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manufacture.  In  addition  to  the  treat  thus  afforded,  the  members  were  also  enabled 
to  visit  the  electro-plating  works  of  Messrs.  Walker  &  Hall  and  the  show-rooms  of 
Messrs.  Rodgers,  and  so  to  obtain  an  actual  knowledge  of  the  way  in  which  two  of 
the  chief  manufacturing  trades  in  Sheffield  are  carried  out.  For  these  facilities  the 
members  are  under  great  obligation  to  the  Local  Committee,  and  they  are  no  less 
indebted  to  the  proprietors  of  these  works  visited,  as  well  as  to  the  various  officials 
connected  with  them,  for  the  extreme  liberality  with  which  everything  was  shown, 
and  for  the  courtesy  and  attention  displayed,  no  doubt  at  the  cost  of  some  consider  - 
able  personal  inconventence. 
In  this  superficial  sketch  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Conference  at  Sheffield  it  has  only 
been  possible  io  indicate  some  or  its  most  salient  features,  and  there  are  many  things 
we  should  have  been  glad  to  speak  of  had  time  and  space  permitted.  But  we  may, 
from  a  general  point  of  view,  say  that  this  has  been,  in  every  respect,  one  of  the 
most  successful  and  satisfactory  meetings  that  have  yet  been  held. — Phar.  Jour,  and 
Trans.,  Aug.  23,  1879. 
German  Apothecaries'  Society. — The  annual  meeting  was  held  September  4th 
and  5th  in  the  city  of  Hannover,  Director  Wolfrum  in  the  chair.  After  brief 
addresses  of  welcome  on  behalf  of  the  city  government  and  the  local  committee,  the 
annual  reports  of  the  various  officers  were  received.  The  Society  has  2,807  mem- 
bers, 140  having  joined  since  the  beginning  of  the  year,  and  94  resigned  during  the 
•same  time.  Besides  the  general  treasury,  there  are  funds  for  aiding  deserving 
assistants,  members  or  their  families  and  students,  as  well  as  for  scientific  investiga- 
tions; the  total  invested  capital  being  261,295  marks  (about  $65,000).  The  total 
expenses  of  administration  during  the  year  1878  were  3,803  marks,  while  in  the 
same  period  11,375  m'  were  paid  to  widows  and  orphans,  8,684  m.  to  assistants,  and 
stipends  of  150  m.  each  to  31  students. 
A  lengthy  report  on  the  revision  of  the  Pharmacopoeia  was  made,  and  among  the 
points  subsequently  acted  on  were  the  following:  That  the  Pharmacopoeia  should  be 
issued  in  the  Latin  language  only;  that  chemical  formulas  be  not  introduced;  that 
in  the  designation  of  compounds  of  metals  precedence  be  given  to  the  name  of  the 
metal;  that  only  such  Latin  synonyms  be  added  which  appear  to  be  indispensable; 
that  the  medicinal  chemicals  be  succinctly  described  with  reactions  of  identity  and 
tests  of  strength ;  that  tinctures  be  prepared  by  maceration  and  expression  without 
adding  any  menstruum  subsequently  for  the  purpose  of  obtaining  a  definite  weight, 
and  that  in  all  cases  clear  tinctures  only  should  be  dispensed;  that  the  powdering  of 
drugs  be  done  by  the  pharmacist,  and  that  the  table  of  maximum  doses  should  not 
be  enlarged  so  as  to  include  also  maximum  doses  for  children,  or  for  clysters  or  sub- 
cutaneous injections. 
The  last  day  was  principally  occupied  with  the  discussion  on  changes  in  the 
by-laws. 
Prof.  Kraut  delivered  a  lecture  on  the  correct  and  judicious  use  of  chemical 
formulas,  and  Prof.  Husemann  one  on  the  problems  of  modern  toxicology. 
Director  Wolfrum  declining  a  re-election,  Mr.  Bernbeck  was  elected  in  his  place. 
The  next  meeting  will  be  held  in  the  city  of  Breslau. 
