Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
June,  1906. 
Book  Reviews — A, Ph. A. 
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John  F.  Hancock,  Chairman,  4  South  Howard  Street,  Baltimore, 
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N.  Y. 
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BOOK  REVIEWS. 
Squibb's  Materia  Medica.  1906  Edition.  Published  annually 
by  E.  R.  Squibb  &  Sons,  78-80  Beekman  Street,  New  York. 
In  this  volume  of  nearly  400  pages  is  an  alphabetical  list  of  all 
the  Squibb  products,  embracing  the  articles  in  the  U.  S.  Pharma- 
copoeia (Eighth  Revision)  and  the  National  Formulary,  together 
with  the  non-official  chemicals,  pharmaceuticals  and  newer  remedies 
in  general  use,  setting  forth  their  origin,  Latin  and  English  titles, 
synonyms,  physical  and  chemical  characteristics,  incompatibilities, 
antidotes,  therapeutic  indications,  doses,  etc.  In  Part  II  is  also  given 
a  list  of  cultures  of  bacteria,  culture  media,  staining  solutions,  tables 
of  equivalents  of  the  metric  system  in  avoirdupois  and  apothecaries' 
weights  and  measures,  percentage  solutions,  and  glossary  of  thera- 
peutic terms. 
The  book  contains  a  large  amount  of  valuable  information  and 
will  be  found  useful  to  both  physicians  and  pharmacists. 
PHILADELPHIA  BRANCH  OF  THE  AMERICAN  PHAR- 
MACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION. 
The  second  stated  meeting  of  the  Philadelphia  Branch  of  the 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association  was  held  on  the  evening  of 
Tuesday,  April  24,  1906,  the  first  vice-president,  Mr.  William 
Mclntyre,  presiding. 
The  discussion  on  "  The  immediate  object  and  the  aims  of  the 
Philadelphia  Branch  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  " 
was  opened  by  Mr.  Joseph  L.  Lemberger,  of  Lebanon,  the  presi- 
dent of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.    Mr.  Lemberger 
