Am.  Jour.  Pharm. ) 
Feb.,  1879.  / 
Reviews,  etc. 
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Subcutaneous  Infections  and  'Tables  of  the  Metric  System  with  Equivalents.    By  Chas. 
J.  Powers,  of  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  assisted  by  Prof.  Francis  Engelhardt. 
Annual  Report  of  the  Western  Druggists"  Mutual  Benefit  Association.  Cincinnati,  1878. 
On  page  205  of  our  last  volume,  we  have  called  attention  to  this  organization  and 
explained  the  plan  upon  which  it  proposes  to  carry  out  its  object,  w  ich  is  the  insur- 
ance of  the  lives  of  its  members.  The  report  now  before  us  accounts  for  receipts 
during  the  year  ending  November  6,  (878,  amounting  to  $1,605.90,  and  for  disburse- 
ments during  the  same  period  amounting  to  $905.20.  This  latter  sum  includes  all 
the  expenses  of  organization,  such  as  charter,  printing,  salary  of  secretary,  etc.  The 
membership  of  the  Association  extends  over  a  number  of  the  Western  and  Atlantic 
States,  and  branch  organizations  have  been  formed  in  several  large  cities  with  the 
view  of  facilitating  the  business  of  the  Association. 
For  the  city  of  New  York  a  local  board  has  been  organized,  comprising  such  old 
and  well-established  houses  as  McKesson  &  Robbins,  represented  by  William  L. 
Vennard  and  T.  H.  Sherwood ;  Lazell,  Marsh  &  Gardiner,  represented  by  Prof.  P. 
W.  Bedford;  Hall  &  Ruckel,  represented  by  Wm.  H.  Hall  ;  Caswell,  Hazard  & 
Co.,  represented  by  R.  N.  Hazard;  S.  H.  Ambler  &  Co.,  represented  by  Starr  H. 
Ambler,  36  Vesey  street  ;  Theo.  Ricksecker,  146  and  148  Williams  street  5  A.  J. 
Ditman,  cor.  Barklay  and  Broadway  ;  John  Newton,  of  the  "  Druggists'"  Circular  5" 
Dr.  F.  A.  Castle,  of  "  New  Remedies,1'  cor.  57th  street  and  4th  avenue,  with  Henry 
A.  Cassebeer,  Jr.,  cor.  Ninth  street  and  4th  avenue,  as  local  secretary. 
In  Philadelphia,  the  local  organization  will  be  represented  by  Prof.  Jno.  M.  Maisch, 
Joseph  P.  Remington,  cor.  13th  and  Walnut  streets  ;  Messrs.  Edmund  A.  Crenshaw, 
William  F.  McPherson,  of  Johnston,  Holloway  &  Co.;  Joseph  Wayne,  of  Turner 
&  Wayne;  Richard  V.  Mattison,  of  Keasbey  &  Mattison,  and  Henry  N.  Ritten- 
house,  of  Mellor  &  Rittenhouse,  who  is  selected  as  the  local  secretary  for  this  city. 
The  object  of  the  Association,  the  reduction  of  expenses  to  the  lowest  possible 
figure,  and  the  exceedingly  small  outlay  required  for  securing  the  benefits,  cannot 
fail  but  to  commend  the  Association  to  the  druggists  and  pharmacists  of  the  United 
States.    The  Secretary  is  Mr.  James  M.  Dodge,  Cincinnati. 
The  Pharmacist  and  Chemist.    Chicago,  1879. 
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in  a  new  and  improved  dress,  and  with  its  scope  extended  so  as  to  cover,  besides 
pharmacy  and  chemistry,  also  therapeutics  and  the  allied  sciences.  As  heretofore, 
it  is  issued  monthly,  at  $1.50  per  year.  Commencing  with  the  present  volume,  the 
Chicago  College  of  Pharmacy  has  placed  it  in  charge  of  a  publishing  committee,  and 
the  various  labors  connected  with  the  publication  have  been  apportioned  by  appoint- 
ing F.  M.  Goodman,  Ph.G.,  editor,  Matt.  W.  Borland,  manager  of  the  subscription 
department,  and  Henry  Biroth,  manager  of  the  advertising  department. 
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world.  Compiled  under  the  supervision  of  Dr.  John  S.  Billings,  Susgeon  U.  S. 
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