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Editorials. 
f  A.in.  Jour,  rharm. 
1      Nov.,  1883. 
ducts  of  its  manufacture,  and  by  field  pharmacies  this  branch  of  the  mili- 
tary service,  from  the  examination  and  manufacture  of  the  preparations  to 
the  dispensing  of  medicines  being  in  charge  of  trained  pharmacists  having 
attained  the  degree  of  "  magister  of  pharmacy." 
The  exhibits  made  by  firms  and  individuals  comprised  in  the  first  group, 
balances,  hydrometers,  thermometers,  microscopes  and  other  physical 
instruments.  The  second  group  was  confined  to  the  literature  of  pharmacy 
and  collateral  sciences,  embracing  pharmacopoeias,  text-books,  works  of 
reference,  journals,  etc.  In  the  third  group  apparatus  and  machinery  for 
the  manufacture  of  medicinal  products  were  shown,  and  in  the  fourth 
group  the  fixtures  and  utensils  necessary  or  applicable  for  conducting  the 
apothecary  business;  in  this  group  was  shown  a  novel  substitute  for  corks, 
consisting  of  a  long  shaving  of  soft  wood,  tightly  rolled  up  into  a  coil,  but 
retaining  sufficient  elasticity  for  the  stopper  to  be  driven  into  the  neck  of  a 
'  bottle  and  closing  it  effectually  ;  it  is  called  "  Spahnpfropfen,"  or  shaving 
stopper. 
The  fifth  group,  as  the  largest  and  most  important,  was  divided  into 
five  sections,  the  first  of  which  comprised  chemical  products,  such  as 
numerous  alkaloids  and  their  salts,  glucosides,  volatile  oils,  synthetically 
prepared  heliotropin  and  coumarin,  products  of  the  dry  distillation  of  wood 
and  coal,  etc.  The  second  section  for  jDharmaceutical  products  contained 
several  exhibits  which  w^ere  of  a  more  or  less  mixed  character,  since  they 
showed  not  only  the  pharmaceutical  j^roducts,  but  likewise  to  some  extent 
their  chemical  constituents,  the  drugs  from  which  they  were  prepared,  and 
the  colletion  of  which  was  in  some  cases  illustrated.  Amongst  these  we 
find  particularly  mentioned  Gehe  &  Co.,  of  Dresden,  with  the  most  exten- 
sive general  collection  of  drugs  and  their  products  ;  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  of 
Detroit,  with  a  large  collection  of  American  and  recently  introduced  drugs 
and  their  products ;  Th.  Peckolt,  of  Rio  Janeiro,  showing  the  materia  medica 
of  Brazil,  with  chemical  and  pharmaceutical  products  ;  and  Dr.  J.  Schorm, 
of  Vienna,  whose  exhibit  was  noteworthy  for  illustrating  the  chemistry  of 
conium.  The  exhibitors  in  this  section  numbered  88,  the  large  majority 
being  manufacturers,  including  a  considerable  number  who  are  also  engaged 
in  the  retail  drug  business.  As  might  have  been  expected,  all  kinds  of 
pharmaceutical  preparations,  prepared  according  to  different  Pharmaco- 
l^oeias,  and  numerous  specialties  were  collected  together  in  this  section. 
The  third  section  was  devoted  to  drugs;  one  of  its  most  attractive  features 
was  the  exhibit  by  F.  Wilhelm  &  Co.,  of  Vienna,  with  its  artistically 
arranged  collection  of  drugs  in  original  packages.  The  fourth  section  con- 
tained wines,  spirits,  mineral  waters  and  articles  of  food  ;  the  fifth  section 
dressings  and  allied  articles,  including  soaps  and  perfumery,  and  the  sixth 
group  was  devoted  to  the  history  of  pharmacy  and  pharmaceutical  antiqui- 
ties, to  which  we  have  alluded  above. 
On  a  previous  occasion  we  informed  our  readers  that  four  American  firms 
had  sent  exhibits  to  Vienna ;  of  these,  three  were  awarded  prizes  by  the 
juries,  namely,  Parke,  Davies  &  Co.,  of  Detroit,  and  Seabury  &  Johnson, 
of  New  York,  gold  medals,  and  Wm.  Wood  &  Co.,  a  silver  medal.  The 
firm  of  Schimmel  &  Co.,  of  Leipzig  and  New  York,  received  a  diploma  of 
honor. 
