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EDITORIAL. 
STATISTICS  OX  PEPPERMINT. 
An  item  011  the  foregoing  subject  has  been  going  the  rounds  of  the  daily 
papers,  and,  in  order  to  verify  it,  a  copy  was  mailed  to  the  well-known  Michigan 
peppermint  grower,  Albert  M.  Todd,  who  sent  the  following,  which  may  well 
replace  the  above-mentioned  clipping  : 
"  Regarding  the  item,  of  which  you  sent  me  a  copy,  relating  to  peppermint 
culture,  most  of  the  statements  are  approximately  correct.  The  yield  of  oil  of 
peppermint  in  Michigan  will  be  about  150,000  pounds  this  year.  Ordinarily, 
about  350  pounds  of  half-dried  American  peppermint  plants  produce  1  pound 
of  oil.  The  average  yield  per  acre  for  a  period  of  twenty  years,  for  the  first 
two  years  after  planting,  has  been,  I  should  say,  about  12  pounds  per  annum. 
It  has  sometimes  greatly  exceeded  this,  and  sometimes  fallen  short,  on  account 
of  frost,  drought,  and  other  causes.  The  crop  suffered  greatly  this  year  from 
the  two  causes  mentioned,  yet,  owing  to  increased  area  planted,  there  was  a 
good  amount  produced. 
"  I  have  not  calculated  closely  the  area  under  cultivation  to  peppermint  this 
year,  but  would  estimate  both  '  old '  and  '  new  '  crops  combined  to  be  from 
12,000  to  15,000  acres. 
"There  was  a  greater  quantity  of  inferior  oil  of  peppermint  produced  this 
year  than  usual,  since  the  '  old  '  crop  was  largely  cut  down  by  frost  and  drought, 
which  permitted  the  growth  of  weeds,  and,  under  careless  cultivation  in  some 
localities,  the  quality  was  poor." 
THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  REVIEW. 
The  Pharmaceutische  Rundschau,  of  New  York,  which  was  founded  thirteen 
years  ago  by  Dr.  Frederick  Hoffmann,  will  appear  on  January  1,  1896,  as  the 
Pharmaceutical  Review,  and  will,  for  the  most  part,  be  printed  in  the  English 
language. 
Dr.  Hoffmann  will  not,  for  the  present,  entirely  withdraw,  but  his  name  as 
editor  will  appear  along  with  that  of  Dr.  Edward  Kremers,  of  the  University 
of  Wisconsin.  The  names  of  the  following  well-known  pharmaceutical  writers 
will  appear  on  the  title-page  as  co-operators:  Professor  Charles  Caspari,  Jr., 
Professor  Charles  O.  Curtman,  Professor  J.  U.  Lloyd,  Dr.  Charles  Mohr,  Dr.  F. 
B.  Power,  Professor  A.  B.  Prescott,  Professor  William  Simon. 
The  new  journal  will  be  issued  by  the  Pharmaceutical  Review  Publishing 
Company,  of  Milwaukee,  Wis. 
In  the  thirteen  years  of  its  existence,  the  Pharmaceutische  Rundschau  has 
established  a  well-earned  reputation  for  fearlessly  expressing  au  opinion  on  the 
various  pharmaceutical  questions  that  have  arisen,  regardless  of  sentiment  or 
policy.  The  Pharmaceutical  Review  will,  110  doubt,  continue  in  this  course, 
and,  at  the  same  time,  publish  some  results  of  original  research. 
Dr.  Hoffmann  will  sail  for  Europe  about  January  1,  1S96,  to  obtain  a  year  of 
much-needed  rest  and  recreation.  The  winter  will  be  spent  in  the  mild  climate 
-of  southern  Europe. 
THE  PRESENT  STATUS  OF  THE  ANTITOXIN  TREATMENT  OF  DIPHTHERIA. 
In  a  recent  issue  of  the  University  Medical  Magazine,  Vol.  S,  p.  126, 
this  subject  is  treated  editorially,  and,  after  giving  a  mass  of  statistics,  the 
following  conclusions  are  reached  : 
