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the  annual  meetings,  held  November  1890  and  1891,  at  the  hall  of  the  College 
of  Pharmacy  in  San  Francisco  ;  also,  accounts  of  the  graduating  exercises  of 
the  College  at  the  close  of  its  lecture  seasons  in  October  of  the  years  named. 
The  executive  officers  of  the  Society  and  the  College  are:  John  Devine,  president; 
D.  D.  Hunt,  secretary,  and  Adolph  Mack,  treasurer.  The  vacancy  which  was 
occasioned  through  the  resignation  of  Professor  E.  W.  Runyon,  has  been 
filled  by  calling  Henry  F.  Meier  to  the  chair  of  Pharmacy. 
Report  of  the  Proceedings  of  the  Illinois  Pharmaceutical  Association  at  its 
twelfth  annual  meeting,  held  at  Kankakee  August  25-27,  1891.    8vo.    Pp.  178. 
It  contains  the  minutes,  with  the  discussions  incorporated,  the  reports  of 
committees,  papers  read,  the  State  pharmacy  law,  etc.,  but  no  index  or  list  of 
contents.  The  portrait  of  A.  A.  Culver,  president  of  the  preceding  year,  is 
attached  as  frontispiece.  The  present  officers  are  R.  C.  Hattenhauer,  Peru, 
president ;  Melle  Williams,  Taylorville,  treasurer ;  C.  S.  Hallberg,  Chicago, 
secretary,  and  Chas.  Ryan,  Springfield,  local  secretary.  The  next  meeting 
will  convene  at  Springfield,  June  14,  next. 
Proceedings  of  the  tenth  annual  meeting  of  the  Indiana  Pharmaceutical 
Association,  held  in  Indianapolis  May  6  and  7,  1891.    8vo.    Pp.  108. 
A  brief  account  of  the  transactions  will  be  found  on  page  370  of  our  last 
volume.  The  next  meeting  will  be  held  at  Indianapolis  May  10,  next.  J.  F. 
Hurty  is  chairman  of  the  executive  committee. 
Proceedings  of  the  Ohio  State  Pharmaceutical  Association  at  its  thirteenth 
annual  meeting  held  in  Dayton  June  9-1 1,  1891.    8vo.    Pp.  162. 
The  transactions  at  this  meeting  were  reported  on  page  371  of  our  last 
volume.  In  addition  to  the  usual  matter  contained  in  such  publications,  com- 
plete lists  of  the  registered  pharmacists  and  assistant  pharmacists  are  published 
in  the  volume  before  us.  The  frontispiece  is  a  portrait  of  the  late  Alfred 
May  ell  of  Cleveland.  The  association  will  meet  again  at  Canton  June  14, 
next ;  J.  H.  Openheimer  is  the  local  secretary. 
Elixirs  and  Flavoring  Extracts  :  their  history,  formula  and  methods  of 
preparation.  By  J.  U.  Lloyd,  Professor  of  Chemistry  in  the  Eclectic  Medical 
Institute,  etc.    New  York  :  Wm.  Wood  &  Co.  1892.    8vo.    Pp.  191. 
This  essay  opens  with  a  short  dissertation  on  the  etymology  of  the  word 
elixir,  furnished  by  Dr.  Chas.  Rice,  and  with  the  fac-simile  reproduction,  from 
a  work  of  1682,  of  the  formulas  for  elixir  album  and  elixir  rubrum,  which  were 
recommended  for  use  in  the  transmutation  of  the  baser  metals  into  silver  or 
gold.  After  giving  a  historical  sketch  of  the  introduction  of  the  modern 
elixirs  and  of  their  increase  in  number  in  North  America,  the  author  gives 
formulas  for  271  different  elixirs,  which  are  more  or  less  in  use  in  some  parts 
of  this  country  ;  also  formulas  for  flavoring  extracts,  soda-water  syrups,  colors, 
frothing-liquids  and  similar  soda-water  appliances.  It  is  a  practical  book  and 
gives  much  useful  information  on  details. 
The  Book  of  Prescriptions,  containing  upwards  of  3000  prescriptions  col- 
lected from  the  practice  of  the  most  eminent  physicians  and  surgeons,  English 
and  foreign  ;  comprising  also  a  compendious  history  of  the  materia  medica, 
lists  of  the  doses  of  all  official  or  established  preparations  and  an  index  of 
