56 
Editorial, 
A.m.  Jour.  Pharm. 
Jan.,  1879. 
was  accomplished  without  increasing  the  size  of  the  volume  by  making  the  monthly- 
numbers  cover  48  pages  each.  At  the  same  time  the  size  of  each  page  was  widened 
and  lengthened,  which  change,  while  it  does  not  disturb  uniformity  with  previous 
volumes  in  binding,  yet  added  additional  matter  to  each  number  equivalent  to  about 
seven  pages  or  more.  But  even  this  increase  in  the  text  of  the  journal  has  been 
found  insufficient  at  times,  necessitating  the  additional  increase  in  the  size  of  a  num- 
ber from  48  to  64  pages,  while  at  the  same  time  most  of  the  papers  bearing  on  phar- 
macy and  published  in  foreign  journals  are  transferred  to  our  pages  in  a  condensed 
form  as  "  Gleanings,"  "  Selections,"  or  "  Varieties." 
The  different  changes  referred  to  are  indicated  on  the  title  pages  of  the  journal 
by  "  series,"  the  first  one  comprising  the  six  volumes  published  under  the  original 
title,  and  the  second  all  the  volumes  issued  in  quarterly  numbers  under  the  present 
title.  The  third  series,  volumes  xxv  to  xlii  inclusive,  embraces  the  bi-monthly  pub- 
lications, and  with  the  change  to  monthly  numbers  in  1871  the  fourth  series  was 
commenced. 
Although  the  Journal  is  published  by  authority  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of 
Pharmacy,  the  College  is  evidently  not  responsible  for  the  views  of  the  editor,  nor 
is  the  latter  responsible  for  the  opinions  held  by  the  authors  of  contributed  and 
selected  papers,  except  in  keeping  the  pages  of  the  Journal  unsullied  from  person- 
alities and  other  unsuitable  matter.  But  from  the  very  commencement  the  College 
has  annually  appointed  a  Publishing  Committee,  whose  members  have  assisted  the 
editors  with  valuable  advice  and  not  unfrequently  with  original  contributions.  Of 
the  first  Publishing  Committee,  appointed  about  54  years  ago,  the  most  active 
member,  who  contributed  many  valuable  papers  to  the  preliminary  and  the  earlier 
volumes  of  the  regular  series,  the  venerable  Daniel  B.  Smith  is  the  only  survivor,  and 
being  also  one  of  the  few  surviving  original  members  of  the  College,  has  ample  reason 
to  enjoy  the  prosperity  and  extended  influence  of  the  institution  and  the  Journal,  to 
the  success  of  both  of  which  his  assiduous  disinterested  labors  have  materially  con- 
tributed. The  names  of  nearly  all  who  served  on  the  Publishing  Committee  are 
well  known  in  American  pharmacy,  and  several  have  exerted  a  well  recognized  and 
duly  appreciated  influence  upon  the  elevation  and  progress  of  pharmacy  in  the 
United  States.  We  refer  more  particularly  to  Drs.  George  B.  Wood  and 
Franklin  Bache,  and  to  William  Procter,  Jr.,  and  Edward  Parrish,  all  of  whom 
have  also  labored  in  the  College  as  professors,  and  of  whom  only  Prof.  Wood 
survives,  honored  by  both  the  pharmaceutical  and  medical  professions  for  his  untir- 
ing and  successful  labors  extending  over  half  a  century.  In  addition  to  those  pre- 
viously named,  the  following  members  of  the  College  have  served  on  the  Publishing 
Committee:  Chas.  Ellis,  S.  P.  Griflitts,  Dr.  Benjamin  Ellis,  Dr.  Rob.  Egglesfield 
Griffith,  Dr.  Joseph  Carson,  Elias  Durand,  Wm.  Hodgson,  Jr.,  Jos.  Scattergood, 
John  C.  Allen,  Dillwyn  Parrish,  Dr.  Rob.  Bridges,  Ambrose  Smith,  Augustine 
Duhamel,  Wm.  R.  Fischer,  Thos.  P.  James,  Alfred  B.  Taylor,  Jno.  M.  Maisch, 
Thos.  S.  Wiegand,  Chas   Bullock,  James  T.  Shinn  and  Henry  N.  Rittenhouse. 
During  the  fifty  years  of  the  uninterrupted  publication  of  the  Journal,  the  edito- 
rial chair  has  been  occupied  by  Dr.  B.  Ellis  from  1829  to  1833,  Dr.  R.  E.  Griffith 
from  1833  to  1836,  Dr.  Jos.  Carson  from  1836  to  1850,  Wm.  Procter,  Jr.,  from 
1850  to  1871,  and  since  that  time  by  the  present  incumbent.  In  addition  to  these 
Dr.  Rob.  Bridges  served  as  assistant  editor  from  1839  to  J^45>  ar*d  Wm.  Procter, 
Jr.,  in  a  like  capacity  from  1848  until  he  was  elected  editor. 
The  publication  of  the  journal  was  commenced  about  simultaneously  with  the 
beginning  elevation  of  pharmacy  in  the  United  States.  Some  years  previous,  in 
1 82 1 ,  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  had  been  organized,  and  lectures  were 
instituted  and  continued  to  the  present  day.  A  few  years  afterwards  the  Massachu- 
setts College  of  Pharmacy  was  organized  in  Boston,  but  lectures  were  not  com- 
menced until  a  more  recent  date.  The  New  York  College  of  Pharmacy  followed 
in  1829,  and  at  once  entered  the  field  as  an  educational  institution.  The  other 
teaching  Colleges  of  Pharmacy  in  the  United  States  were  all  founded  or  reorganized 
