784-  Year  Book  or  Abstract  Journal.    {A£-  J°u,r-  Pharm- 
»u7  1  December,  1919. 
terest  and  public  conscience  not  only  in  China,  but  approved  by 
enlightened  minds  the  world  over." 
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1.  Changing  China.    By  Dr.  Ross. 
2.  China  and  its  Interpretation.    By  Basford. 
3.  Chinese  Materia  Medica.    By  G.  A.  Stuart. 
4.  Modern  Medicine.    By  Osier,  vol.  1,  pp.  205. 
5.  Millard's  Review,  Dec.  14,  1918,  pp.  64;  Oct.  19,  1918. 
6.  Documents  of  the  Society  for  Constructive  Endeavor  of  Shanghai. 
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QUERY:  THE  YEAR  BOOK  OR  AN  ABSTRACT  JOURNAL, 
WHICH  P1 
ANSWER:  BOTH. 
By  Joseph  W.  England,  Ph.M., 
PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 
Your  chairman  has  asked  me  to  discuss  the  resolutions  recently 
passed  by  the  New  York  Branch,  copy  of  which  has  been  sent  to 
the  Philadelphia  Branch,  and  I  hesitate  to  do  so  because  of  my  posi- 
tion as  secretary  of  the  executive  committee  of  the  Council ;  but 
since  the  question  at  issue  is  being  publicly  discussed,  the  following 
personal  opinion  is  presented : 
The  resolutions  of  the  New  York  Branch  are,  in  brief,  as  follows  : 
"That  the  Executive  Committee  and  Council  take  speedy  action 
to  submit  the  proposition  of  issuing  either  the  Year  Book  or  a 
monthly  Abstract  Journal  to  a  vote  of  the  membership  of  the  Asso- 
ciation in  the  form  of  a  special  postcard  referendum,  and  that  the 
postcard  ballot  give  to  each  member  the  opportunity  of  voting  on 
one  of  several  options,  such  as,  keeping  the  annual  dues  at  $5.00, 
or  raising  them  to  $6.00,  or  to  $7.50,  each  under  certain  specified 
conditions  regarding  the  issuance  or  non-issuance  of  the  publications 
of  the  Association." 
The  proposal  of  a  referendum  is  not  new.  It  was  proposed  at 
the  New  York  meeting,  both  by  the  Association  and  by  the  Council. 
1  Read  before  the  Philadelphia  Branch,  A.  Ph.  A.,  November  II,  1919. 
