TO CORRESPONDENTS AND SUBSCRIBERS. 
The present editor of the "American Journal of Phar- 
macy/' in undertaking the duties which have devolved upon 
him, is not unconscious of the difficulties which have been 
encountered by the gentlemen who have preceded him in this 
capacity, and against which he will still have to contend. The 
zealous and enlightened individuals who first projected and 
subsequently carried into execution the establishment of a pe- 
riodical publication, devoted to the diffusion of knowledge 
upon Pharmacy, Medicine, and the collateral branches of 
Science, were fully impressed with the necessity of render- 
ing accessible the vast stores of information contained in fo- 
reign publications, devoted to similar objects, and also of 
possessing the means by which native talent and industry 
might communicate the discoveries and improvements made 
at home. They foresaw and anticipated the wants of the 
profession, and may be be termed the pioneers of a reform 
which has commenced within the immediate influence of their 
operations, and will extend to the extreme limits of our land. 
The happy result of this anxious desire and well planned en- 
deavour to extend correct knowledge upon all subjects con- 
nected with Pharmacy and Medicine, or having a bearing 
upon them either directly or indirectly, being no longer 
doubtful, it becomes a matter of honest pride and congratula- 
tion to the promoters of this praiseworthy effort, that it has 
so far been crowned with success; and that it has called forth 
the approving comments of our transatlantic cotemporaries. 
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