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Notes  and  News. 
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\     August,  1909. 
of  His  Majesty  Leopold  II,  King  of  Belgium.  Those  desiring  to 
present  papers  or  to  be  otherwise  identified  with  the  work  of  the 
congress,  should  address  the  Secretaire  General,  Dr.  A.  Schamel- 
hout,  rue  Malibran,  12,  Brussels,  Belgium;  being  particular  to 
specify  their  profession,  titles,  and  address. 
The  Medico-Pharmaceutical  Section  of  the  Cleveland 
Academy  of  Medicine  was  organized  on  Friday  evening,  June  25, 
in  the  auditorium  of  the  Cleveland  Medical  Library.  President 
Lower  and  Secretary  Ford  of  the  Academy  acted  in  their  respective 
capacities,  and  the  following  officers  for  the  current  year  were 
elected  and  installed:  Chairman,  Lewis  C.  Hopp;  Vice-Chairman, 
M.  G.  Tielke ;  Secretary,  Dr.  J.  B.  McGee ;  Councillor  for  the  Sec- 
tion, Dr.  L,  J.  Tuckerman.  The  claim  was  made  at  the  meeting  that 
"  this  was  the  first  time  that  a  local  medical  society  has  formed  a 
section  in  which  doctors  and  druggists  met  on  an  equal  basis,  repre- 
sentatives of  each  calling  having  equal  voice  in  the  selection  of 
officers  of  the  section."  It  is  intended  to  have  at  each  meeting  a 
paper  on  some  class  of  U.S. P.  and  N.F.  preparations,  followed  by  a 
free  discussion  of  the  paper  by  both  physicians  and  druggists.  It  is 
also  intended  to  have  at  each  meeting  a  discussion  on  incompatible 
prescriptions.  A  committee  was  appointed  to  arrange  for  a  perma- 
nent exhibit  of  U.S. P.  and  N.F.  preparations  in  the  auditorium 
of  the  Cleveland  Medical  Library. 
The  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  Convention 
will  be  held  at  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  August  16-23  inclusive,  the  Hotel 
Alexandria  having  been  selected  as  headquarters.  All  communica- 
tions should  be  addressed  to  Thomas  W.  Jones,  Local  Secretary, 
1726  West  Twenty-second  Street,  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 
The  Midland  Druggist  and  Pharmaceutical  Review  is  the 
title  of  the  new  publication  formed  by  the  merging  of  two  well- 
known  contemporary  pharmaceutical  periodicals.  Professor  James 
H.  Beal,  formerly  editor  of  the  Midland  Druggist,  is  managing 
editor  of  the  new  journal,  and  Professor  Edward  Kremers,  formerly 
editor  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Review,  is  scientific  editor.  The  pub- 
lication office  is  at  Columbus,  Ohio. 
Journal  of  Pharmacology  and  Experimental  Thera- 
peutics.— This  is  a  new  journal,  the  initial  number  of  which  made 
its  appearance  in  May.    It  is  edited  by  Dr.  John  J.  Abel,  professor 
