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the  origin  and  development  of  the  several  pharmacopoeias  published 
in  Europe.  From  these  articles  it  would  appear  that  the  first  offi- 
cial pharmacopoeia  was  published  in  Niirnberg,  Germany,  in  1546. 
An  interesting  sketch  of  the  origin  and  continuance  of  the  Pharma- 
ceutical Journal,  by  the  veteran  writer,  Mr.  Joseph  Ince,  has  recently 
appeared  in  the  pages  of  that  journal.  {Phar.  Jour.,  1904,  p.  804.)  From 
this  sketch  it  would  appear  that  the  Journal  began  in  1841  as  a 
private  enterprise,  being  owned  and  controlled  by  Mr.  Jacob  Bell. 
It  was  the  first  journal  of  its  kind  to  be  published  in  Great  Britain,  and 
is  to-day  the  second  oldest  pharmaceutical  journal  published  in  the 
English  language. 
Among  the  early  contributors  are  enumerated  such  representa- 
tive British  pharmacists  and  scientists  as  Dr.  Andrew  Ure,  Professor 
Redwood,  Prof.  George  Fownes,  Prof.  Jonathan  Pareira,  Thomas 
Morson,  Dr.  W.  F.  Daniell,  J.  B.  Groves,  who  were  in  turn  fol- 
lowed by  such  men  as  Daniel  Hanbury,  John  Barnard,  Robert  Bent- 
ley  and  the  still  surviving  Joseph  Ince. 
From  1 841  to  1870  the  Journal  was  published  as  a  monthly;  since 
1870  it  has  been  published  in  its  present  form  as  a  weekly. 
The  Year  Book  of  Pharmacy,  containing  a  complete  account  of 
the  meeting  of  the  British  Pharmaceutical  Conference  at  Sheffield, 
England,  has  been  distributed  to  the  members.  In  addition  to  the 
papers  read  at  the  Sheffield  meeting,  this  book  also  contains  a  well 
arranged  and  quite  exhaustive  review  of  the  current  literature  relat- 
ing to  pharmacy. 
In  this  connection  it  is  also  announced  that  a  general  index 
covering  the  volumes  from  1886  to  1903  will  be  ready  soon  and  that 
the  price  for  this  index  has  been  fixed  at  the  moderate  sum  of 
3s.  6d.,  post  free.  For  those  who  desire  a  copy  of  the  previous  index, 
1864  to  1885,  the  two  volumes  will  be  supplied  at  5s.  6d.,  post  free. 
The  first  number  of  the  Journal  de  Pharmacie  et  de  Chemie  for 
x905 — tne  ninety-sixth  year  of  its  publication — appears  with  the 
name  of  M.  Bourquelot  as  the  principal  editor.  M.  Emile  Bourque- 
lot,  it  will  be  remembered,  is  the  head  pharmacist  at  the  Laennec 
Hospital,  Permanent  General  Secretary  of  the  Society  of  Pharmacy 
of  Paris,  Professor  of  Galenical  Pharmacy  at  the  Superior  School  of 
Pharmacy,  Paris,  and  has  but  recently  been  appointed  a  Chevalier 
of  the  Legion  of  Honor.  M.  Bourquelot  comes  to  his  new  posi- 
tion well  prepared.    He  has  been  a  frequent  contributor  to  phar- 
