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Pharmaceutical  Meeting. 
(  Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
1  December,  1913.  , 
sodium  thiosulphate  for  neutralizing  the  residual  chlorine. — J.  Am. 
M.  Assoc.,  1 91 3,  v.  61,  p.  1461. 
Venereal  Diseases. — An  important  discussion  in  the  Sections  of 
Dermatology  and  Syphilography  of  the  International  Medical  Con- 
gress centred  about  the  control  of  venereal  diseases.  These  sections 
passed  resolutions  urging  the  government  to  institute  a  system  of 
confidential  notification  of  syphilis  to  a  sanitary  authority  and  to 
make  systematic  provision  for  the  diagnosis  and  treatment  of  all 
cases  of  syphilis  not  otherwise  provided  for.  Sir  Malcolm  Morris 
said  the  state  enforces  the  notification  of  many  infectious  diseases, 
takes  charge  of  the  insane,  encourages  the  authorities  to  build  fever 
hospitals,  carries  out  a  rigid  inspection  of  factories  and  work-shops, 
and  in  a  thousand  ways  stretches  out  its  long  arm  to  safeguard  the 
community,  yet  it  does  not  lift  a  little  finger  to  protect  the  nation 
from  a  devastating  disease  which,  more  ruthless  than  the  destroying 
angel  who  slew  the  first-born,  smites  the  unborn  babe.— Chem.  & 
Drug.,  1913.  v.  83,  pp.  33I-35^- 
PHARMACEUTICAL  MEETING. 
The  first  Pharmaceutical  Meeting  this  fall  was  held  in  the 
Museum  of  the  College  on  October  17,  with  Eugene  Charabot  of  the 
Sorbonne,  Paris,  the  guest  of  honor.  The  major  part  of  his  address 
on  the  "  Formation  and  Distribution  of  Odorous  Products  in  Plants  " 
is  found  in  another  part  of  this  issue.  Professor  Samuel  P.  Sadtler 
presided  and  introduced  Dr.  Charabot  as  one  of  the  world's  recog- 
nized authorities  on  Volatile  Oils. 
The  carbohydrates,  albuminoids,  and  the  fatty  substances,  which 
comprise  the  important  products  of  plant  metabolism  have  been 
thoroughly  studied.  But  there  is  a  multitude  of  more  ephemeral 
products,  often  unsuspected  in  their  normal  presence,  among  which 
are  the  odorous  compounds.  The  subject  of  perfumery,  therefore, 
Dr.  Charabot  suggested,  while  having  great  practical  aspects,  de- 
serves well  a  place  in  our  knowledge  of  a  purely  philosophical  order 
and  is  closely  allied  with  and  depends  upon  the  subject  of  physio- 
logical botany.  With  this  introduction  the  speaker  endeavored  to 
give  the  proper  perspective  to  his  subject.  While  the  address  was 
given  in  French,  it  was  thoroughly  enjoyed  by  those  who  attended, 
even  though  not  very  familiar  with  the  language,  due  to  the  very 
engaging  style  of  Dr.  Charabot. 
