Am  Jour  Pharm. 
Jan.,  1879 
Editorial, 
55 
Mr.  Mattison  read  an  essay  on  Sulphur  Mining  on  the  Pacific  Coast,  and  showed 
a  number  of  specimens. 
"Mr.  Wiegand  spoke  of  the  advantages  of  cold  cream  when  properly  used,  and 
thought  it  should  be  retained  in  the  Pharmacopoeia. 
Mr.  Vansant  read  a  paper  by  Mr.  G.  W.  Paine,  on  the  same  subject. 
Mr.  Gaillard  read  a  paper  on  an  Arsenical  Test. 
Dr.  Murray  showed  some  specimens  of  new  drugs  from  California,  and  crystals 
of  different  salts,  obtained  from  hydrastis. 
Mr.  J.  B.  Moore  presented  specimens  of  Goulard's  Cerate,  Fluid  Extract  of  Wild 
Cherry  and  a  substitute  for  lard. 
After  examination  of  specimens,  on  motion,  adjourned. 
Pharmaceutical  Association  of  South  Carolina. — The  annual  meeting  was 
held  in  Charleston,  on  the  evening  of  the  20th  November,  1878.  The  following 
officers  were  elected  to  serve  during  the  coming  year  : 
President,  E.  S.  Burnham  5  Vice  Presidents — Dr.  H.  C.  Guerin,  H.  E.  Heinitsh  ; 
Secretary  and  Treasurer,  Dr.  E.  H.  Kellers  ;  Board  of  Examiners  at  Charleston — 
A.W.  Eckel,  chairman,  G.  J.  Luhn,  A.  W.  Schwacke  and  CO.  Miehaelis;  Board 
of  Examiners  at  Columbia — H.  P.  McGregor,  chairman,  E.  E.  Jackson,  C.  H. 
Miot  and  L.  T.  Silliman. 
Dr,  C.  A.  Tufts,  of  Dover,  N.  H.,  and  Professor  J.  M.'Maisch,  of  Philadelphia, 
were  elected  honorary  members. 
After  the  transaction  of  business,  the  members,  with  their  invited  guests,  partook 
of  a  bountifully-supplied  supper,  spending  the  remainder  of  the  evening  in  the  enjoy- 
ment of  social  conversation  and  pleasant  sentiments. 
EDITORIAL  DEPARTMENT. 
The  Semi-Centennial  Anniversary  of  the  Publication  of  the  "  American 
Journal  of  Pharmacy." — In  April  next  it  will  be  fifty  years  since  the  regular  publi- 
cation of  this  journal  was  commenced  under  the  title  of  the  Journal  of  the  Phila- 
delphia College  of  Pharmacy.  Previous  to  that  time,  from  1825  to  1827,  four 
numbers  were  published  at  irregular  intervals  under  the  supervision  of  a  Publishing 
Committee,  consisting  of  Dr.  Samuel  Jackson,  Henry  Troth,  Solomon  Temple,  Ellis 
H.  Yarnall  and  Daniel  B.  Smith.  When  the  College  determined  upon  the  publica- 
tion of  the  journal  at  regular  stated  periods,  it  was  also  agreed  to  commence  the 
consecutive  numbering  of  the  volumes  with  the  new  issue,  hence  the  four  numbers 
previously  published  became  known  as  the  preliminary  volume,  and  the  one  of  which 
the  present  issue  is  the  first  number  is  the  fifty-first  of  the  regular  series.  In  1835 
the  title  was  changed  to  that  of  the  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy,  and  the 
publication  continued  as  a  quarterly  until  the  close  of  the  twenty-fourth  volume  in 
1852.  In  the  meantime  the  volume  had  been  made  to  commence  with  the  year, 
five  numbers  having  been  issued  in  1847.  With  the  twentieth  volume  (1848)  the 
size  of  each  number  was  increased  to  96  pages,  and  with  the  twenty-fifth  volume 
(1853)  the  journal  was  issaed  bi-monthly  instead  of  quarterly,  the  size  of  each 
number  remaining  unchanged,  except  in  1864,  daring  which  year  the  numbers 
published  contained  only  80  pages  each.  With  the  forty  third  volume  (1871)  it  had 
become  necessary  to  issue  the  journal  monthly  instead  of  bi  monthly,  and  the  change 
