544 
Reviews,  etc. 
(  Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
X       Oct.,  1883. 
force  of  circumstances,  and  time  did  not  hang  heavily  on  the  meeting  dur- 
ing the  four  days.  The  lesson  taught  should  be  heeded  in  the  future,  and 
it  is  twofold  In  the  first  place  the  work  should  commence  early  in  the  day 
and  should  be  prosecuted  in  good  earnest.  Then  side  issues  and  matters  of 
little  or  no  importance  for  the  aims  and  objects  of  the  Association,  if  they 
cannot  be  at  once  disposed  of,  may  very  properly  be  referred  to  a  committee 
or  to  the  Council  for  previous  consideration.  The  Association  did  make  a 
good  beginning  in  this  respect,  and,  if  that  line  be  followed  in  the  future, 
each  meeting  will  become  more  profitable  as  far  as  observations  and  inves- 
tigations on  matters  of  pharmaceutical  interest  are  concerned ;  but  there 
will  likewise  be  ample  room  for  such  social  enjoyment  as  will  make  these 
meetings  the  annual  gatherings  of  staunch  friends  from  all  quarters  of  this 
continent. 
REVIEWS  AND  BIBLIOGRAPHICAL  NOTICES. 
Proceedings  of  the  Second  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Virginia  State  Pharma- 
ceutical Association,  held  in  Norfolk,  May  15th.  i6th  and  I7th,  1883. 
Also  proposed  i^harmacy  bill,  constitution,  by-laws  and  roll  of  members. 
Petersburg,  Va.    8vo,  pp.  81. 
Reference  to  this  meeting  was  made  on  page  334  of  this  Journal.  The 
officers  are  C.  A.  Santos,  Norfolk,  President ;  Hugh  Blair,  Richmond,  C. 
B.  Fleet,  Lynchburg,  E.  Warfleld,  Alexandria,  A.  Buff,  Portsmouth,  Vice 
Presidents;  E.  R.  Beckwith,  Petersburg,  Secretary;  F.  H.  Masi,  Norfolk, 
Treasurer;  T.  Roberts  Baker,  Richmond,  Corresponding  Secretary,  and 
Chas.  H.  Lumsden,  Lynchburg,  Local  Secretary. 
Twelfth  Annual  Report  of  the  Alumni  Association  of  the  College  of  Phar- 
macy  of  the  City  of  New  York,    1883.    8vo,  pp.  68. 
The  pamphlet  contains  addresses,  reports,  commencement  exercises,  etc. 
The  Poller  Bandage.  By  Wm.  B.  Hopkins,  M.  D.,  Surgeon  to  the  Out- 
departments  of  Pennsylvania,  Episcopal  and  University  Hospitals,  etc. 
Philadelphia:  J.  B.  Lippincott  &  Co.,  1883.    12mo,  pp,  95.    Price,  $1.25. 
This  little  work  describes  the  ordinary  roller  bandage,  the  manner  in 
which  it  is  made  and  the  methods  of  applying  it  to  various  parts  of  the 
body.  These  descriptions  are  rendered  very  plain  ajid  instructive  by  73 
illustrations,  which  were  drawn  from  photographs  tat  en  from  a  living 
model  on  whom  the  different  applications  of  the  bandage  were  made. 
These  illustrations  therefore  teach  or  explain  the  different  methods  fully  as 
well  if  not  better  than  elaborate  descriptions.  The  only  material  mentioned 
for  making  the  roller  bandage  is  muslin  ;  it  would  seem  therefore  that  the 
elastic  bandage  woven  like  hosiery,  which  is  extensively  used  in  Europe 
and  which  was  briefly  noticed  in  this  Journal,  1880,  p.  581,  is  little  if  at  all 
used  in  this  country. 
