^88  JPfytisvcie  /Am.  Jour.  Pliarm. 
•J  KeVieWS.  I        July,  1892. 
elected  A.  B.  Stewart,  Seattle,  president  ;  W.  B.  Shaw,  secretary,  and  Jas.  Lee, 
treasurer.    The  fourth  annual  meeting  will  take  place  at  Spokane,  May  i,  1893. 
The  Pharmaceutical  Examining  Board  of  Pennsylvania  held  an  examina- 
tion in  Harrisburg,  April  25,  when  out  of  151  applicants  for  registered  pharma- 
cist certificates,  seventy,  and  of  61  candidates  for  qualified  assistants  certificates, 
twenty-nine  received  the  certificates. 
The  Cincinnati  College  of  Pharmacy  had  its  twentieth  annual  commence- 
ment April  21,  at  Sinton  Hall,  on  which  occasion  addresses  were  made  by  Dr. 
Louis  Schwab,  one  of  the  earliest  graduates  of  the  school,  by  Prof.  Fennel  and 
by  President  Klayer,  who  conferred  the  degree  of  Graduate  in  Pharmacy  upon 
29  candidates.  After  the  distribution  of  various  prizes  and  the  close  of  these 
exercises,  the  class  was  entertained  with  a  supper,  participated  in  by  members 
of  the  college  and  alumni. 
The  School  of  Pharmacy  of  the  Kansas  State  University  held  its  commence- 
ment June  6. 
The  Massachusetts  College  of  Pharmacy,  at  its  commencement,  held  May 
25,  conferred  the  degree  of  Graduate  in  Pharmacy,  through  its  president,  S. 
A.  D.  Sheppard,  upon  26  candidates.  Addresses  were  made  by  Professors 
Patch  and  Gx-eenleaf,  and  by  Chas.  W.  Perkins  and  G.  E.  Thomas. 
The  National  College  of  Pharmacy  held  its  twentieth  annual  commence- 
ment at  the  National  Theatre,  Washington,  D.  C,  on  the  evening  of  June  18, 
when  diplomas  were  conferred  upon  twelve  graduates. 
REVIEWS. 
Jahrbuch  der  Chemie.  Bericht  iiber  die  wichtigsten  Fortschritte  der  reinen  u. 
angewandten  Chemie,  unter  Mitwirkung  von  Beckurts(  Braunschweig), Benedikt 
(Wien),  Bischoff  (Riga),  Diirre  (Aachen),  Eder  (Wien),  Haussermann  (Stutt- 
gart), Kriiss  (Miinchen),  Marcker  (Halle),  Nernst  (Gottingen),  Rohmann 
(Breslau),  herausge^eben  von  Richard  Meyer  (Braunschweig).  Frankfurt  am 
Main  :  H.  Bechhold.    1892.    Svo.    Pp.  544.    Price,  cloth,  12  marks. 
Year-book  of  Chemistry.  Report  on  the  most  important  advances  in  pure 
and  applied  chemistry. 
We  have  before  us  the  first  volume  of  a  new  annual  intended  for  the  publi- 
cation of  classified  reports  on  the  more  important  researches  in  the  different 
branches  of  chemical  science,  and  in  this  manner  to  give  an  intelligent  survey 
of  the  work  done  and  the  progress  made  in  each  branch,  without  going  into 
minute  details  which  can  be  ascertained  by  consulting  the  journals  devoted  to 
the  various  branches  of  science.  This  "year-book  "  is,  therefore,  not  intended 
as  a  mere  compilation  of  papers  published  with  a  more  or  less  full  presenta- 
tion of  the  details  of  the  investigations  made  ;  but  rather  as  a  well  digested 
report  on  such  researches  and  their  results  determined  during  the  preceding 
year.  To  illustrate  the  manner  in  which  this  is  done  we  translate  a  short  para- 
graph from  the  section  on  Pharmaceutical  Chemistry,  as  follows  : 
"  The  so-called  synthetic  carbolic  acid,  which,  on  its  commercial  introduction 
a  few  years  ago,  attracted  much  attention,  has  now  almost  completely  lost  its 
importance,  since  it  became  known  that  it  is  likewise  subject  to  the  unpleasant 
