476  EDITORIAL. 
a  glass  faucet  in  cases  where  the  metal  is  objectionable,  or  a  cork  may- 
be substituted  for  both.    (See  wood-cut  in  advertisement  sheet.) 
British  Pharmaceutical  Conference. — The  official  call  of  the  fifth 
annual  meeting  of  this  body,  to  convene  at  Norwich,  under  the  Presi- 
dency of  Daniel  Hanbury,  F.  R.  S.,  will  have  taken  place  before  this 
number  is  issued.  Its  results  will  probably  reach  us  in  time  for  our 
next,  and  will  be  awaited  with  interest. 
The  Pharmacist,  a  quarterly  journal  proposed  to  be  issued  by  the 
Chicago  Cellege  of  Pharmacy.  Our  Chicago  brethren  appear  to  be  in 
good  earnest,  and  have  issued  a  prospectus  soliciting  advertisements,  to 
which  they  look  for  support  to  their  journal  during  its  infancy.  The 
editorial  services  to  be  gratuitous.  The  publishing  committee  consists 
of  E.  H.  Sargent,  Thos.  Whitfield,  Henry  Biroth,  John  W.  Ehrman, 
James  W.  Mill,  Albert  E.  Ebert  and  N.  Gray  Bartlett.  The  first  num- 
ber will  be  issued  on  the  first  of  September,  1868,  and  will  be  sent  to 
every  druggist  in  the  north-western  States.  There  is  no  reason  why  this 
enterprise  should  not  be  successful,  unless  it  be  apathy  on  the  part  of 
those  who  should  support  it.  There  are  enough  able  pharmaceutists  in 
Chicago  to  carry  it  forward,  and  it  may  be  the  means  of  eliciting  some 
valuable  brain  work  from  many  who  are  indisposed  to  contribute  to  dis- 
tant journals.  Presuming  that  the  committee  intend  to  conduct  the 
work  in  accordance  with  good  ethics,  they  have  our  cordial  wishes  for 
their  success. 
Half-yearly  Compendium  of  Medical  Science,  Part  2d,  1868.    A  synop- 
sis of  the  American  and  foreign  literature  of  Medicine,  Surgery,  and  the 
Collateral  Sciences  for  six  months.    Edited  by  S.  W.  Butler,  M.  D., 
and  D.  G.  Brintou,  M.  D.    Part  2d,  July,  1868.    Philadelphia,  S.  W- 
Butler,  M.  D.,  115  South  7th  st. :  pp.  351,  octavo. 
This  work,  received  just  as  we  are  printing  our  last  form,  is  an  enter- 
prize  commencing  with  the  present  year,  and  of  which  this  is  the  second 
number.    It  appears  to  be  well  selected  and  condensed.    It  contains 
about  420  separate  articles,  of  which  191  weie  by  American  authors  and 
212  of  foreign  writers.    As  the  Compendium  is  an  origiual  compilation, 
and  includes  a  much  larger  proportion  of  American  papers  than  those 
similar  works  which  are  reprinted  from  foreign  editions,  it  claims  to 
deserve  the  support  of  the  medical  profession.    It  is  well  printed  and 
is  priced  at  three  dollars  per  annum. 
Announcement  of  the  Annual  Courses  of  Instruction  in  the  Philadelphia 
College  of  Pharmacy,  1868-9,  with  terms  and  conditions  of  graduation. 
Philadelphia,  1868. 
The  reception  of  this  pamphlet  reminds  us  of  the  approaching  season 
of  study  which  will  be  opened  in  the  new  Hall  in  October  next,  under  the 
auspices  of  the  College  Professors,  Bridges,  Parrish,  and  Maisch.   It  is  not 
