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EDITORIAL  DEPARTMENT. 
The  General  Index  for  the  last  ten  volumes  of  the  "American  Journal  of  Phar- 
macy "  is  nearly  ready  in  manuscript  5  but  we  find  that,  if  we  would  adhere  to  our 
intention  of  issuing  it  with  the  December  number,  it  would  delay  the  appearance 
of  the  latter  too  long.  For  this  reason,  it  will  be  mailed  with  the  next  issue,  in  Jan- 
uary, to  all  subscribers.  We  embrace  this  occasion  of  expressing  our  thanks  to 
our  friends,  readers  as  well  as  contributors,  hoping  that  they  will  continue  such  in 
the  future,  and  extend  the  influence  of  the  Journal  by  contributions  to  its  pages, 
as  well  as  by  calling  to  it  the  attention  of  those  interested. 
The  End  of  Two  Bogus  Colleges.— On  pige  527  of  the  present  volume  we 
have  given,  as  a  matter  of  history,  the  legal  proceedings  that  put  an  end  to  the 
existence  of  two  chartered  institutions,  which,  from  the  manner  they  were  con- 
ducted, were  discreditable  to  the  colleges  of  the  United  States.  We  now  can  inform 
our  readers  that  on  Nov.  12th  Dr.  John  Buchanan  pleaded  guilty  to  two  indictments 
charging  the  sale  of  an  academic  degree.    Sentence  was  deferred. 
On  Nov.  24th  the  same  Dr.  Buchanan  and  M.  V.  Chapman,  in  the  United  States 
District  Court,  were  found  guilty  of  conspiring  to  defraud  the  United  States  out  of 
^5,000,  the  amount  of  Buchanan's  bail.  The  statute  imposes  a  fine  of  not  less  than 
$1,000  nor  more  than  $io,oco,  and  an  imprisonment  of  two  years.  In  this  case 
sentence  has  also  been  deferred,  and  the  principal  is  soon  to  expect  another  trial  on 
the  charge  of  using  the  mail  for  fraudulent  purposes. 
The  Thalleioquin  Test.— Referring  to  Mr.  Zeller's  paper  on  this  subject,  on 
page  385  of  this  volume,  Mr.  J.  Denham  Smith  writes  to  the  "Chemical  News' 
that  the  discoverer  of  this  test  was  H.  A.  Meeson,  whose  communication,  dated 
"Guy's  Hospital,  Jan.  7,  1835,"  was  published  in  the  "Philosophical  Magazine 
and  Journal  of  Science  "  for  that  year. 
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The  Druggists'"  Pocket  Price  Book  for  Wholesalers^  Retailers  and  Tra-veling  Salesmen. 
Cleveland,  O.:    John  H.  Nelson  1880. 
On  page  432  of  our  last  volume  we  noticed  Mr.  Nelson's  druggists'  cost-book. 
The  book  before  us  is  gotten  up  essentially  on  the  plan  then  described,  but  its 
smaller  size,  and  some  modifications  in  the  internal  arrangement,  render  it,  we  think, 
more  convenient  for  use.  •  * 
The  Physician  s  Visiting  List  jor  1881.    Philadelphia  :    Lindsay  &  Bl.ikiston. 
The  one  before  us  is  the  thirtieth  annual  publication  of  the  visiting  list,  and  will 
be  found  most  conveniently  arranged  for  the  use  of  those  for  whom  it  is  intended. 
