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der  hier  beschriebenen  Holzer  von  Nadelbaumen  nach  mikroskopi- 
schen  Merkmalen. 
The  woods  yielded  by  the  different  species  in  1 1 2  families  are 
considered  ;  the  important  references  being  given  in  connection 
with  each  of  the  species  considered.  The  work  is  indispensable  to 
those  interested  in  technical  products. 
Das  Komprimiren  von  Arzneitabletten.  Von  F.  Utz.  Mit  in 
den  Text  gedruckten  Figuren.  Berlin  :  Verlag  von  Julius  Springer, 
1 90 1.    M.  2.40. 
This  valuable  little  book  on  the  making  of  tablets  is  well  illus- 
trated and  full  of  practical  information  on  the  construction  of  the 
different  machines  and  the  formulae  found  useful  in  the  making  of 
tablets.  It  consists  of  the  following  parts  :  (1)  Geschichtliches ;  (2) 
Komprimirmaschinen ;  (3)  Nebenapparate ;  (4)  Das  Vorbereiten 
der  Arzneimittel  zum  Komprimiren ;  (5)  Allgemeine  Vorschriften 
fur  Behandlung  der  Maschinen  u.  s.  w.  ;  (6)  Das  Komprimiren  der 
Tabletten  ;  (7)  Die  Bezeichnung  der  Tabletten ;  (8)  Die  Verpack- 
ung  der  Tabletten  ;  (9)  Die  Aufbewahrung  der  Tabletten ;  (10) 
Verordnungen. 
NATIONAL  ASSOCIATION  OF  RETAIL  DRUGGISTS. 
The  following  are  the  officers  of  the  Association  for  the  year 
1901-1902  :  President,  James  W.  Seeley,  Detroit,  Mich. ;  First  Vice- 
President,  R.  K.  Smither,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. ;  Second  Vice-President, 
Thomas  Voegeli,  Minneapolis,  Minn. ;  Third  Vice-President,  B.  E. 
Pritchard,  Pittsburg,  Pa. ;  Secretary,  Thomas  V.  Wooten,  Chicago, 
111.;  Treasurer,  Rudolph  S.  Vitt,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
The  members  of  the  Executive  Committee  are  as  follows :  Simon 
N.  Jones,  Louisville,  Ky.,  Chairman ;  James  W.  Seeley,  Detroit, 
Mich. ;  F.  E.  Holiiday,  Topeka,  Kan. ;  John  C.  Gallagher,  Jersey  City, 
N.  J. ;  W.  E.  Bingham,  Tuscaloosa,  Ala. ;  F.  W.  Meisner,  La  Porte, 
Ind. ;  Charles  Fleischner,  New  Haven,  Conn, 
The  following  are  the  resolutions  adopted  by  the  Association  at 
its  recent  convention  at  Buffalo  in  conformity  with  the  recom- 
mendation of  the  Committee  on  Resolutions : 
Resolved,  That  we  commend  the  forceful  and  able  address  of 
President  Anderson  and  recommend  that  the  thanks  of  the  Associa- 
tion be  tendered  him  for  the  discharge  of  the  duties  of  his  office 
