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Editorial. 
(  Am.  Jour.  Pharni 
t      March,  1905. 
tests  and  methods  of  applying  the  same,  but  frequently  gives  a 
method  whereby  a  few  pieces  of  glass  tubing  or  a  common  test 
tube  will  practically  accomplish  the  same  results  with  much  less 
expenditure.  It  might  also  be  noted  that  methods  for  the  centrifu- 
gal estimation  of  the  mineral  sulphates,  phosphates  and  albumin 
prove  a  valuable  addition,  as  well  as  the  latest  tests  for  the  presence 
of  sugar  in  the  urine  ;  formaldehyde  in  milk,  and  Ewald's  test  for 
the  condition  of  the  stomach.  In  connection  with- some  of  the 
tests  for  abnormal  constituents  of  the  urine,  the  following  sub- 
divisions are  noted,  which  in  themselves  should  commend  it  to  a 
careful  worker,  namely,  principal  reagents,  methods  of  applying, 
test  precautions  to  be  observed,  fallacies  and  delicacy  of  tests,  volu- 
metric, gravimetric  or  centrifugal  estimations,  objections  to  and 
advantages  of  these  methods.  It  might  also  be  noted  that  the 
preparation  of  artificial  morbid  urines  for  practicing  the  various 
tests,  Freund's  method  for  the  determination  of  acidity,  preliminary 
standardization,  and  Toepfer's  method  for  estimating  free  and  loosely 
combined  acids,  are  among  the  latest  additions  to  this  publication. 
W.  S.  Weakley. 
EDITORIAL. 
PROPOSED  AMENDMENT  TO  THE  PHARMACY  ACT  IN  PENNSYLVANIA. 
The  requirement  of  graduation  from  a  college  of  pharmacy  prior 
to  examination  by  a  board  of  pharmacy  has  been  unanimously  in- 
dorsed by  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  the  various 
State  pharmaceutical  associations,  and  the  International  Pharma- 
ceutical Congress,  which  met  in  Chicago  at  the  time  of  the  Colum- 
bian Exposition,  as  well  as  by  other  organizations  interested  in 
pharmaceutical  progress.  (See  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy, 
August  and  September,  1904.) 
While  the  proposition  favoring  the  enactment  of  a  law  requiring 
every  applicant  for  a  proprietor's  or  manager's  certificate  to  be  a 
graduate  of  a  reputable  college  of  pharmacy,  probably  originated 
in  Pennsylvania,  it  has  remained  for  New  York  State  to  first  pass  a 
law  of  this  kind. 
A  bill  of  this  kind  is  again  before  the  Pennsylvania  Legislature, 
and  the  only  changes  proposed  in  the  present  Pharmacy  Act  are  the 
following : 
