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EDITORIAL. 
the  election  of  Dr.  B.  H.  Paul,  who  has  taken  charge  of  the  work.  The 
Journal  is  wholly  changed  in  its  character,  its  size  is  royal  octavo,  double 
column,  twenty  pages  in  a  number,  with  an  advertising  sheet  of  twenty 
pages,  and  without  a  cover.  Asa  vehicle  for  scientific  information  its  style 
and  capacity  have  much  improved,  as  the  discussion  of  the  policy  and 
special  interests  of  the  Society,  which  formerly  occupied  so  much  space, 
has  been  make  subordinate.  To  Prof.  Redwood  it  must  be  a  great  relief, 
but  after  his  long  and  valuable  services  as  principal  Editor  he  should  not 
have  been  thrown  out  in  so  abrupt  a  manner. 
The  Chemist  and  Druggist. — London. — The  July  number  of  this  Jour- 
nal informs  that  Mr.  John  C.  Brongh,  its  Editor,  has  been  elected  to  the 
Librarianship  of  the  London  Institution,  a  position  for  which  he  is  said^to 
be  well  qualified.  Mr.  Brough  will  continue  to  contribute  to  the  Chemist 
and  Druggist.  The  offer  of  a  prize  for  the  best  model  for  a  dispensing 
counter  is  made  in  a  recent  issue.  This  subject  has  not  attracted  much 
attention  in  the  United  States,  each  proprietor  having  his  own  ideas  of 
comfort  and  adaptation  in  the  details, — some  using  the  crudest  arrange- 
ments, and  others  observing  great  ingenuity  in  saving  labor  and  promot- 
ing the  comfort  and  exactitude  of  the  dispenser. 
Dr.  Frederick  A.  FLiicKiGER,  State  Apothecary  at  Bern,  so  favorably 
known  as  a  writer  on  pharmacognosy  and  organic  analysis  has  recently 
received  the  appointment  of  the  professorship  of  pharmacy  and  pharmacog- 
nosy in  the  University  of  Bern.  The  extraordinary  ability  and  industry 
which  Dr.  F.  can  bring  to  bear  in  his  new  position  will  enable  him  to 
illustrate  the  chair  greatly  to  the  advantage  of  his  pupils.  Dr.  F.'s  cabi- 
net of  materia  meilica  is  very  interesting,  as  well  for  its  variety  as  from 
the  fact  that  the  specimens  are  accompanied  in  many  instances  with  the 
principal  constituents  isolated  by  his  own  industry  and  researches,  and  it 
will  greatly  add  to  his  means  of  illustration. 
Alumni  Association  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy. — 
We  have  been  requested  to  publish  the  following  : 
"The  Executive  Board  of  the  Alumni  Association  are  pleased  to  an- 
nounce that  a  sufficient  proportion  of  the  Laboratory  Fund  has  been 
collected  to  enable  the  College  to  establish  the  School  for  Practical  In- 
struction during  the  coming  winter.  The  Board  would  earnestly  impress 
on  those  who  have  subscribed,  the  importance  of  handing  in  the  amount 
of  their  subscriptions  at  the  earliest  moment. 
Clemmons  Parrish,  Secretary. 
"At  a  recent  meeting  of  the  Executive  Board  of  the  Alumni  Associa- 
tion it  was  resolved,  to  offer  a  prize  of  a  gold  medal  to  the  graduate  of 
the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  who  shall  be  deemed  by  the  Board 
of  Examiners  the  most  proficient. 
Clemmons  Parrish, 
Secretary^ 
