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By  unanimous  vote  the  following  message  was  cabled  to  Doctor 
Rusby : 
"The  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  in  convention  as- 
sembled at  New  Orleans  September  8,  192 1,  sends  hearty  greet- 
ings to  Prof.  Henry  H.  Rusby,  and  wishes  him  a  successful  con- 
summation on  his  exploration  trip  and  a  safe  return  therefrom." 
Ambrose  Hunsberger,  the  New  President  of  the  N.  A.  R. 
D. — The  good  wishes  of  this  Journal  are  herewith  conveyed  to  the 
new  president  of  the  National  Association  of  Retail  Druggists.  A 
real  pharmacist,  ever  interested  in  the  welfare  of  his  profession  and 
willing  to  work  in  its  interest,  Mr.  Hunsberger  well  deserves  this 
additional  honor  which  has  come  to  him.  The  Association  which  has 
so  honored  him  is  to  be  congratulated  upon  engaging  the  services 
of  so  valuable  and  constructive  a  leader. 
Merck's  New  Reagent  Catalog  and  Price  List. — Merck 
&  Co.  are  distributing  a  new  edition  of  their  booklet  Blue  Label 
Reagents  and  Other  Laboratory  Chemicals.  Merck's  Blue  Label 
Reagents,  familiarly  known  as  M.  B.  L.,  are  made  according  to  the 
requirements,  in  Standards  and  Tests  for  Reagent  Chemicals,  pub- 
lished in  1920  by  D.  Van  Nostrand  &  Co.,  of  New  York,  and  a 
special  feature  of  the  new  catalog  is  the  concise  summary  under 
each  reagent  showing  its  standard  of  purity,  methods  of  testing, 
and  other  data  taken  from  that  textbook  with  the  author's  permis- 
sion. Such  of  Merck's  "White  Label"  chemicals  of  H.  P.,  "C.  P.," 
and  other  grades  as  are  of  particular  interest  to  laboratory  workers 
are  also  listed  and  current  prices  are  given  throughout.  The  book- 
let, therefore,  should  be  of  interest  to  chemists  generally  as  a 
manual  and  price  list. 
Copies  may  be  obtained  by  addressing  Merck  &  Co.,  45  Park 
Place,  New  York. 
Pennsylvania  State  Medical  Society  Meeting. — One  of 
the  features  of  the  Pennsylvania  State  Medical  Society  meeting, 
held  in  Philadelphia  during  the  week  of  October  3,  was  a  visita- 
tion to  the  Mulford  Biological  Laboratories,  at  Glenolden,  Pa., 
which  is  just  nine  miles  outside  of  the  city. 
