  B.S.  and  M.S.  from  that  institution,  and  has  been 
for  some  years  past  chief  chemist  to  the  Smith,  Kline  &  French  Company, 
Philadelphia. 
"Meehan's  Monthly,"  a  high-class  journal  devoted  to  general  gardening 
and  wild  flowers,  was  discontinued  with  the  December  issue.  This  journal 
was  established  by  the  late  Thomas  Meehan,  who  was  widely  known  for  his 
original  researches  in  botany,  and  who  aimed  in  the  conduct  of  this  journal  to 
create  a  love  for  the  beauties  of  nature  and  to  increase  the  interest  in  horticul- 
ture and  landscape  gardening.  The  publication  was  eminently  successful  as  an 
exponent  of  the  science  and  art  of  horticulture  and  general  gardening,  and  it 
is  unfortunate  that  journals  of  this  character  are  unable  to  continue  their  work 
without  the  support  of  associations  or  special  endowments.  It  is  a  matter  of 
great  regret  that  Meehan's  Monthly,  with  its  proud  record,  could  not  longer 
survive  the  spirit  of  its  founder. 
