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Progress  in  Pharmacy. 
(  Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
\  December,  1909. 
aggregation  of  people  known  as  a  city  would  be  a  focus  of  endemic 
diseases.  He  also  points  out  the  need  for  constant  supervision  of 
children,  their  hygiene,  food,  and  clothing,  and  the  development  of 
a  body  not  undermined  in  health  by  the  mistaken  notion  that  chil- 
dren must  have  measles,  whooping-cough,  and  the  other  diseases  of 
childhood. — Jour.  Amer.  M.  Assoc.,  1909,  v.  53,  p.  665. 
Medical  Education. — The  educational  number  of  the  Journal  of 
the  American  Medical  Association  (Aug.  14,  1909)  contains  much 
that  should  be  of  interest  to  the  pharmacist.  Among  the  items 
of  more  direct  importance  is  a  list  of  the  medical  colleges  of  the 
United  States,  their  location,  requirements,  and  equipment.  A  list 
of  the  foreign  medical  colleges,  an  enumeration  of  the  medical 
standards  abroad,  the  American  Medical  Association  standards  of 
medical  education,  the  need,  method,  and  value  of  medical  college 
inspection,  the  influence  of  the  Carnegie  foundation  on  medical 
education,  the  crowded  medical  curriculum  and  the  present  status 
of  State  Board  requirements  are  also  discussed.  From  an  edu- 
cational point  of  view,  this  number  of  the  Journal  of  the  American 
Medical  Association  is  interesting  from  cover  to  cover  and  there 
are  many  suggestions  that  might  be  applied  with  advantage  to 
pharmaceutical  education.  The  feature  in  connection  with  medical 
education  that  appears  to  have  been  of  the  greatest  importance  is 
the  systematic  inspection  of  medical  colleges,  and  rating  the  insti- 
tution in  accordance  with  the  report  of  the  inspector  rather  than 
by  the  claims  made  in  the  annual  announcement. 
Vacation  Course  in  Pharmacy. — A  note  in  the  Pharnwceutisch 
Weekblad  for  August  2,  announces  a  vacation  course  on  the  use 
of  the  microscope  in  pharmacy  by  Dr.  F.  A.  Stiensma  at  the  Uni- 
versity of  Utrecht,  and  adds  that  prospective  students  are  expected 
to  bring  their  own  microscopes. 
The  Jubilee  Number  of  the  Chemist  and  Druggist,  published 
July  31,  1909,  in  commemoration  of  the  50th  year  of  the  publication 
of  that  journal,  is  an  unusually  interesting  collection  of  material, 
in  addition  to  a  complete  report  of  the  proceedings  of  the  British 
Pharmaceutical  Conference.  This  number  contains  rather  a  com- 
prehensive, illustrated  history  of  the  Chemist  and  Druggist,  and 
this  necessarily  includes  much  of  the  history  of  British  pharmacy. 
As  a  jubilee  souvenir,  a  replica  of  the  first  number  of  the  Chemist 
and  Druggist  is  included. 
Analysis  of  Secret  Remedies  is  the  title  of  an  800  page  pamphlet 
