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Progress  in  Pharmacy. 
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slips  over  it.  The  cotton  is  then  rolled  tightly  on  the  bolt,  from  the 
original  roll,  taking  care  to  avoid  exposure  or  soiling,  and  is  now 
slipped  into  the  box.  Here,  however,  a  ratchet  device  has  been 
arranged  which  prevents  the  cotton  from  unrolling  unless  a  button 
on  the  .outside  is  pressed. 
It  is  believed  that  such  an  appliance,  if  obtainable,  would  be  a 
valuable  addition  to  the  equipment  of  any  prescription  department, 
and  it  can  be  readily  made  by  any  one  with  slight  mechanical  ability. 
This  is  an  opportunity  to  also  call  your  attention  to  a  line  of 
white  enamelled  ware,  sold  in  the  house-goods  departments  of  many 
stores,  which  may  be  applied  with  great  advantage  to  many  drug 
store  laboratory  operations.  We  have  used  them  for  water-baths 
for  several  years.  The  plates  admirably  adapt  themselves  to 
covers  for  funnels  and  percolators.  The  bowls  of  many  sizes  are 
inexpensive  and  strong  and  clean,  and  may  be  used  in  innumerable 
ways :  in  making  ointments  ;  in  moistening  drugs  for  percolation, 
and,  in  fact,  for  almost  every  purpose  for  which  a  porcelain  dish  is 
required. 
PROGRESS  IN  PHARMACY. 
A  QUARTERLY  REVIEW  OF  SOME  OF  THE  MORE  INTERESTING 
LITERATURE  RELATING  TO  PHARMACY. 
By  M.  I.  Wilbert,  Washington,  D.  C. 
Before  this  number  of  the  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy 
reaches  its  readers  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  will 
have  concluded  its  annual  sessions,  which  are  to  be  held  this  year 
in  the  city  of  Los  Angeles  near  the  far-off  coast  of  the  broad  Pacific, 
from  the  16th  to  the  20th  of  August. 
For  such  of  the  pharmacists  of  this  country  as  are  able  to  attend, 
this  meeting  will  no  doubt  prove  to  be  one  of  unusual  interest  and 
profit.  All  of  the  several  sections  have  provided  excellent  programs 
and  the  trip  across  the  continent  is  itself  an  event  to  be  looked  for- 
ward to  as  a  source  of  profit  as  well  as  pleasure. 
Scarcely  less  interesting  will  be  the  meeting  of  the  National 
Association  of  Retail  Druggists  which  is  to  be  held  in  the  city  of 
Louisville,  Ky.,  the  week  of  September  6.    Many  of  the  members  of 
