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place  between  the  several  medical  and  allied  scientific  congresses,  so  that  phar- 
macists who  may  be  specialists  in  chemistry,  botany,  microscopy,  etc.,  may 
participate  in  two  or  more  of  the  congresses  held.  The  Memorial  Art  Palace, 
which  is  to  be  erected  on  the  shore  of  Lake  Michigan,  will  contain  two  large 
audience  rooms  and  a  number  of  smaller  halls  for  the  accommodation  of  the  con- 
gresses and  of  other  meetings.  The  month  of  May  or  June,  1893,  is  suggested 
for  holding  the  Congress. 
The  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  intending  to  co-operate  in  the 
work,  appointed  a  Committee,  consisting  of  the  five  members  appointed  by  the 
"Auxiliary,"  and  of  Prof.  Hallberg  and  the  President  and  Permanent 
Secretary  ex-officio.  In  addition  thereto  an  Advisory  Council  is  to  be  formed 
of  both  foreign  and  American  Pharmacists,  and  all  interested  and  intending  to 
participate  in  the  contemplated  congress  are  invited  by  the  Committee  to  com- 
municate to  its  chairman  any  suggestion  relating  to  the  plan  mapped  out  by 
the  committee. 
-  The  Pennsylvania  Pharmacy  Board  held  the  October  examination  in  the 
Central  High  School  at  Philadelphia,  and  in  the  City  Council  Chamber  at  Pitts- 
burg.   The  January  examination  was  held  in  Philadelphia,  Monday  the  18th. 
Applicants  for,Registered  Pharmacist's  Certificate,  105,  passed  39  in  October  ; 
106,  passed  28  in  January. 
Applicants  for  Qualified  Assistant's  Certificate,  109,  passed  72  in  October  ; 
115,  passed  57  in  January. 
REVIEWS  AND  BIBLIOGRAPHICAL  NOTICES. 
Proceedings  of 'the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  at  the  thirty -ninth 
annual  meeting,  held  at  New  Orleans,  La.,  April,  1891  ;  also  the  Constitution,. 
By-laws  and  Roll  of  Members.  Philadelphia  :  Published  by  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association.    8vo.    Pp.  xxiv,  767  and  138  (General  Index). 
The  "Minutes"  of  the  above  meeting  were  sent  out  to  the  members  in 
August  last,  and  early  in  January  the  bound  volume  of  the  "Proceedings" 
was  distributed  to  those  entitled,  containing,  besides  the  Minutes,  the  valu- 
able report  on  the  progress  of  pharmacy,  and  the  usual  matter  issued  annually 
with  the  "  Proceedings  ;"  also  a  general  index  for  the  volumes  31  to  38  (1883  to 
1890),  inclusive.  It  is  learned  from  an  abstract  of  the  Minutes  of  the  Council, 
that  the  date  for  the  next  annual  meeting  has  been  fixed  for  July,  the  first 
session  to  be  held  on  the  morning  of  Thursday,  July  14,  and  the  last  session 
probably  on  Tuesday  evening,  July  19.  Among  the  interesting  information 
contained  in  the  volume  is  the  correspondence  in  relation  to  the  contemplated 
seventh  International  Pharmaceutical  Congress,  which  was  to  assemble  in 
Milan,  Italy,  and  the  proposed  International  Pharmaceutical  Congress,  in 
Chicago,  in  1893.  The  General  Index  was  prepared  for  eight  volumes  with  the 
view  of  having  hereafter  a  decennial  index  published  at  the  close  of  each 
decade,  as  it  was  intended  to  do  since  1859. 
Year-book  of  Pharmacy,  comprising  abstracts  of  papers  relating  to  Pharmacy,. 
Materia  Medica  and  Chemistry,  contributed  to  British  and  foreign  journals  from 
July  1,  1890,  to  June  30,  1891  ;  with  the  Transactions  of  the  British  Pharma- 
