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Meeting  of  Members. 
( Am.  Jour.  Pbarrn. 
\  A  oven,  ber,  1898. 
This  work  savors  of  the  product  of  a  man  of  considerable  experience,  and 
one  who  has  asked  and  followed  the  counsel  of  maturer  minds.  The  work  has 
been  written  with  the  immediate  object  of  supplying  the  student  in  medicine 
with  a  clear,  concise  and  practical  text-book,  adapted  for  permanent  reference 
no  less  than  for  the  requirements  of  the  class-room.  It,  however,  has  much  in 
it  to  commend  it  to  the  pharmacist.  There  are  no  less  than  about  eighty  pages 
devoted  to  the  consideration  of  "  Weights  and  Measures"  and  "Pharmaceu- 
tical Preparations,"  which  were  written  by  Prof.  C.  S.  N.  Hallberg.  We 
notice  the  substitution  of  a  chapter  on  the  "Untoward  Effects  of  Drugs"  for 
that  on  Definitions.  This  is  an  innovation  which  will  commend  itself  to  all, 
as  a  series  of  tables  are  also  furnished  which  will  enable  one  at  a  glance  to 
secure  the  information  desired. 
Excellent  well-digested  chapters  on  Serum-therapy  and  Animal  Extracts 
(organotherapy)  will  undoubtedly  serve  to  enhance  the  value  of  the  work. 
The  drugs  are  considered  according  to  their  physiological  action,  but  there  is 
also  incorporated  under  each  drug  its  synonyms,  origin,  description  and  proper- 
ties, preparations,  dose,  administration,  therapeutics  and  physiological  action. 
A  chapter  on  Prescriptions  and  two  rather  comprehensive  indices — (i)  clinical 
and  (2)  general — complete  the  volume. 
The  second  edition  has  been  carefully  revised,  and  will  doubtless  be  even 
more  favorably  received  and  appreciated  by  medical  teachers,  students  and 
physicians  generally,  as  well  as  the  busy  pharmacist  who  needs  a  work  of  this 
kind  for  general  reference  at  least. 
King's  American  Dispensatory.  New  edition.  Entirely  rewritten  and 
enlarged.  By  Harvey  W.  Felter,  M.D.,  and  John  Uri  Lloyd,  Ph. M.  Two 
volume  edition,  royal  octavo,  each  volume  containing  over  950  pp.,  with  com- 
plete indexes.  Cloth,  $4.50  per  volume  post-paid.  Sheep,  $5  per  volume  post- 
paid. Volume  I  now  ready.  The  Ohio  Valley  Company,  Publishers,  Cincin- 
nati, O. 
This  new  edition  of  King's  American  Dispensatory  will  be  much  appreciated 
by  those  who  have  been  anxiously  awaiting  its  appearance.  The  pharmacy 
and  chemistry  of  the  work  have  been  rewritten  by  Professor  Lloyd,  and  to 
Professor  Felter  has  been  assigned  the  entire  medical  section,  as  well  as  that 
portion  embracing  the  botany,  botanical  history  and  botanical  description. 
There  are  115  illustrations  in  Vol.  I,  all  of  which,  with  very  few  exceptions, 
have  been  taken  from  various  sources. 
The  work  appears  to  have  been  brought  up  to  date  by  the  incorporation  of 
the  results  of  the  more  recent  investigations,  and  will  prove  to  be  a  useful 
adjunct  to  the  reference  library  of  the  physician  and  pharmacist.  We  reserve, 
however,  a  more  extended  review  of  this  work  until  Volume  II  appears. 
MINUTE  OF  MEETING  OF  MEMBERS  OF  THE 
COLLEGE. 
Philadelphia,  September  26,  1898. 
The  stated  quarterly  meeting  of  members  of  the  College  was  held  this  day. 
Charles  Bullock  presided.    The  minute  of  the  previous  stated  meeting  was  read 
and  adopted.    The  minutes  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  previous  meetings 
