A  March",*  1921™'  }  B°°k  ReVieWS. 
the  basis  of  merit  of  competitive  essays  submitted  by  all  classes  of 
merchants,  two  of  the  judges  named  are  Samuel  C.  Henry,  Secre- 
tary of  the  National  Association  of  Retail  Druggists,  and  Jerry 
McOuade,  Editor  of  Drug  Topics,  from  which  we  surmise  that  the 
advertiser  expects  that  the  major  portion  of  these  essays  will  come 
from  the  retail  drug  trade. 
Importation  of  Ichthyol  Not  Prohibited. — A  short  time 
ago  there  appeared  in  the  form  of  an  advertising  bulletin,  issued  by  a 
chemical  corporation,  a  statement  to  the  effect  that  no  more  licenses 
would  be  granted  for  the  importation  of  Ichthyol  into  the  United 
States  on  the  ground  that  recent  investigations  had  disclosed  that 
there  was  a  similar  commodity  obtainable  from  domestic  sources. 
In  the  newspapers  this  statement  was  repeated  in  a  manner  to  indi- 
cate that  it  was  a  decision  emanating  from  the  War  Trade  Board. 
We  are  advised  that  this  statement  was  misleading,  and  at  the 
request  of  the  War  Trade  Board  a  further  bulletin  has  been  issued 
for  the  purpose  of  correcting  the  false  impression  created  by  the 
publication  of  the  bulletin  referred  to.  Further,  that  by  a  decision 
of  the  Federal  Trade  Commission  the  petition  of  the  Meadows  Oil 
and  Chemical  Corporation  for  permission  to  use  the  name  "Ich- 
thyol" for  its  product  was  denied  on  the  grounds  that  it  was  not  in 
the  public  interest  to  grant  such  a  license. 
BOOK  REVIEWS 
''The  Chemistry  and  Analysis  of  Drugs  and  Medicines."  By 
Henry  C  Fuller,  B.  Sc.,  in  charge  of  the  Division  of  Drug 
and  Food  Products,  The  Institute  of  Industrial  Research, 
Washington,  D.  C.  John  Wiley  &  Sons,  Inc.,  New  York,  1072 
pages.    Price  $10. 
In  1912,  Mr.  Fuller  issued  his  first  book,  which  was  entitled 
"Qualitative  Analysis  of  Medicinal  Preparations."  This  little  book 
of  about  one  hundred  pages  has  expanded  in  the  present  work  to  a 
volume  of  tenfold  size,  which  is  distinctive  in  its  scope,  and  which 
will  find  a  place  in  every  laboratory  where  pharmaceutical  analysis 
is  practiced. 
