Am.  Jour.  Pharm,  1 
Jan.  2,  1871.  / 
Editorial. 
45 
American  Journal  of  Microscopy,  devoted  to  the  general  dissemination  of  the 
knowledge  of  microscopic  science.  Chicago,  Yol.  1,  No.  1.  Published 
monthly  by  George  Mead  &  Co.,  185  Clark  st.,  Chicago.    16  pages,  quarto. 
The  spirited  manner  in  which  the  initial  number  is  brought  out  promises 
well  for  this  pioneer  journal  of  microscopy  in  this  country.  The  first  article  is 
on  "the  value  of  the  microscope  to  the  pharmaceutist,"  by  Prof.  E.  M.  Hale, 
of  Chicago,  in  which  the  author  endeavors  to  show  the  need  of  microscopic 
scrutiny  to  detect  processes  of  deterioration  set  up  by  fungi  in  the  tissues  of 
organic  drugs.  As  a  medium  for  advocating  this  important  branch  of  scientific 
research,  this  journal  will  lend  valuable  aid,  and  deserves  encouragement  by 
all  interested.    Price  one  dollar  per  year,  or  ten  cents  per  number. 
Proceedings  of  the  Second  Annual  Meeting  of  the  California.  Pharmaceutical 
Society,  \\M  at  San  Francisco  Oct.  10th,  1870.  San  Francisco,  1870  ;  pp. 
52,  octavo. 
This  pamphlet  embodies  the  several  reports  made  to  the  Annual  Meeting, 
and  the  replies  to  some  of  the  queries  propounded  at  the  last  Annual  Meeting. 
The  Executive  Committee's  report  informs  that  there  are  87  retail  drug  stores 
in  San  Francisco,  48  of  which  are  represented  in  the  Society.  The  happy  influ- 
ence of  the  Pacific  Railroad,  in  afi'ording  supplies  promptly  to  the  drug  market, 
and  thus  preventing  the  remarkable  variation  in  prices  incident  to  the  ante- 
railroad  era,  is  alluded  to. 
The  meetings  of  the  Society  have  been  well  attended,  and  a  library  and  mu- 
seum have  been  commenced  at  the  new  rooms  of  the  Society,  at  226  Sutton  st. 
The  chapter  on  Medicinal  Plants  possesses  much  interest.  Endeavors  ar« 
being  made  to  establish  a  garden  for  the  supply  of  medicinal  plants,  and  the 
large  number  of  Californian  plants  in  many  important  natural  orders  is  sug- 
gested as  a  field  worthy  of  culture  by  the  therapeutist  and  organic  chemist. 
California  mineral  waters  are  attracting  attention,  and  allusion  is  made  to  an 
ingenious  double  cup  for  dissolving  efi"ervescing  powders  separately,  and  then 
mixing  them  in  the  enlarged  neck  of  the  vessel  before  drinking. 
The  subject  of  a  school  of  pharmacy  has  been  considered,  and  in  the  opinion 
of  the  Committee  seems  possible  at  no  distant  period. 
The  address  of  the  President,  Mr.  Calvert,  and  the  report  of  the  Secretary, 
Mr.  Steele,  are  interesting,  but  our  space  does  not  admit  of  noticing  them.  The 
special  reports  we  hope  to  recur  to  in  a  future  number. 
Archives  of  Science  and  Transactions  of  the  Orleans  County  Society  of  Natural 
Sciences.  Editors,  J.  M.  Currier,  M.  D.,  of  Newport,  Yt.,  and  George  A. 
Hinman,  M.  D.,  West  Charleston,  Yt.  Yol.  1,  No.  1,  October,  1870.  Pub- 
lished quarterly  by  J.  M.  Currier,  M.  D.,  at  Newport,  Yt.  Price  $2.50  per 
annum. 
This  number  contains  articles  on  the  Pawnee  Indians,  on  Mineral  Waters  of 
Essex  County,  Yt.,  on  the  Indian  History  of  Northern  Yermont,  Meteorologi- 
■cal  Register  from  December,  1869,  to  July,  1870,  inclusive,  New  Mounting  for 
Microscopic  Objects,  and  a  Double  Maple-tree  [Acer  saccharinum),  together 
with  the  Constitution  and  By-Laws  of  the  Society. 
