106  Editorials.  {A*^imrm~ 
portion  of  C.  aciitifolia  and  C.  obovata ;  arghel  leaves  were  absent,  also  C. 
pubescens  had  not  been  observed.  A  very  handsome  and  clean  specimen  of  C. 
acutifolia,  almost  free  from  impurities,  had  been  procured  from  Dr.  C.  A. 
Heinitsh. 
In  reply  to  a  query  as  to  whether  C.  marilandica  could  not  be  used,  Prof. 
Maisch  stated  that  this  was  generally  considered  as  being  only  about  one-half  as 
active  ;  that  the  true  sennas  came  from  shrubs  of  the  subgenus  Senna,  and  that 
our  indigenous  plant  belonged  to  another  group,  Chamsesenna,  the  botanical 
distinctions  of  which  were  pointed  out. 
Mr.  Thompson  referred  to  the  case  of  a  milk  dealer,  who  a  short  time  ago 
was  convicted  of  adulteration  for  selling  skimmed  milk  as  milk,  the  court 
having  decided  that  the  removal  of  an  essential  constituent  from  an  article  of 
food  constituted  adulteration.  This  led  to  the  recital  of  some  cases,  showing 
the  importance  of  a  supply  of  unadulterated  milk  in  large  cities.  It  was  stated 
that  the  law  of  Pennsylvania,  like  that  of  Massachusetts,  required  cow's  milk 
to  contain  not  less  than  12%  per  cent,  of  solids. 
On  motion,  the  papers  read  were  referred  to  the  Publication  Committee,  and 
the  meeting  adjourned.  T.  S.  Wiegand,  Registrar. 
EDITORIAL. 
The  seventh  International  Pharmaceutical  Congress. — On  page  470  of  our 
preceding  volume  we  published  the  translation  of  a  circular-letter  from  the 
Italian  Committee  on  Organization  in  which  it  is  stated  that  the  Italian  phar- 
macists are  not  prepared  for  the  present  to  convene  the  seventh  congress.  On 
P-  755  of  the  Proceedings  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  we  find 
a  letter  printed,  showing  that  the  Executive  Committee  of  the  sixth  Pharma- 
ceutical Congress  has  expressed  itself  favorably  regarding  the  acceptance  of 
the  invitation  extended  by  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  for  hold- 
ing the  next  Congress  in  Chicago  in  1893  ;  and  that  the  Italian  Committee  has 
been  advised  to  cede  to  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  the  powers 
received  from  the  Congress  of  1885. 
The  Columbian  IVorld's  Congress  of  Pharmacists  is  the  title  of  one  of  those 
gatherings  of  specialists  which  it  has  been  proposed  to  convene  in  Chicago 
during  the  year  1S93,  under  the  auspices  of  "The  World's  Congress  Auxiliary 
of  the  World's  Columbian  Exposition."  A  committee  appointed  by  the 
"Auxiliary,"  consisting  of  Prof.  Oldberg,  chairman,  and  Messrs.  E.  H.  Sargent, 
Alb.  E.  Ebert,  D.  R.  Dyche  and  L.  C.  Hogan,  has  just  issued  a  preliminary 
address,  inviting  all  practitioners  of  pharmacy,  pharmaceutical  teachers,  authors 
and  journalists,  members  of  pharmaceutical  societies  and  examining  boards, 
and  of  pharmacopceial  committees,  manufacturing  pharmacists  and  chemists, 
and  others  connected  with  pharmac}7.  A  special  request  to  send  representa- 
tives is  made  to  pharmaceutical  societies,  schools  and  examining  boards,  phar- 
macopceial committees,  and  other  organized  pharmaceutical  bodies.  The 
objects  of  this  Congress  are  stated  to  be  the  delivery  of  addresses  upon  topics 
of  general  pharmaceutical  interest,  the  reading  of  papers  upon  pharmaceutical 
questions  of  a  general  scope,  discussion  upon  such  questions,  and  mutual 
acquaintance  and  intercourse.    The  meetings  are  to  be  so  arranged  as  to  take 
