344 
Current  Notes  for  Future  History. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
July,  1903. 
Species. 
Moisture. 
Acidity  on 
Dry  Basis. 
Date  of 
Collection. 
Remarks. 
Rhus  copallina  . 
437i 
17-97 
July  13,  '94. 
Blossom  just  before  blooming. 
"     typhina  . 
25-68 
I3"43 
Berries  well  formed. 
n-17 
1312 
Aug.  16. 
8  92 
Sept.  16. 
Leaves  not  completely  turned 
in  color. 
"     glabra  .  . 
35*46 
6'54 
July  13- 
Berries  formed  but  not  hair}'. 
1 1 '45 
8-70 
Aug.  16. 
Berries  fully  developed. 
9"59 
6-22 
Sept.  16. 
Leave's  all  turned. 
In  estimating  the  tannin,  difficulty  was  experienced  in  percolat- 
ing the  infusion  of  the  berries  through  the  hide  powder,  the  malic 
acid  having  the  property  to  gelatinize  the  hide  powder.  It  was 
found,  by  working  with  solutions  of  known  strength  ot  malic  acid, 
that  r  gramme  of  hide  powder  absorbed  0217  gramme  of  malic 
acid. 
SOME  CURRENT  NOTES  FOR  FUTURE  HISTORY. 
By  M.  I.  Wilbkrt. 
According  to  published  reports,  pharmaceutic  history  is  being 
made  at  a  very  rapid  rate  at  the  present  time.  This  history,  as 
recorded  in  the  daily  papers,  does  not  always  reflect  creditably  on 
the  pharmaceutical  profession.  It  must  be  admitted,  however,  that 
at  times  the  reports  as  published  are  so  perverted  that  they  have 
lost  all  semblance  to  the  true  facts  of  the  case. 
Quite  a  humorous  illustration  of  how  news  may  be  garbled  was 
given  by  some  of  the  Philadelphia  papers  a  short  time  ago,  when 
some  of  the  members  of  a  local  association  of  retail  druggists  were 
discussing  a  plan  to  improve  trade  conditions ;  this  was  promptly 
reported  as  a  scheme  for  forming  a  gigantic  million-dollar  retail 
drug  store  trust,  with  the  avowed  object  to  compel  the  sick  and 
unfortunate  to  pay  untold  profits  into  the  coffers  of  the  prospective 
trust  magnates. 
Another  flurry  of  rather  a  more  serious  nature  was  occasioned  in 
New  York  City  several  months  ago,  when  the  daily  papers  devoted 
considerable  space  to  reporting,  and  commenting  on,  the  results  of 
several  series  of  investigations  that  had  been  made  by  the  Board  of 
Health  of  that  city,  with  a  view  of  inquiring  into  the  probable 
