paper house and no printer-so this number is printed in Oakland. The mailing list of the Journal has also vanished, so that many exchanges and subscribers will not at once receive this issue. However, enough copies will be printed to supply all regular recipients in the course of time. We would respectfully request other journals to copy this statement and also say that no sample copies will be sent out. The present address of the Journal, or rather of the editor, for the Journal office is beneath the editorial hat, which was almost his only possession not destroyed, is 1230 Telegraph Avenue, care Dr. Frank Adams, Oakland, Cal. Correspondents are respectfully warned, however, that their letters may not be answered immediately, for almost all typewriters have been destroyed and the whereabouts of our stenographer is an unknown quantity. [California State Journal of Medicine. 1 Company A Unloading Hospital Equipment. (Photo by Julius Leiblinger.) Prof. W. T. Wenzell.-The pharmacists of San Francisco thank their many friends heartily for kind words of sympathy in this, the greatest calamity that has ever fallen to a community in this country. Within the space of from seven to eight seconds nearly twothirds of our city was converted into a sea of ruins and 20,000 people were rendered houseless and homeless. Then followed the merciless flames, devouring everything, as the system of water supply throughout the city was rendered useless by the upheaval. The loss of property has been immense, and great suffering on account of lack of clothing and food followed the catastrophe. Notwithstanding all of this, the population of the city is determined to stay here and rebuild the beloved San Francisco. The new city will excel the old one in beauty and splendor. Help has reached us from all sides, and there is no real suffering to speak of at present. Thousands have left the city for surrounding towns, but will return to the city for permanent residence. Out of the 20,000 who first found shelter in the parks probably only 1,500 live there now. We have fifteen A. Ph. A. members in San Francisco. JOHN H. DAWSON: I regret to say that twelve of the number were burned out of business, Prof. W. B. Searby being one of the unfortunates. James H. Winter, John H. Dawson and the writer were the three to escape. I was badly shaken up, received scalp wounds from broken glass, and my ankle was injured by a falling book-case. I am still confined to my home, but slowly recovvisit the ruined district, ering, and expect soon to which, as yet, I have not seen. California State Board of Pharmacy.-The office of the Board of Pharmacy in San Francisco was entirely destroyed, with all contents except our registers and a few important papers that happened to be in our safe, which, although badly scorched, are still useful as books of reference. We have been slightly handicapped by the recent disaster, although quickly sought new quarters, and are now in shape to conduct the business of the board in practically normal manner. On behalf of the board, I extend our appreciation of your sympathy, and can assure you that the noble action of the country at large has made us realize the true friends we had in our hour of distress. If I can serve you at any time with items of information, or otherwise, kindly advise me, and it will afford me pleasure to assist you in any way in my power.-[CHAS. B. WHILDEN, secretary. Materia Medica and Pharmacy receive but little attention in the average medical college. Pharmacists, however, propose to educate the physicians and various associations are appropriating money for that purpose. Lectures on the U. S. P. and the N. F. by physicians before medical societies will prove educational and mutually profitable to both pharmacists and physicians. The National Formulary as a valuable standard is recognized by the Kings County Pharmaceutical Society which appropriated $150.00 for use in familiarizing physicians with this authority. Incidentally, the Pharmacopoeia will also be brought to the notice of prescribers. It is Not Official, and you will not find it in the Pharmacopoeia, but it occurs in the Dictionary, and you are likely to say "gee whizz" when you look up the meaning of onomatopoeia. PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATIONS. The Miss. Ph. A. meets at Crystal Springs, July 23 and 24. The chautauqua will be in session and add to the interest of the occasion. The secretary is O. W. Bethea, Meridian. President Joseph L. Lemberger, of the A. Ph. A., is also president of the Lebanon (Pa.) County Druggists' Association. During a recent meeting at Lebanon, the president tendered the members a dinner which was a very pleasant affair. The Ohio Ph. A. will hold its twenty-eighth annual meeting at Cedar Point, on Lake Erie, June 26-29. A thoroughly enjoyable, as well as profitable meeting is anticipated. For further information, address the secretary, Theo. D. Wetterstroem, 2935 Spring Grove Avenue, Cincinnati. The Proprietary Association of America held its twenty-fourth annual meeting in New York City, May 8-10. The following named officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, Frank J. Cheney, Toledo. First vice-president, John W. Kennedy, Chicago. Members of the Executive Committee:-H. H. Good, New York; Joseph F. Hindes, Baltimore; William H. Gove, Lynn; H. E. Bucklen, Chicago; R. R. Land, Binghamton; D. M. Newbro, Detroit. The III. Ph. A. will hold its twenty-seventh annual meeting, at Peoria, June 19-21, with headquarters at the National Hotel and sessions in the Elks' Lodge Room of the hotel. The committees on legislation, trade interests and papers and queries are providing sufficient material for a very substantial meeting. The travelers announce that the entertainment program will eclipse all previous efforts. This is the association which at one time prided itself upon "All work and no play," is gradually falling into line with those organizations where the entertainment program occupies a place on a parity with that of scientific and trade interests. la. Ph. A.