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f  Am.  Jour.  Pkarni. 
I  September,  1909. 
of  juice  is  extracted  from  the  cane,  and  where  every  atom  of  sugar 
is  taken  from  the  juice  which  can  possibly  be  won  by  the  most 
improved  processes.  He  described,  also,  the  beet  sugar  industry 
of  the  United  States  and  showed  in  slides  the  entire  story  of  beet 
sugar,  from  the  harvesting  of  the  crop  to  the  turning  out  of  the 
finished  product.  Air.  Hastings  called  attention  to  the  very  high 
purity  of  commercial  sugar,  and  mentioned  briefly  the  various 
substitutes  and  adulterants  for  sugar. 
NOTES  AND  NEWS. 
The  Pharmazeutische  Zentralhalle  issued  a  jubilee  number 
on  July  1,  1909.  This  journal  was  founded  fifty  years  ago  by  that 
Altmeister  der  Pharmazie,  Dr.  Hermann  Hager,  who  is  not  only 
remembered  for  his  editorial  work  but  also  for  his  works  on  practical 
pharmacy.  It  is  cause  for  congratulation  that  this  journal  has 
continued  throughout  its  fifty  years  of  existence  as  a  valuable  weekly 
publication  devoted  to  both  the  scientific  and  commercial  interests  of 
pharmacy. 
The  Jubilee  of  the  Chemist  and  Druggist  has  likewise  been 
reached,  the  initial  number  appearing  in  September,  1859.  A  replica 
of  the  first  number  has  been  published  and  is  distributed  with  the 
Jubilee  number  and  summer  issue,  which  contains  some  chapters 
on  the  history  of  our  esteemed  contemporary.  The  credit  for  estab- 
lishing this  periodical  belongs  principally  to  Mr.  Septimus  Vaughan 
Morgan,  and  was  originally  intended  to  be  a  monthly  trade  circular. 
While  the  Chemist  and  Druggist  is  unquestionably  the  most  valuable 
pharmaceutical  trade  publication  at  the  present  time,  it  also  contains 
much  information  of  an  applied  scientific  character,  and  is  altogether 
a  very  valuable  publication  both  for  wholesale  and  retail  druggists. 
Preserving  Fresh  Vegetable  Drugs. — Professor  Guignard  of 
the  Paris  School  of  Pharmacy  read  a  report  at  the  last  meeting  of 
the  French  Academy  of  Medicine  on  researches  made  by  Perrot  and 
Goris  on  the  sterilization  of  fresh  medicinal  plants  so  that  they 
retain  the  color  and  taste  of  fresh  material  and  may  be  employed  in 
the  making  of  vegetable  extracts  which  are  comparable  in  thera- 
peutic action  with  those  from  fresh  plants.  The  method  of  steril- 
ization is  based  on  the  destruction  of  the  ferments — Chemist  and 
Druggist. 
