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pending  the  continued  health  of  their  patients,  the  fees  ceasing  on  the 
appearance  of  sickness.  It  may  be  doubted  whether  this  plan  would  suit 
in  New  York. 
Advertising  Sheet  of  the  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy. — The 
Publishing  Committee  have  determined  to  issue  the  advertising  sheet 
appended  to  this  Journal  every  month,  so  as  to  offer  a  more  favorable 
medium  for  business  men.  On  those  months  intermediate  between  the 
usual  issues  of  the  Journal,  viz.,  February,  April,  June,  August,  October 
and  December,  the  Advertiser  will  appear  separately,  accompanied  by  a 
<  small  news  leaf,  and  probably  with  a  price  current.  This  arrangement, 
which  will  begin  with  August,  but  will  probably  not  be  in  good  working 
order  until  January,  will  enable  the  Editor  to  announce  recent  pharma- 
ceutical news  every  month,  and,  as  it  is  our  wish  to  keep  the  sheet  for 
legitimate  advertisements  in  the  drug  and  chemical  and  pharmaceutical 
trade,  the  book  trade,  scientific  and  medical  institution  school  notices, 
with  a  corner  for  clerks  and  employers,  and  another  for  advertising  the 
sale  of  stores,  etc.  ;  it  is  believed  that  an  excellent  medium  will  thus  be 
afforded  for  clerks,  assistants,  apprentices  and  employers  to  communicate 
with  eiich  other.  The  terms  under  the  new  arrangement  will  be  stated  in 
the  August  sheet. 
Hydrate  of  Chloral. — Albert  Dung  &  Co.,  agents  for  Dr.  Liebreich's 
hydrate  of  chloral,  as  manufactured  at  Berlin,  has  sent  us  a  sample  for 
examination.  It  has  been  subjected  to  tests  with  success  and  has  been 
used  therapeutically  by  several  physicians  with  satisfaction.  It  is  in 
crystalline  cubical  masses  like  spermaceti,  is  soluble  in  its  own  weight 
of  water,  is  unaffected  by  nitrate  of  silver,  permanganate  of  potassa  is 
unchanged  by  it  as  suggested  by  Dr.  Rieckher. 
This  notice  should  have  appeared  in  May,  but  was  crowded  out. 
Massachusetts  College  of  Pharmacy. — The  Second  Annual  Com- 
mencement of  this  Institution  was  held  in  Boston  on  June  22d.  when 
Charles  Harrison  Bassett,  Joseph  Howes  Dyer,  Edward  Samuel  Kelley, 
Horace  Auijjustus  Prescott,  George  Estus  Raymore  and  James  Stewart 
Talbot  received  its  Diploma.  Valedictory  by  Prof.  Cyrus  M.  Tracy. 
On  the  24th  of  June  an  Alumni  Association  was  formed  and  the  follow- 
ing officers  chosen  :— GT.  F.  H.  Markoe.  President ;  H.  W.  Lincoln  and 
J.  T.  Brown,  Jr.,  Vice  Prendents  ;  T.  Doliber,  Secretary  ;  C.H  Bassett, 
Treasurer. 
Dr.  Simpson's  Reply  to  Dr.  Bigelow.— The  Journal  of  the  Gynaeco- 
logical Society  of  Boston  publishes  this  letter  in  a  supplement  to  the 
May  number.  It  is  probably  the  last  paper  of  the  distinguished  author, 
and  as  giving  the  views  and  belief  of  one  largely  concerned  in  the  history 
of  aniESthesia  is  worthy  a  careful  perusal.    As  we  have  not  read  the  letter 
