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Notes  and  News. 
Auj.  Jour.  Pl>arm. 
June,  1906. 
NOTES  AND  NEWS. 
The  Weucome  Historical  Exhibition  of  rare  and  curious  objects  relating 
to  medicine,  chemistry,  pharmacy  and  the  allied  sciences  is  to  be  held  in 
London  shortly.  The  exhibition  is  organized  by  and  under  the  direction  of 
Henry  S.  Wellcome,  Ph.M.,  and  will  be  divided  into  sixteen  sections.  It  is 
expected  that  the  exhibition  will  reveal  many  facts  and  will  elucidate  many 
obscure  points  in  connection  with  the  origins  of  various  medicines  and  in  respect 
to  the  history  of  diseases.  Articles  of  exceptional  interest  have  been  promised 
from  different  quarters  of  the  globe,  and  altogether  the  exhibit  promises  to  be 
of  great  value  in  connecting  the  more  or  less  isolated  and  scattered  historical 
data  relating  to  the  development  of  medicine.  All  communications  respecting 
the  Historical  Medical  Exhibition  should  be  addressed  to  Henry  S.  Wellcome, 
Snow  Hill  Buildings,  London,  E.  C. ,  England. 
Perkin  Memorial  and  Jubilee  of  the  Coal-Tar  Color  Industry. — 
The  year  1906  marks  the  fiftieth  anniversary  of  the  epoch-making  discovery  by 
William  Henry  Perkin  of  the  dye-stuff  "  Mauve,"  by  which  the  foundation 
was  laid  of  the  coal-tar  color  industry  and  a  great  stimulus  given  to  the  study 
of  organic  chemistry.  It  has  been  widely  felt  that  the  jubilee  of  the  foundation 
of  this  important  industry  should  be  made  the  occasion  of  a  fitting  public 
tribute  to  its  founder,  in  recognition  of  the  great  services  he  has  rendered  to 
chemical  industry  and  chemical  science  by  his  life  work. 
A  general  committee  has  been  appointed  in  England  to  arrange  for  the  cele- 
bration and  is  composed  of  many  prominent  men,  including  Dr.  F.  B.  Power, 
Director  of  the  Wellcome  Research  Laboratories.  The  Chemists'  Club,  of  New 
York  City,  held  a  public  meeting  on  April  7th  to  consider  what  steps  should 
be  taken  to  give  effect  to  the  suggested  Perkin  jubilee  celebration.  A  large 
committee  of  representative  men  was  appointed  to  make  arrangements  for  a 
simultaneous  celebration  in  this  country.  Among  the  members  of  this 
committee  are  Prof.  Charles  F.  Chandler,  Dr.  A.  R.  L.  Dohme,  Mr.  Samuel 
W.  Fairchild,  Mr.  Albert  Plaut,  Prof.  Samuel  P.  Sadtler,  and  Dr.  Jokichi 
Takamine. 
Prof.  Joseph  P.  Remington,  chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Revision  of 
the  United  States  Pharmacopoeia,  delivered  the  valedictory  address  at  the  com- 
mencement exercises  of  the  St.  Louis  College  of  Pharmacy  on  Wednesday 
evening,  April  25,  1906. 
Prof.  Henry  H.  Rusby  delivered  an  address  on  "  The  History  of  Botany  in 
New  York"  at  the  celebration  of  the  tenth  anniversary  of  the  New  York 
Botanical  Garden  on  Wednesday,  May  23d.  The  address  was  followed  by  an 
informal  reception  in  the  museum  halls,  library  and  laboratories. 
Dr.  Jokichi  Takamine  has  had  conferred  upon  him  by  His  Majesty  the 
Emperor  of  Japan,  the  decoration  of  the  "  Order  of  the  Rising  Sun,"  in  recog- 
nition of  his  scientific  work  and  attainments. 
Prof.  Oscar  Oldberg  has  written  a  valuable  paper  on  "The  Systematic 
Amendment  of  American  Pharmacy,"  which  recently  appeared  in  the  Ameri- 
can Druggist,  Vol.  xlviii,  Nos.  2,  3,  4  and  7.    All  those  interested  in  pharma- 
