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f  Am.  Jour.  Phakm> 
1     Feb.  1,  1871. 
fence  that  are  wrong.  The  only  way  seems  to  advance  education  by  legal  en- 
actments, to  uphold  the  Pharmacopoeia  as  a  guide  and  standard  by  legal 
means,  and  to  encourage  professional  integrity  as  the  true  means  of  reform. 
The  Authority  of  the  Pharmacopoeia. — A  writer  in  the  Medical  Times 
(Philada.  Jan.  2d)  discusses  the  question  as  to  how  far  our  Pharmacopoeia  is  a 
recognized  code.  What  are  the  causes  of  its  being  disregarded,  and  whether 
the  time  is  not  approaching  when  the  attempt  will  have  to  be  made  to  get 
Congress  to  intervene  in  favor  of  a  just  and  moderate  law  upholding  the  Phar- 
macopoeia, which  shall  compel  physicians  to  use  officinal  language  when  they 
want  the  preparations  of  that  code,  and  compel  apothecaries  to  dispense  its 
formulse  when  prescribed  in  officinal  language.  This  will  leave  ample  room  for 
the  non-professional  prescribers,  the  homoeopathist  and  the  eclectic,  as  well  as 
for  the  numerous  specialities  that  will  ever  be  arising  outside  of  the  Phar- 
macopoeia among  apothecaries.  It  will  then  become  the  interest  of  physicians 
to  include  within  the  national  codex  all  that  is  most  desirable  for  their  pre- 
scriptions, and  apothecaries  to  take  so  much  interest  in  its  revision  as  to  see 
that  it  is  well  done. 
The  Proceedings  of  the  Association. — We  have  received  some  advanced 
sheets  of  this  volume  through  the  politeness  of  Prof.  Maisch,  with  the  informa- 
tion that  the  work  will  soon  be  published.  The  execution  of  the  few  pages  we 
have  received  speaks  well  for  the  appearance  of  the  coming  volume.  Several 
of  the  essays  appear  in  this  number.  Before  our  next  issue  it  may  be  received 
in  time  for  a  general  notice. 
The  Business  Editor  of  the  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy. — Since 
our  last  issue,  Mr.  Henry  H.  Wolle  has  been  appointed  to  the  position  of 
business  editor  for  the  management  of  the  advertising  sheet,  the  distribution 
and  the  accounts  of  the  American  Journal  of  Pliarmacy.  His  office  is  at  the 
Hall  of  the  College,  145  North  10th  street,  Philadelphia,  and  all  letters  re- 
lating to  the  business  of  the  Journal  should  be  sent  to  him  at  that  address. 
His  office  hour  is  from  9  to  10  o'clock  daily,  and  when  this  is  not  conve- 
nient, subscribers,  advertisers,  and  others  having  business  with  Mr,  Wolle 
relating  to  the  Journal^  should  reach  him  by  note.  The  publishing  committee 
are  desirous  that  all  subscribers  should  be  faithfully  served,  and  so  far  as  com- 
mitting the  Journal  to  the  mails  is  concerned,  efforts  have  been  made  to  do 
them  justice.  Beyond  this  the  committee  is  not  responsible,  but  desire  to  hear 
of  failures  when  they  occur. 
As  many  subscribers  are  in  arrears,  they  will  greatly  oblige  the  Committee  by 
promptly  paying  their  dues  to  Mr.  Wolle,  who  will  receipt  for  the  same  on 
Treasurer's  account.  When  subscribers  find  their  Journals  are  not  properly 
addressed,  they  will  help  the  Business  Editor  by  promptly  notifying  him  of  the 
errors  ,  and  should  bills  be  rendered  for  accounts  already  settled,  but  not  cred- 
ited, such  parties  will  confer  a  particular  favor  on  the  Business  Editor  by  send- 
