Am.  Jour.  Pnarm. 
Jan.,  1892. 
Editorials, 
51 
C.  Carroll  Meyer,  Ph.G.,  sent  a  paper  upon  a  simple  method  of  dispensing 
liquids  in  capsules.    A  model  of  the  apparatus  was  exhibited  by  Mr.  England. 
Dr.  Lowe  alluded  to  a  prescription  calling  for  arsenic  and  strychnine,  with 
several  drops  of  an  essential  oil  ;  it  was  dispensed  by  forming  a  mass  of  the 
arsenic  and  strychnine,  dividing  it,  placing  each  pill  into  a  capsule,  then  drop- 
ping the  oil  into  each  capsule  and  closing  it  up. 
A  paper  upon  a  new  mode  of  administering  iodifie  was  read  by  Mr.  England. 
Professor  Maisch  stated  that  this  method  of  combining  iodine  with  sugar  had  been 
recommended  about  thirty  years  ago  The  papers  were,  on  motion,  referred 
to  the  committee  on  publication,  and  after  calling  attention  to  some  curious 
latinized  prescriptions,  a  motion  to  adjourn  was  carried. 
T.  S.  Wiegand,  Registrar. 
EDITORIALS. 
The  new  volume  of  the  Journal,  beginning  with  the  present  number,  will 
make  the  sixty-fourth  of  its  uninterrupted  issue,  and  the  twenty- second  under 
the  editorial  management  of  the  present  editor.  What  the  "Journal"  has 
been  in  the  past,  has  been  placed  on  record  ;  that  this  record  shall  not  be 
dimmed  will  be  the  continued  aim  of  the  editor,  who  extends  his  sincere 
thanks  to  the  friends  and  contributors  for  the  many  courtesies  extended  in  the 
past,  which,  he  trusts,  will  be  continued;  and  it  is  hoped  that  the  circle  of  use- 
fulness, upon  which  the  "Journal"  can  look,  will  be  enlarged  through  the 
enlistment  of  the  good-will  and  favor  of  many  new  friends. 
The  valuable  information  which  is  contained  in  the  volumes  issued  has  been 
made  readily  available  through  three  indices,  one  being  a  general  index,  closing 
with  the  year  1870,  and  two  decennial  indices,  closing  respectively  with  1880 
and  1890,  the  latter  having  been  issued  during  the  past  month,  and  all  three 
being  obtainable,  at  moderate  prices,  from  the  business  editor.  These  indices 
deserve  to  be  consulted  by  investigators  and  authors,  the  more  so,  since  for  a 
long  period  the  progress  of  pharmacy  in  North  America  was  recorded  almost 
exclusively  in  the  pages  of  the  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy. 
The  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy,  on  various  occasions,  invited  its 
members  and  friends  to  a  social  reunion,  among  others,  with  the  view 
of  inspecting  the  introduction  of  electric  lights  into  the  college  building 
a  year  ago.  We  then  reported  that  many  of  those  present  on  that  occasion 
expressed  the  wish  that  such  social  gatherings  take  place  more  frequently  in 
the  future  than  had  been  the  case  in  the  past.  Such  a  reunion  was  again  held 
on  the  evening  of  Tuesday,  December  29th,  and  the  arrangements  by  the  effi- 
cient committee  of  the  preceding  year  were  made  in  such  a  manner  as  to  give 
promise  of  a  large  attendance,  and  to  those  participating,  of  an  enjoyable 
evening.  The  latter  proved  to  be  the  case,  but  unfortunately  a  violent  wind 
and  rain  storm  prevailing  the  greater  part  of  the  day  until  after  midnight, 
interfered  with  the  attendance.  Several  members  from  a  distance  were  present, 
and  all  enjoyed  the  remarks  made  by  Professor  Sadtler  in  explaining  the  lantern 
views  of  interesting  German  and  Swiss  scenery  ;  the  microscopic  exhibition 
arranged  by  A.  P.  Brown,  Ph.G.;  the  inspection  of  the  new  Beindorf  apparatus 
procured  for  the  pharmacy  lecture  room  ;  the  collation  and  the  music  provided 
in  the  museum,  and  the  conversational  intercourse  with  those  present. 
