Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
Oct.,  1879. 
Editorial, 
525 
The  meeting  was  attended  by  355  members,  who  were  accompanied  by  72  ladies. 
A  delegation  of  British  apothecaries  was  also  present. 
Swiss  Apothecaries'  Society. — The  thirty-fifth  annual  meeting  was  held  in 
Geneva,  August  21st  and  22d,  President  Schaer  presiding.  Besides  the  reports  of 
the  officers,  reports  on  various  subjects  of  local  interest  were  received  and  discussed. 
A  committee  of  seven  was  appointed  for  the  purpose  of  drafting  a  pharmacy  law  for 
Switzerland.  Lectures  were  delivered  by  Prof.  Brun  on  the  use  of  the  microscope 
in  pharmacy,  by  Prof.  Schaer  on  the  dissociation  of  chlorine  according  to  the  dis- 
coveries of  Prof.  Victor  Meyer,  and  by  Mr.  Studer  on  the  analysis  of  wine. 
The  following  officers  were  elected  for  the  ensuing  year:  President,  Prof.  Schaer, 
of  Zurich;  Vice-President,  Prof.  Brun,  of  Geneva  j  Secretary,  H.  B.  Studer,  Jr.,  of 
Berne.  Mr.  Klunge,  Jr.,  of  Aubonne,  was  elected  editor  of  the  weekly  pharmaceuti  - 
cal  journal  in  place  of  Mr.  Stein,  resigned.  The  next  annual  meeting  will  be  held 
in  Luzerne. 
EDITORIAL  DEPARTMENT. 
The  Twenty-seventh  Annual  Meeting  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Asso- 
ciation was  a  decided  success  as  far  as  attendance  was  concerned.  The  papers 
were  not  as  numerous  as  on  former  occasions,  but  nearly  all  of  those  read  are  of 
more  than  ephemeral  value,  and  merit  the  careful  attention  of  pharmacists  generally. 
It  was  to  be  regretted  that  the  discussions  on  these  essays  were  so  limited,  and  that 
so  little  exchange  of  opinion  could  be  had  on  many  of  the  points  reported  on. 
Matters  relating  to  the  government  of  the  Association  and  its  financial  affairs  con- 
sumed much  of  the  available  time.  We  are  pleased  with  the  action  taken  in  regard  to 
the  finances,  and  believe  that  with  proper  economy  the  Association  will  gradually  be 
placed  on  a  sound  financial  basis,  without  resorting  to  the  necessity  of  a  per  capita 
tax  for  meeting  current  liabilities. 
The  energy  of  the  Local  Secretary  and  of  the  Local  Committees  deserves  all  praise. 
Much  of  the  comfort  of  the  visitors,  their  enjoyment  and  of  the  success  generally 
of  the  meeting  and  the  exhibition,  is  due  to  them.  For  want  of  space  we  shall 
defer  giving  a  fuller  account  to  our  next  issue. 
The  Revision  of  the  Pharmacopceia  and  Pharmaceutical  Societies. — The 
Colleges  of  Pharmacy  begin  their  lectures  about  October  1st,  and  there  seems  to  be 
a  fair  prospect  for  full  classes  and  plenty  of  work  for  the  professors.  With  most 
colleges  the  pharmaceutical,  or  as  they  are  in  some  places  called  the  conversational, 
meetings  begin  in  the  month  of  October,  and  since  the  decennial  revision  of  the 
national  Pharmacopoeia  is  near  at  hand  it  is  but  reasonable  to  expect  of  these  insti- 
tutions of  pharmaceutical  learning  that  there  should  be  no  lack  of  subjects  for  in- 
vestigation and  discussion  at  their  meetings.  We  have  heretofore  repeatedly  urged, 
more  particularly  upon  the  Colleges  of  Pharmacy  the  importance  of  subjecting  the 
pharmacopoeia  to  a  thorough  preliminary  revision  ;  but  we  have  good  reason  to 
believe  that  the  subject  has  received  less  attention  than  its  importance  seems  to 
