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Ebcrt  Memorial. 
J  Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
j     August,  1909. 
Pharmacists  should  be  interested  in  making  this  annual  publica- 
tion as  complete  and  as  reliable  as  possible,  and  could  and  should 
assist  the  Council  on  Pharmacy  and  Chemistry  materially  in  prevent- 
ing the  misuse  of  confidence.  The  book  contains  the  rules  of  the 
Council,  and  descriptions  of  upwards  of  300  proprietary  prepara- 
tions which  appear  to  comply  with  the  rules  now  in  force.  An  inde- 
pendent application  of  these  several  rules,  by  individual  pharmacists, 
and  the  prompt  report  of  any  evident  objections,  would  be  appreci- 
ated by  members  of  the  Council  and  would  certainly  tend  to  guaran- 
tee a  more  wide-spread  adherence  to,  and  a  more  strict  compliance 
with,  the  rules  themselves.  M.  I.  Wilbert. 
The  Desk  Book  of  Facts  for  Physicians  and  Pharmacists. 
By  Ralph  Walsh,  M.D.,  Washington,  D.  C. 
This  book  contains  a  list  of  new  remedies  giving  the  action, 
solubility,  and  dosage  of  each ;  a  list  of  important  official  remedies ; 
and  lists  of  poisons  and  antidotes  and  incompatibilities.  It  also 
contains  information  on  drugs  that  interfere  with  the  action  of  other 
drugs ;  nutritives ;  precautions  to  be  observed  in  infectious  and  con- 
tagious diseases ;  popular  names  and  synonyms  of  numerous  drugs ; 
a  list  of  veterinary  remedies ;  solubility  of  drugs ;  some  tests  in 
urinalysis ;  practical  test  for  estimating  renal  insufficiency ;  some 
rules  to  be  observed  in  the  artificial  feeding  of  infants ;  table  of 
Latin  terms  and  abbreviations  used  in  prescribing,  etc. 
EBERT  MEMORIAL. 
On  May  21,  1909,  there  was  held  in  the  city  of  Chicago,  cere- 
monies in  honor  of  the  memory  of  Albert  E.  Ebert  who  died 
Xovember  20,  1906  (class  of  1864,  P.  C.  P.). 
A  monument  consisting  of  a  boulder,  with  a  bronze  memorial 
tablet,  was  placed  upon  the  grave  at  Graceland  Cemetery.  Ad- 
dresses were  delivered  by  Prof.  Joseph  P.  Remington,  representing 
Ebert's  Alma  Mater, the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  ;  by  Prof. 
Henry  M.  Whelpley,  representing  the  Trustees  of  the  United  States 
Pharmacopceial  Convention  ;  by  President  J.  E.  Huber  of  the  Illinois 
Pharmaceutical  Association ;  by  Prof.  C.  S.  N.  Hallberg  of  the 
Chicago  College  of  Pharmacy :  by  Mr.  Wilhelm  Bodemann  of  the 
