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munication  Behring  controverts  the  opinion  expressed  by  Dr. 
Robert  Koch,  that  there  is  an  essential  difference  between  bovine 
and  human  tuberculosis,  and  suggests  the  possibility  of  combating 
the  tubercular  tendency  in  children  by  feeding  them  with  milk  from 
cattle  that  have  been  immunized  to  tuberculosis.  Behring  ex- 
pressed himself  as  being  satisfied  with  the  immunization  that  had 
been  secured  in  the  case  of  bovine  animals,  and  while  he  admits  the 
possibility  of  the  future  development  of  a  similar  immunization  to 
the  human  family,  he  does  not  see  any  prospect  of  this  being  ac- 
complished in  the  near  future. 
The  Centenary  of  the  Paris  Pharmaceutical  Society  was  cele- 
brated with  due  solemnity  on  October  17,  1903.  This  society  is 
probably  the  oldest  purely  pharmaceutical  association  in  existence 
at  the  present  time.  It  is  certainly  to  be  classed  among  the  most 
influential  and  most  respected. 
This  society,  inaugurated  in  1803,  is  rather  unique  in  that  it  is 
limited  to  a  resident  membership  of  sixty  active  members.  There 
are  in  addition,  twenty  free  associates,  resident  in  Paris,  but  not  neces- 
sarily practicing  pharmacists.  Then  there  are  100  national  and 
eighty  foreign  correspondents  who  may  or  may  not  be  pharmacists. 
Then  there  are  honorary  members  and  these  are  not  necessarily 
limited  in  number. 
The  history  of  the  society  is  an  interesting  one,  the  present 
society  being  directly  descended  from  the  College  of  Pharmacy 
which  originated  in  the  eighteenth  century. 
Martindale  Memorial. — The  Pharmaceutical  Society  of  Great 
Britain  has  perfected  a  memorial  of  the  late  William  Martindale. 
At  the  opening  session  of  the  School  of  Pharmacy,  Mr.  Carteighe, 
as  treasurer  of  the  Martindale  Memorial  Fund,  gave  an  outline  of 
the  origin  and  object  of  the  memorial. 
The  memorial  itself  consists  of  a  marble  bust  of  Mr.  Martindale 
to  be  placed  in  the  examination  hall,  and  a  silver  medal  to  be  an- 
nually awarded  to  the  best  student  in  pharmacy.  (Chem.  and  Drug., 
October  3,  page  593.) 
Rice  Memorial. — The  published  picture  of  the  design  for  the 
Rice  Memorial  tablet  that  was  recently  unveiled  in  the  hall  of  the 
College  of  Pharmacy  of  the  City  of  New  York,  unfortunately  con- 
tains an  error  in  date  that  may  at  some  future  time  lead  to  contro- 
versy. 
