Editorial. — Reviews,  etc. 
(  Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
t      June,  1879. 
-comparatively  few  to  enlist  the  co-operation  of  the  majority  of  reputable  druggists 
in  the  organization  of  a  State  society.  It  is  to  these  few  that  we  desire  to  address 
ourselves,  and  to  urge  upon  them  now,  as  we  have  done  on  former  occasions,  to 
proceed.  It  is  a  mistake,  in  our  opinion,  to  wait  until  steps  in  this  direction  are 
taken  by  the  pharmacists  in  the  large  cities,  who  have  either  a  college  or  a  local  associ- 
ation to  unite  them.  We  believe  that  the  initiatory  steps  are  best  taken  by  those  not 
connected  with  local  bodies  5  for  the  great  object  to  be  attained  is  to  bring  those 
nearer  to  one  another  who  at  present  are  strangers,  and  to  unite  them  in  the  work 
of  mutual  improvement.  We  therefore  repeat  the  suggestion  which  we  made  two 
years  ago,  for  the  druggists  and  pharmacists  of  the  different  State  capitals,  to  call  a 
meeting  of  all  interested  at  an  early  date.  Pharmacists  who  live  in  other  towns  and 
feel  an  interest  in  the  movement,  should,  however,  not  allow  the  object  to  be 
defeated  through  any  lukewarmness  that  may  exist  in  the  capital,  but,  with  the  aid 
of  their  friends,  set  the  undertaking  in  motion.  We  are  aware  that  for  some  years 
ipast  the  organization  of  pharmaceutical  associations  has  been  contemplated  in  Iowa, 
Indiana  and  Ohio;  there  is  no  reason  why  it  should  not  be  accomplished  now,  so 
that  the  newly  formed  associations  may  be  represented  at  the  twenty-seventh  annual 
meeting  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  And  in  case  any  of  the 
older  State  associations  should  have  failed  to  keep  up  their  regular  meetings,  it  is  to 
be  hoped  that  new  life  may  be  infused  into  them  for  the  same  cause. 
REVIEWS  AND  BIBLIOGRAPHICAL  NOTICES. 
Proceedings  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  at  its  twenty-sixth  annual 
meeting,  held  at  Atlanta,  Ga,  Ao-vember,  1878.    Philadelphia.     1879.  8vo. 
As  we  go  to  press  we  learn  that  this  anxiously  expected  volume  is  nearly  ready, 
and  will  be  distributed  to  those  entitled  in  June.  It  makes  the  largest  volume  ever 
issued  by  the  Association,  covering  over  1,000  pages.  The  report  on  the  Progress 
of  Pharmacy  is  unusually  full  and  elaborate,  and  occupies  644  pages.  Then  follow 
the  reports  of  the  Committee  on  the  Drug  Market  and  of  other  committees,  includ- 
ing that  on  the  Revision  of  the  Pharmacopoeia,  which  is  accompanied  by  a  valuable 
report  on  Fluid  Extracts  by  Prof.  Diehl,  giving  the  experimental  results  of  a  num- 
ber of  investigators,  obtained  by  following  a  uniform  previously- devised  plan.  The 
elaborate  paper  on  Repercolation  by  Dr.  Squibb,  published  on  page  209  of  our  last 
volume,  is  reproduced,  and  completed  by  giving  the  results  obtained  from  long 
experience  in  the  preparation  of  fluid  extracts  by  repercolation. 
The  papers  presented  at  the  last  meeting  are  published  in  full  5  in  the  December 
number  abstracts  have  been  given  of  those  papers  which  admit  of  condensation.  As 
usual,  the  minutes  contain  the  discussion,  reported  by  a  stenographer,  and  are 
followed  by  the  roll  and  an  alphabetical  list  of  members  with  their  addresses,  the 
usual  lists  and  an  index,  which  is  necessarily  more  lengthy  than  those  of  the  pre- 
vious volumes.    The  character  of  the  majority  of  the  papers,  and  the  fulness  of  the 
