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Professor  Kraemer,  who  also  called  attention  to  a  specimen  of  the 
Jungle  Plant/'  C  ombre  turn  simdaicmn,  which  he  had  received 
from  a  fellow  member,  Henry  C.  Blair. 
George  C.  Goess,  of  Philadelphia,  presented  a  bottle  of  Church's 
Cough  Drops  which  sample  is  said  to  be  120  years  old.  Professor 
Kraemer  remarked  that  it  might  be  of  considerable  interest  in  the 
years  to  come  if  the  College  had  a  collection  of  Proprietary  Medi- 
cine, many  of  which  in  a  few  years  would  probably  be  no  longer 
obtainable,  and  that  the  interest  in  them  would  lie  chiefly  in  their 
illustrating  a  method  of  medication  in  vogue  at  a  particular  period. 
Mr.  Henry  C.  Blair  presented  an  excellent  specimen  of  bauxite 
from  Georgia  and  a  unique  specimen  of  wood  carving  representing 
the  seven  idols  of  China,  each  idol  being  from  3  to  5  cm.  long. 
President  French  presented  a  collection  of  silver  ores  which  he 
obtained  during  a  recent  trip  to  Colorado. 
Mr.  E.  H.  Eppler,  of  Philadelphia,  presented  a  hand  balance 
which  was  used  by  Professor  Maisch  in  his  old  store  at  1610  Ridge 
Ave.,  Philadelphia. 
A  vote  of  thanks  was  tendered  the  donors  for  the  various  articles 
presented  to  the  College  as  also  to  Mr.  Kline  for  his  communi- 
cation. 
H.  K. 
CORRESPONDENCE. 
U.S. P.  &  N.F.  Compulsory  in  New  York  State  . 
To  The  Editor  of  The  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy. 
Sir :  Attention  is  called  to  the  change  of  rules  by  the  New  State 
Board  of  Pharmacy  and  approved  by  the  regents  that  every  pharma- 
cist and  druggist  in  the  State  of  New  York  must  possess  a  copy  of 
the  latest  edition  of  the  U.S.P.  and  N.F. 
The  rule  of  the  old  Board  required  a  copy  of  the  U.S.P.  or  some 
other  publication  embodying  its  text  in  full.  Rule  7  of  the  New 
State  Board  of  Pharmacy  reads  as  follows : 
"  Every  pharmacy  and  drug  store  shall  own  and  have  on  file  at 
all  times  the  eighth  decennial  revision  of  the  Pharmacopoeia  and  the 
