Arocto£Pimm'}        New  and  Non-Official  Remedies.  499 
NEW  AND  NON-OFFICIAL  REMEDIES. 
Pharmacists  generally  should  be  more  than  ordinarily  interested 
in  the  preliminary  publication  of  material  for  the  proposed  book  on 
"  New  and  Non-official  Remedies  "  which  has  been  compiled  by  the 
Council  on  Pharmacy  and  Chemistry  of  the  American  Medical 
Association. 
The  first  instalment  of  this  material  appears  in  the  Journal  of  the 
American  Medical  Association  for  September  15,  1906,  and  includes 
23  titles.  It  is  announced  that  successive  instalments  will  be  pub- 
lished weekly  until  all  of  the  available  material  has  been  printed. 
The  primary  object  of  this  preliminary  publication  is  to  secure 
from  physicians,  pharmacists  and  others  who  may  be  interested, 
comments  and  criticisms  for  the  purpose  of  avoiding  errors  and 
correcting  mistakes. 
It  is  intended  that  the  book  itself  should  appear  as  an  annual  and 
serve  as  a  reference  book,  for  physicians,  on  the  available  newer 
remedies  that  are,  or  appear  to  be,  all  that  is  claimed  for  them  and 
therefore  worthy  of  support. 
As  pharmacists  must  necessarily  be  well  informed  on  the  methods 
of  exploiting  and  of  marketing  these  several  preparations,  and 
should  also  be  thoroughly  familiar  with  the  physical  as  well  as  the 
chemical  properties  of  the  different  articles,  they  can,  by  honest 
criticism  of  the  descriptive  articles  now  being  published,  contribute 
materially  toward  making  the  proposed  book  as  free  from  serious 
errors  or  mistakes  as  is  possible  with  a  publication  of  this  kind. 
The  following  explanatory  note,  by  the  secretary  of  the  council, 
and  the  rules  that  have  been  adopted  to  govern  the  recognition  of 
the  several  articles  are  printed  as  an  introductory  to  the  initial  instal- 
ment of  the  descriptive  articles,  and  will  serve  as  an  additional 
impetus  and  a  guide  for  pharmacists  who  are  willing  or  able  to 
contribute  in  any  way  towards  the  perfection  of  the  work  in  hand. 
Here  follow  the  introduction  and  the  rules  published  on  page  856 
of  the  Journal  of  the  American  Medical  Association  for  September  15, 
1906 : — 
The  following  articles  have  been  tentatively  accepted  by  the  Council  on 
Pharmacy  and  Chemistry  of  the  American  Medical  Association  for  inclusion 
in  the  proposed  annual,  "New  and  Non -official  Remedies."  Their  acceptance 
has  been  based  largely  on  evidence  supplied  by  the  manufacturer  or  his  agent, 
but  to  some  extent  on  investigation  made  by  or  under  the  direction  of  the 
