140 
Editorial. 
f  Am.  Jour.  PnARj?. 
t  March  1,1871. 
The  fluid  extract  used  was  prepared  by  Campbell, s  process,  and  represented 
16  troy  ounces  of  the  drug  to  16  fluid  ounces  of  the  extract. 
Wm.  J.  Bache." 
Chloral  Hydrate, — The  following  note  from  Messrs.  Morson  &  Son,  of 
London,  in  relation  to  the  reliability  of  certain  statements  in  a  paper  by  Mr. 
Mason,  of  Liverpool,  is  given  a  place  in  ihis  number,  because  wehave  reprinted 
Mr,  Mason's  paper  at  page  113,  and  do  this  in  justice  to  the  parties  claiming'^ 
a  suspension  of  judgment. 
Messrs.  Morson  &  Son  feel  it  necessary  for  their  protection  to  inform  their 
friends  that  the  statement  made  by  Mr.  A.  H.  Mason  in  a  paper  on  Chloral 
and  its  preparations,  read  at  the  Chemists  Association  in  Liverpool,  and  pub- 
lished  in  the  Pharmaceutical  Transactions  for  Jan.  7th,  is  entirely  incorrect 
as  regards  the  strength  and  purity  of  the  Hydrate  furnished  by  Messrs. 
Morson  &  Son,  and  also  as  regards  the  preparation  of  this  substance  by  sev- 
eral eminent  German  makers  to  whom  great  injustice  is  done.  Although  this, 
publication  would  be  considered  by  most  readers  as  a  trade  advertisement,  yet 
its  hasty  publication  in  the  Pharmaceutical  Journal  requires  that  it  should  not 
pass  unnoticed  and  uncontradicted. 
31,  33  &  124  Southampton  Row,  London. 
The  New  Jersey  Pharmaceutical  Association.— The  following  communica- 
tion, relative  to  the  Annual  Meeting  of  this  body,  has  been  received  from  the 
Corresponding  Secretary,  Mr.  Charles  B.  Smith: 
'j'he  Annual  Meeting  of  the  New  Jersey  Pharmaceutical  Association  was 
held  at  the  rooms  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association,  in  Trenton,  on 
\Vednesday,  Feb.  1st.  Owing  to  the  illness  of  the  President,  C.  H.  Dalrym- 
ple,  Esq  ,  of  Morristown,  Vice-Presidei)t  Dr.  R.  P.  Nirhols,  of  Newark,  pre- 
sided, and  called  the  meeting  to  order  at  10.30  A.  The  minutes  of  the  last 
meeting,  held  at  Long  Branch,  were  read  and  approved. 
Vice-President  Nichols  read  the  annual  report,  giving  a  history  of  the  for- 
mation of  the  Association,  its  progress  and  growth  to  the  present  time. 
The  election  of  officers  for  the  ensuing  year  was  next  proceeded  with,  result- 
ing in  the  unanimous  re  election  of  the  old  officers. 
The  Committee  having  charge  of  the  proposed  Pharmacy  I^aw  reported  pro- 
gress, stating  that  the  bill  was  in  the  hands  of  the  Judiciary  Committee,  and 
would  be  reported  to  the  Legislature  at  once,  and  they  were  quite  hopeful  of 
its  becoming  a  law  at  an  early  day. 
The  members  present  all  expressed  themselves  very  much  in  favor  of  the  bill, 
believing  that  the  time  had  now  come  when  the  interests  of  the  people  as  well 
as  their  own  demanded  a  higher  and  better  established  standard  of  moral  and 
educational  qualification  for  persons  engaged  in  the  practice  of  Pharmacy. 
It  was  decided  to  hold  a  special  meeting  at  Long  Branch,  on  Wednesday, 
August  16th,  in  addition  to  the  regular  annual  meeting,  to  be  held  in  Trenton 
in  February,  1B72. 
We  understand  that  strong  opposition  is  made  to  the  bill  by  certain  physi- 
cians, because  of  its  requiring  all  to  submit  to  examination  who  hereafter  pro- 
pose to  open  apothecary  stores,  claiming  that  they  should  be  exempt  and  at 
liberty  to  open  as  many  stores  as  they  choose. 
Monument  to  Dr.  W.  T.  G.  Morton. — Certain  citizens  of  Boston  and  vicin- 
ity, believing  that  the  late  Dr.  Morton  has  a  rightful  claim  to  be  considered 
