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Dr.  J.  K.  Atkinson,  of  Baltimore,  Md.;  Dr.  Henry  Beates,  of  Philadelphia, 
Pa.;  Dr.  T.  M.  Balliet,  of  Philadelphia,  Pa.;  Dr.  George  F.  Butler,  of  Chicago, 
111.;  Dr.  Dudley  W.  Buxton,  of  London,  Eng.;  Dr.  J.  Solis-Cohen,  of  Phila- 
delphia, Pa.;  Dr.  N.  S.  Davis,  Jr.,  of  Chicago,  III.;  Dr.  P.  J.  Farnsworth,  of 
Clinton,  111.;  Dr.  J.  B.  Moses,  of  Kansas  City,  Mo.;  Professor  Joseph  P.  Rem- 
ington, of  Philadelphia,  Pa.;  Prof.  L.  E.  Sayre,  of  Lawrence,  Kan.;  Dr.  H.  V. 
Sweringen,  of  Fort  Wayne,  Ind.;  Dr.  E.  L.  Stephens,  of  Forth  Worth,  Tex. 
The  chairman  will  be  pleased  to  receive  and  place  upon  the  programme  sub- 
jects for  discussion  and  papers.  John  V.  Shoemaker,  M.D.,  Chairman,  1519 
Walnut  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
NOTES  AND  NEWS. 
The  Monthly  Cyclopedia  of  Practical  Medicine  will  replace  the  Universal 
Medical  Journal.  The  editor  is  Dr.  C.  E.  de  M.  Sajous,  and  in  the  first  num- 
ber he  considers  the  " Treatment  of  Cancer"  editorially,  and  presents 
some  valuable  suggestions. 
Die  Heilpflan%en  der  Verschiedenen  Volker  und  Zeiten  is  the  title  of  a  work 
to  appear  in  parts  shortly,  by  Professor  George  Dragendorff.  This  work  is 
sure  to  mark  a  distinct  forward  step  in  the  study  of  the  history,  constituents 
and  uses  of  medicinal  plants. 
The  Fifth  International  Congress  of  Hydrology,  Climatology  and  Geology 
will  meet  at  Liege,  Belgium,  from  September  25  to  October  1,  1898.  The 
General  Secretary  is  Dr.  G.  Jorissenne,  of  Liege.  The  preliminary  an- 
nouncement gives  the  names  of  the  officers  and  the  rules  which  shall  govern 
the  Fifth  Congress. 
Pharmaceutical  Archives  is  the  title  of  a  new  journal  to  be  supplemen- 
tary to  the  Pharmaceutical  Review .  Dr.  Edward  Kremers  is  editor.  This  new 
journal  will  publish  the  more  technical  scientific  papers*  and  the  Review  will 
aim  to  publish  more  abstracted  matter.  Both  journals  are  under  the  business 
management  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Review  Publishing  Company,  of  Mil- 
waukee, Wis. 
Copper  Sulphate  in  the  United  States. — The  production  of  copper  sulphate 
in  the  United  States  in  1897  was  49,000,000  pounds,  against  48,732,840  pounds 
in  1896.  The  percentage  of  copper  in  this  material  is  about  25.  The  greater 
part  of  the  production  of  copper  sulphate  is  made  by  chemical  works  in  the 
East,  but  a  good  deal  is  turned  out  as  a  by-product  by  various  gold  and  silver 
refiners. —  The  Journal  of  the  Society  of  Chemical  Industry,  January  31,  1898. 
Howards  and  Sons'  supplement  to  the  colossal  number  of  the  Chemist  and 
Druggist  of  January  29  is,  notwithstanding  its  advertising  features,  a  dignified 
contribution  of  great  historical  interest.  It  marks  the  end  of  the  first  century  of 
the  firm's  existence.  The  history  of  quinine  is  an  important  feature  of  the  con- 
tribution, and  it  is  interesting  to  note  that  the  manufacture  of  this  chemical  was 
at  first  (about  1827)  considered  of  such  insignificant  importance  that  the  exact 
date  when  the  first  few  lots  were  made  has  been  lost,  "  though  a  thousand  ounces 
then  struck  the  imagination  more  than  the  million  and  a  half  ounces  contained 
in  the  bark  offered  in  one  sale  in  Amsterdam  the  other  day." 
