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\       July,  1909. 
mentee.  Paris:  Vigot  Freres,  Editeurs.  23,  Place  de  l'Ecole-de- 
Medecine.  1909. 
In  this  the  sixteenth  edition  of  Crinon's  valuable  work  on  newer 
additions  to  medicine  and  pharmacy  will  be  found  information  on 
allosan,  arsacetine,  asyphil,  bromethylate  of  morphine,  camphosal, 
diplosal,  eucerine,  euphylline,  metallic  ferments,  helkomine,  hydro- 
pyrine,  iodomenine,  neoform,  nitrite  of  sodium,  paratoxine,  sabro- 
mine,  serum  marin,  and  sodophtalyl.  Some  additional  information 
is  also  given  concerning:  apiol,  kephir,  koumyss,  salts  of  lithium, 
lobelia,  mate,  myrtol,  guarana,  phosphide  of  zinc,  podophyllin,  etc. 
Druggists'  and  Dispensers'  Practical  Show  Card  Instruc- 
tor.   Published  by  W.  A.  Thompson,  Pontiac,  Michigan. 
As  stated  in  the  preface  "  the  object  of  this  treatise  is  to  give  a 
practical  course  of  instruction  in  lettering  and  designing  necessary 
for  making  all  styles  of  show  cards  and  price  tickets  required  by  the 
pharmacist." 
THE  MEETING  OF  THE  AMERICAN  MEDICAL 
ASSOCIATION.* 
In  years  to  come  the  Sixtieth  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Amer- 
ican Medical  Association,  held  in  Atlantic  City,  June  8-1 1,  1909, 
will  be  looked  back  to  as  inaugurating  a  new  era  in  the  progress 
of  the  science  of  medicine.  Seldom  have  preventative  and  curative 
measures  received  such  thoroughgoing  consideration,  and  seldom 
indeed  have  so  many  medical  men  jointly  agreed  upon  the  need  for 
devoting  more  care  and  attention  to  the  development  of  these  all- 
important  factors  in  the  practice  of  medicine. 
In  connection  with  the  discussion  of  curative  methods  it  may 
be  said  that  seldom  has  so  much  attention  been  paid  to  the  de- 
velopment of  the  National  Pharmacopoeia  as  this  year.  Special 
committees  on  the  Pharmacopoeia  reported,  in  the  Section  on  Prac- 
tice of  Medicine,  the  Section  on  Stomatology,  and  the  Section  on 
Ophthalmology.  The  Pharmacopoeia  was  also  considered  at  some 
length  in  the  proceedings  of  some  of  the  other  sections,  notably  in 
the  Section  on  Cutaneous  Medicine  and  Surgery,  where  the  chair- 
*  Abstract  of  Report. — Editor. 