-The twenty-sixth annual meeting will be held at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, July 10-12. Many of the reports to be made at the meeting will not only be of much importance to the members of the association but to the druggists of the state generally. For this reason it is hoped there will be a large attendance. Cedar Rapids is one of the leading cities of the state, possessing unexcelled railway facilities. As this is the first meeting of the association to be held in Cedar Rapids, the local druggists may be relied on to do well their part. Now is the time for the druggists of the state to arrange their plans and work so that they can attend this meeting. Take a little vacation. Combine pleasure and business. The Del. Ph. A. held its twentieth annual meeting at Newcastle, early in May. The election for new officers resulted as follows: President, Levi Scott, of Dover; vice presidents, New Castle County, N. J. Ferris, New Castle; for Kent County, E. L. Clarke, Dover; for Sussex County, Benjamin H. Matthews, of Milford; secretary, Frederick W. Fenn, of Wilmington; treasurer, John O. Bosley, Wilmington. Executive committee: H. Pierce Brown, Robert Megee, William F. Dunn. For candidates for the vacancy which will occur July 1, in the board of pharmacy, the following were nominated. Albert Dougherty, Herbert J. Watson, T. H. Cappeau, all of Wilmington. Dover was selected as the place of meeting next year on the second Thursday in May. The following new members were elected: Walter L. Morgan, Walter A. Grant, B. W. T. Tobin, Robert Megee, H. Pierce Brown, E. C. Robbins, Dr. Horace Bradley, Samuel W. Fox, John F. Floyd, all of Wilmington; J. Gaylord Bragdon, of Middletown; P. C. Murry, Lewes; Dr. J. Martin, Selbyville; F. W. Wilson, Pocomoke City. The Boston Chapter of the W. O. N. A. R. D. The April meeting was in the nature of an "At Home," given by Mrs. Adelaide M. Godding, president of the Chapter and secretary of the National Association, who entertained most graciously in her beautiful winter home on Hunnewell Hill, Brigh ton. The affair was a brilliant one. Mrs. Godding received in white silk, glistening with silver ornamentation, next in the receiving line came Mrs. L. O. Wallace, the National President who had just returned from wintering in the far South, and Mrs. George W. Cobb and Mrs. William D. Wheeler, the two vice-presidents of the Boston Chapter. MRS. ADELAIDE M. GODDING. About forty ladies were present. A program of unusual excellence was rendered. Miss Anna Abbott charmed her hearers with her violin music. Mrs. Charles Stover, soprano and Mr. Leon Andrews responded to the encores of their appreciative audience. Mrs. Gertrude Bartlett was the accompanist. The tea-room, which was tastefully decorated, was in charge of Mrs. Fred Archer. Mrs. Charles Davis and Mrs. E. H. LaPierre poured. This is to be the first of a series to be held at the homes of the members. The next meeting is to be at the home of Mrs. E. H. LaPierre in Cambridge, May 24, and is already being anticipated because of unique features to be introduced.-[MRS. LESLIE O. WALLACE, president. The Chicago Chapter of The W. O. N. A. R. D. is making steady progress. The meeting held at the residence of Mrs. J. F. Forbrich, April 19, was enjoyed by every one in attendance. Mrs. C. E. Kreyssler and Mrs. E. Cook were elected to membership. The next regular meeting is to be held on the evening of Thursday, May 17, at the home of Mrs. George Bollinger, 373 Thirty-seventh Place. No meetings are to take place during June, July, August and September. By October 18, the date of our first fall meeting, we hope to have many druggists' wives in this city interested in the movement and ready to join us in the good work and we expect to provide regular, centrally located quarters by that time. Our Chapter hopes to be a strong link in the golden chain of sisterhood, which is to unite druggists' wives in bonds of friendship and sociability and which is to extend from ocean to ocean. When we think of the sad fate of the druggists and their loved ones in the earthquake stricken district, we regret the extreme youth of our organization and our inability to lend a strong helping arm. We congratulate the N. A. R. D. upon its determination to create a silver lining in the cloud of despair, desolation and ruin which hovers over the San Francisco druggists. The W. O. N. A. R. D. would be unworthy of its name, had it not the welfare of women at heart, who have chosen pharmacy as their profession; they have our best wishes and we hope to enlist them in the work before us. While we are closely affiliated with the N. A. R. D. we are not unmindful of the valuable work accomplished for American pharmacy by the older national association and we sincerly hope that the annual meeting of the A. Ph. A. to be held at Indianapolis will be full of interest and pleasure for those fortunate enough to be in attendance [MRS. GEO. BOLLINGER, corresponding secretary, How They Scare Rats in England. A pharmacist recommends making a circle of bird lime in a convenient place on the floor and scattering small pieces of straw outside of the ring. Food should be placed within the ring. The bird lime adheres to the rats and the pieces of straw to the bird lime. The decorated animals scare their more fortunate associates and all leave the place. The pharmacist fails to say what the second host of the rats should do with them. Another pharmacist recommends putting tar in the rat runs, catching some of the animals alive and tarring, turning them loose to frighten others away. Still a third correspondent of the Pharmaceutical Journal recommends inoculating the rats with a virus which causes a contagious disease to break out among them. In this country just plain arsenic answers the purpose very well. COLLEGES OF PHARMACY. Cleveland School of Pharmacy.