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Mar.  1876. 
rancid,  and  that  owing  to  its  great  power  of  contraction  the  suppositories  leave  the 
moulds  with  greater  ease. 
Preparations  made  with  vaselin  were  shown  by  several  gentlemen.  Considerable 
difference  of  opinion  was  expressed  as  to  the  adaptibility  of  paraffin  mixtures  for 
suppositories.  Messrs.  Allchin  and  Williams  opposed  the  use  of  paraffins  in  oint- 
ments, because  they  would  not  be  absorbed  by  the  skin,  in  which  respect  lard  was 
by  far  superior. 
EDITORIAL  DEPARTMENT. 
Centennial  Bureau  — It  will  be  of  interest  to  those  of  our  readers  who  con- 
template exhibiting  goods  at  the  approaching  international  exposition,  to  learn  that 
the  house  of  Peter  Wright  &  Sons,  agents  for  the  transatlantic  steamers  running  to 
Philadelphia,  has  established  a  bureau  for  the  purpose  of  attending  to  the  interests 
of  exhibitors,  and  will  undertake  the  transportation  of  goods  from  Liverpool  or 
Antwerp,  their  reception  at  this  port,  their  proper  installation,  the  general  care  dur- 
ing the  exposition,'  their  disposal  or  repacking  and  return.  The  labor  will  be 
divided  among  experts  and  firms  of  acknowledged  reputation  in  the  leading  depart- 
ments of  industry  and  arts,  Messrs.  Bullock  &  Crenshaw  taking  charge  of  drugs, 
chemicals,  chemical  apparatus  and  perfumery.  •  If  it  is  desired,  competent  persons 
will  be  engaged  to  give  their  exclusive  time  to  the  exhibition  and  explanation  of 
goods. 
Having  received  several  inquiries  in  regard  to  such  or  similar  arrangements,  it  is 
likely  that  other  readers  of  the  "Journal,"  in  this  and  foreign  countries,  may  avail 
themselves  of  such  an  opportunity. 
Female  Apothecaries. — During  the  past  session  two  ladies  have  been  attend- 
ing the  lectures  at  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy.  At  the  December  exam- 
ination of  the  Pharmaceutical  Society  of  Great  Britain,  Isabella  Skinner  Clarke 
passed  the  major  examination,  and  was  duly  registered  as  "  Pharmaceutical 
Chemist." 
The  Growth  and  Uses  of  Benzoin. — Under  this  title,  our  last  number  con- 
tained an  essay  which  was  duly  credited  to  the  journal  in  which  we  found  it  pub- 
lished, without  reference  to  any  other  source.  Our  thanks  are  due  to  several  corres- 
pondents who  called  our  attention  to  the  fact  that  the  paper  in  question  is  almost 
literally  copied  from  Fliickiger  and  Hanbury's  "  Pharmacographia,"  and  should, 
therefore,  be  credited  to  that  excellent  work. 
Pancreatin. — The  last,  volume  of  the  "Proceedings  of  the  American  Pharma- 
ceutical Association"  contains  an  interesting  paper  on  this  subject,  from  the  pen  of 
Prof.  E.  Scheffer,  of  Louisville.  In  the  last  sentence  on  page  731  we  find  a  typo- 
graphical error,  whereby  the  author  is  made  to  say  the  opposite  of  what  the  results 
of  his  experiments  point  to;  the  sentence  in  question  should  read:  "The  foregoing 
experiments  ....  prove  the  uselessness  (not  usefulness)  of  pancreatin  as  a 
therapeutical  agent,  as  it  will  be  decomposed  when  brought  into  the  stomach." 
