^F^uar^i™'}        Report  on  Alcohol  Legislation.  in 
Proceedings  of  the  Eleventh  Annual  Convention  of  the  Asso- 
ciation of  Official  Agricultural  .  Chemists.  Edited  by  Harvey  W. 
Wiley.  U.  S.  Department  of  Agriculture,  Division  of  Chemistry,  Washington, 
1894. 
The  most  interesting  report  in  this  number  to  pharmacists,  is  that  on  Tannin 
by  Mr.  W.  H.  Krug,  in  which  an  attempt  is  made  to  present  a  method  that  will 
be  uniformly  adopted  by  all  chemists  in  this  country. 
A  Compilation  of  the  Pharmacy  and  Drug  Laws  ok  the  Several 
States  and  Territories.  By  A.  J.  Wedderburn.  U.  S.  Department  of 
Agriculture,  Division  of  Chemistry,  Washington,  1894. 
This  pamphlet  of  152  pages  is  of  especial  interest  to  pharmacists,  since  in  it' 
will  be  found  the  answers  to  many  questions  that  are  constantly  being  asked 
about  pharmacy  laws.  We  learn  in  the  Letter  of  Submittal  that  the  following 
States  and  Territories  are  without  laws  regulating  the  practice  of  pharmacy  : 
Idaho,  Indiana,  Montana,  Nevada,  Arizona  and  the  Indian  Territory.  The 
Maryland  law  relates  only  to  the  city  of  Baltimore. 
Report  on  the  Extent  and  Character  of  Food  and  Drug  Adultera- 
tion. By  A.  J.  Wedderburn.  U.  S.  Department  of  Agriculture,  Division  of 
Chemistry,  Washington,  1894. 
Consular  Reports.    Volume  46,  Xos.  171  and  172 
The  most  interesting  contribution  in  No.  171  to  pharmacists  is  the  one 
on  Kola  Nut,  which  was  printed  in  the  January  number  of  this  Journal. 
A  Contribution  to  the  Knowledge  of  Bacteriological  Chemistry. 
By  W.  T.  Wenzell,  M.D.  Reprinted  from  the  Journal  of  the  American  Medical 
Association,  December  15,  1894.  This  interesting  paper  was  read  before  the 
Section  on  Materia  Medica  and  Pharmacy,  at  the  Forty-fifth  Annual  Meeting  of 
the  American  Medical  Association,  held  at  San  Francisco,  June  5-8,  1S94. 
The  Medical,  Pharmaceutical  and  Dental  Register-Directory 
and  Intelligencer.  With  special  Medical,  Pharmaceutical  and  Dental 
Departments,  containing  detailed  information  of  Colleges,  Hospitals,  Asylums, 
Medical  Societies,  etc.,  for  Pennsylvania,  New  Jersey,  Maryland,  Delaware 
and  the  District  of  Columbia.  Third  edition.  George  Keil,  Publisher  and 
Editor.    Philadelphia,  1895. 
REPORT   OF   COMMITTEE   OF  PHILADELPHIA 
COLLEGE  OF  PHARMACY  OX  ALCOHOL 
LEGISLATION. 
To  the  Ph  iladelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  : 
Your  Committe  on  Alcohol  Legislation,  appointed  at  the  Pharmaceutical 
meeting,  held  on  October  16,  1894,  would  report  that  the  subject  has  received 
careful  consideration,  and  that  they  have  endeavored  to  discharge  the  duty 
imposed  upon  them  by  the  resolutions  and  instructions  then  adopted. 
A  circular  letter,  a  copy  of  which  is  here  appended,1  was  issued  to  the  phar- 
macists, and  in  addition  to  the  circulation  by  mail  to  those  engaged  in  the  busi- 
1  This  was  printed  on  page  601,  Vol.  66,  of  this  Journal. 
