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/  Am.  Jour.  Pharna» 
t      May,  1883. 
The  officers  of  the  preceding  year  (see  "Am.  Jour.  Phar.,"  1882,  p.  327)  . 
were  re-elected,  but  upon  the  Recording  Secretary  declining,  the  position 
was  filled  by  the  election  of  the  Corresponding  Secretary,  Ben  Lewis,  of  New 
Orleans,  and  the  vacancy  thus  created  by  the  election  of  C.  L.  Kej^pler,  of 
New  Orleans.  Appropriate  action  was  taken  on  the  recommendations  of  the 
President,  a  resolution  protesting  against  the  copyrighting  of  common 
pharmaceutical  names  was  adopted,  and  after  the  appointment  of  stand- 
ing committees,  and  votes  of  thanks,  the  Association  adjourned  to  meet  at 
Baton  Rouge,  on  the  third  Monday  in  May,  1884. 
EDITORIAL  DEPARTMENT. 
Oil  ov  Thyme.— At  the  Niagara  Falls  meeting  of  the  American  Phar- 
maceutical Association  in  1882  Mr.  Jos.  L.  Lemberger  read  a  very  instruc- 
tive paper  on  the  presence  of  thymol  in  oil  of  thyme,  showing  that  this 
volatile  oil  as  met  with  iii  commerce  varies  considerably  in  the  percentage 
of  this  important  constituent,  and  this  was  followed  by  an  interesting  dis- 
cussion on  this  subject.  This  discussion  as  reported  on  page  618  of  the 
published  proceedings,  it  appears  contains  some  inaccuracies.  Thus  Mr. 
Gregory  is  reported  as  saying  that  in  Ontario  a  dark  oil  of  thyme  was  dis- 
tilled rroni  the  herb,  and  that  from  a  sample  of  pure  oil  examined  he  got 
less  than  one  per  cent,  of  thymol.  In  a  letter  recently  received,  Mr.  Gregory 
informs  us  that  he  did  not  make  these  remarks,  and  that  he  is  not  aware 
that  any  oil  of  thyme  is  distilled  in  Canada.  The  second  remark  attributed 
to  himsliouldbeso  corrected  as  not  to  convey  the  meaning  that  Mr.  Gregory 
had  made  the  experiment,  but  that  the  oil  of  thyme  of  known  purity, 
whicii  had  been  examined  by  Mr.  Lemberger,  yielded  less  than  one  (•84) 
per  cent,  of  thymol;  and  since  another  (commercial)  sample  of  oil  yielded 
38*75  per  cent,  of  thymol,  Mr.  Gregory  argued  that  pure  oil  of  thyme  must 
be  expected  to  vary,  probably  on  account  of  climate  and  soil,  and  that  oil 
of  thyme  containing  little  thymol  should  not,  for  this  reason  solely,  be 
regarded  as  having  been  deprived  of  it. 
International  Pharimaceltical  Exhibition. — The  Secretary  of  the 
Vienna  Executive  Committee,  Dr.  Hans  Heger,  has  informed  us,  that  the 
committee  has  agreed  to  accept  applications  for  space  from  American 
exhibitors  also  (ifter  April  30,  the  limit  originally  adopted.  A  circular  in 
the  English  language  has  been  issued  containing  the  regulations,  by  which 
the  exhibition  will  be  governed  and  of  which  an  abstract  was  given  on  ])age 
221  of  our  last  number. 
The  American  Medical  Editors'  Association  will  hold  its  next 
annual  meeting  in  Cleveland  June  5th  and  6th,  simultaneously  with  the 
meeting  of  the  American  Medical  Association.    Dr.  N.  S.  Davis,  of  Chi- 
