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"  the  inventor  and  revealer  of  anaesthetic  inhalation,"  have  erected  a  monument 
to  his  memory  in  Mount  Auburn  Cemetery,  and  have  transferred  it  to  his  family 
as  a  mark  of  gratitude  to  his  memory.  If  the  inscriptions  on  this  monument 
are  the  truth,  then  was  Morton  deserving  of  this  and  higher  honors;  but 
there  are  many  who  believe  with  equal  sincerity  that  the  true  "  inventor  and 
revealer  of  anaesthetic  inhalation  "  was  the  late  Dr.  Horace  G.  Wells,  of  Hart- 
lord,  Connecticut.  If  it  be  true  that  to  conceive  the  idea  of  avoiding  pain  by 
inhalation,  and  successfully  to  submit  to  the  process,  be  a  test,  then,  surely,  to 
the  memory  of  Dr.  Wells  must  accrue  the  honor  of  directing  the  world  to  an- 
sesthesia  in  surgery.  The  failure  of  the  experiment  at  Boston  is  now  known  to 
have  been  accidental,  as  nitrous  oxide  has  everywhere  been  proved  to  possess 
the  power  Dr.  Wells  claimed  for  it  before  the  medical  tribunal  at  that  city.  The 
•enterprise  and  perseverance  of  Dr.  Morton,  in  finding  a  more  manageable  an- 
£esthetic  deserves  a  just  and  fair  reward;  but  it  should  not  exclude  from  a 
higher  award  the  claims  of  Dr.  Wells  as  the  genius  who  first  demonstrated 
practically  anaesthesia  in  surgery. 
Law  vs.  Latin. — According  to  the  Boston  Med.  a7id  Surg.  Journal,  the 
Legislative  fathers  of  that  classical  centre  are  becoming  surfeited  with  the  lan- 
gu'age  of  Cicero,  and  will  have  none  of  it.  It  appears  that  a  proposition  to 
compel  physicians  to  write  their  prescriptions  in  English  has  been  before  the 
Legislature,  but  has  been  stopped  by  representing  the  true  nature  of  the  ques- 
tion in  a  candid  and  straightforward  manner.  It  is  a  satisfaction  to  learn  that 
the  law- makers  manifested  so  much  good  sense. 
The  Registry  Law  in  Baltimore.  We  cut  the  following  from  the  Balti- 
more Sun,  as  indicating  that  the  new  law  for  sustaining  the  better  education  of 
ftpothecaries  in  Baltimore  is  not  a  dead  letter: — 
A  Druggist  Heavily  Fined. — R.  H.  Laurence,  a  druggist,  doing  business  in 
the  western  section  of  the  city,  was  arraigned  before  Justice  Bride,  yesterday, 
by  policeman  Qair\n,  upon  the  charge  of  prosecuting  his  business  without  being 
registered,  and  without  having  undergone  the  examination  required  by  an  act 
of  the  General  Assembly,  passed  in  1870.   He  was  fined  fifty  dollars  and  costs. 
The  Business  Editor  of  this  Journal. — In  our  February  editorial  notice 
of  the  appointment  of  Mr.  Wolle,  we  accidentally  wrongly  stated  his  business 
hour  at  the  College.  We  now  say  that  it  is  between  10  and  11  o'clock,  A. 
M.,  daily,  at  the  College  Hall,  145  North  Tenth  Street.  The  notice  on  the 
cover  will  give  particulars  in  reference  to  advertisements 
Erratum. — In  the  last  line  of  page  58,  February  number,  read  Aq.  f^viij,  in. 
stead  of  f^iij.    Readers  will  please  make  the  correction. 
Proceedings  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  at  the  18th  Annual 
jMeeting,  held  in  Baltimore,  Md.,  September,  1870;  also  the  Constitution 
and  Roll  of  Members.  Philad. :  Sherman  &  Co.,  printers,  1870.  352  pp. 
Octavo. 
This  volume  was  received  from  the  Secretary  on  the  Uth  of  February.  The 
