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EDITORIAL. 
important  to  the  pharmaceutist  who  claims  thoroughness,  is  the  one  that 
has  been  found  most  difficult  to  gain  the  attention  and  interest  of  young 
men,  and  until  it  is  made  a  summer  course,  and  obligatory  on  all  who 
graduate,  it  will  never  occupy  the  position  it  deserves  in  the  curriculum  of 
our  Schools.  There  is  material  in  every  large  city  to  support  a  College  of 
Pharmacy,  and  although  it  is  not  probable  that  the  pharmaceutists  of 
every  city  will  choose  to  assume  the  laborious  task  of  building  up  a  School 
of  Pharmacy,  yet  there  is  no  reason  why  every  city  and  large  town  should 
not  have  a  local  Society  of  Pharmacy,  organized  with  a  view  to  the  pro- 
fessional, scientific  and  social  advancement  of  its  members.  "  In  union 
there  is  strength  "  is  a  political  motto  equally  applicable  to  our  profession. 
Under  the  fostering  influence  of  such  local  unions,  libraries  of  scientific 
books  may  grow  up,  the  best  journals  of  scientific  literature  in  all  collate- 
ral branches  can  be  subscribed  to, — forming  a  central  reading  room  of 
science,  where  the  members  may  meet  for  self- improvement  on  discussion. 
Under  such  an  union  the  "  rough  corners  of  trade  jealousy  "  are  rubbed 
smooth,  pharmaceutists  are  willing  to  act  together  for  mutual  protection 
or  advancement,  and  the  evils  of  an  unhealthy  and  unrighteous  compe- 
tition are  at  least  abated  and  controlled.  Every  such  Association  could 
send  its  delegates  to  the  National  Association,  which  would  be  all  the  more 
useful  and  dignified  for  resting  on  and  in  the  Local  Associations  of  the 
country  from  Maine  to  Louisiana. 
British  Pharmaceutical  Conference. — "We  look  with  great  interest  for 
the  results  of  this  meeting,  believing  that  they  will  be  far  more  important 
than  has  heretofore  been  attained.  The  additional  feature  of  an  exhibition 
of  objects  relating  to  pharmacy  was  taken  hold  of  so  energetically  that  it 
probably  proved  to  be  a  most  important  feature  of  the  Convention,  though 
really  exterior  to  its  regular  channel  of  operations. 
The  Physician's  Visiting  List  for  1867.  Philad.  Lindsay  &  Blakiston. 
This  useful  annual  has  again  made  its  appearance,  and  claims  the  attention 
of  physicians.  All  who  have  used  it  will  need  it  again,  and  those  who 
have  not  should  try  its  memory-assisting  power. 
Obituary. — Died  in  Beaufort,  S.  C,  on  the  26th  ult.,  Lewis  Thompson, 
printer,  in  the  59th  year  of  his  age.  Mr.  Thompson  was  the  junior  mem- 
ber of  the  late  firm  of  Merrihew  &  Thompson,  of  this  city,  who  have  for 
more  than  a  quarter  of  a  century  printed  this  Journal  of  Pharmacy,  and 
for  a  long  time  the  Proceedings  and  Journal  of  the  Academy  of  Natural 
Sciences,  in  the  proof  reading  of  which  he  took  an  active  and  efficient 
part.  He  was  a  man  of  rare  talent  and  sterling  worth,  and  knowing  him 
as  such,  we  feel  unwilling  to  let  this  number  go  to  press  without  entering 
this  record  of  the  decease  of  a  noble  minded  man  and  a  useful  citizen  as 
a  slight  tribute  of  respect  to  his  memory. 