— Graduates. - Theodore Branch, Wm. B. Bretschneider, Henry F. Gerlach, Joseph Matonsek, John O'Neill, Edward Yotypka. Hold On To Your Diploma.-Not every graduate realizes that colleges decline to issue new diplomas unless the remains of the mutilated document are returned to the college. Colleges of pharmacy issue certificates of graduation when proper evidence is given that a diploma has been lost or stolen. vise graduates to hold on to their diplomas for which they have worked so hard. At one time boards of pharmacy required applicants for registration on diplomas to send in the documents. Now certificates of graduation, signed by the dean of the college, answer the purpose. W. U. of Pa. Dept. of Ph. (Pittsburgh). We ad Doctor in Pharmacy.-Herman Stanislaus Kossler. Graduate in Pharmacy.. - Ira Glen Amsler, Clyde Roy Barkley, William Raymund Bell, Walter Beilstein, Herman Gustav Blank, Charles Henry Boehm, John Louis Bossart, John Henry Brakman, Lee Frank Conrad, John Alexander Cummings, Leisure Kline Darbaker, Charles Stophel Davison, George Harrington Davy, Albert Vincent Dolan, George Paul Fehrman, Joseph John Ferkany, Harry Elmer Goehring, Charles Robert Graham, Louis Grodecour, Walter John Habrowski, John Charles Heavill, Edward Vernon Heffley, Frank Joseph Hoffman, Claude Watson Hood, Leonard Jacobvitz, William Lowry Johnston, Edwin King, Julius Joseph Kvatsak, Louis Lebovitz, Oliver Wendell Lomady, Michael J. Lawrence Malloy, Alfred Nicholas Martin, Francis Joseph Michael, Tartus Edwin Minton, Owen Richard Morgan, Oliver Nelson Mossett, Benjamin Levin Moses, Dionysius Tobiras Murphy, John McAuley, Cuvier Lee McGarr, John Francis McGovern, Thomas Dobson McKee, Thomas Elwood Parker, Edward Clarence Reif, Edwin Symonds Rowse, Ernest Judson Reeves, George Edgar Steinmark, Harvey Tibbott, Dick Harkins Thomas, Mark Thompson, James Carl Wakefield, Joseph Leo Wambaugh, Ralph Edwin Warner, Grover Cleveland Weil, Albert Joseph Weil, Harmar Denny Wenzel, Michael John Wurdach, James Edward Wyant. Certificates of Proficiency. - John George Gruen, Henry Ranburn Scott, David Evans Scott. BOARDS OF PHARMACY. We Publish Examination Questions by various boards of pharmacy. Some are furnished by the boards and others reach our office through the kindness of those who have passed the examinations. Nearly all of the boards are pleased to give publicity to the examination questions. A few boards have rules which prevent the members from making the questions public. Our readers clamor for examination questions, and we will be glad to hear from those who do not believe in such publicity. We are anxious to hear the arguments against publishing examination questions. Is the information injurious for prospective candidates and does it work an injustice upon the board of pharmacy? Cuttle Fish Bone is used by jewelers, who are always anxious to obtain large and fine pieces. MORTAR AND PESTLE. WRITTEN FOR THE MEYER BROTHERS DRUGGIST. How many brother triturators know that the sacred symbol of our illustrious profession is the direct outcome of the first domestic utensil that appeared on earth? Well, it is. When rudimental humanity decided to quit making a monkey of itself and begin acting like mamma's little man, an esthetic plant sprouted in the bosom of the new home. He wanted his food cooked instead of raw, and he wanted to look pretty. The culinary department was placed in charge of the women, while the men put in their spare time devising artistic streaks and splotches, and experimenting with colors. ized (or maybe it was a woman who put the notion into his head), that if he would scoop a depression in a block of wood or a stump, and use a wooden pestle, his teeth would last longer. He did it. Then the lazy man came to the front. He hung his pestle to the limber branch of a tree, so that all he had to do was to pull it down; the branch would lift it again. If the branch was not handy, he cut a long sapling, fastened one end firmly into a crevice, and tied the pestle to the other end. Proud of this feat, the primitive white man considered he had reached the limit, and that no further improvement in the domestic form of this appliance was possible. That's where he fell down. He still had to do the pounding. Somebody says that if an equal number of Scotch and of Irish are put on a desert island, in a hundred years the Irish will number ninety per cent of the popThese earliest pharmacists first mixed clays, miner-ulation, while the Scotch will possess ninety per cent als and grease on a flat rock, rubbing them together with another flat rock. The ingredients had a tendency to spread out, requiring much time and care to scrape them together again. By accident, or by taking thought with himself, Primogenus discovered that a hollow stone, with a rounded pebble, would save much of this drudgery. The women found the same difficulty attending their attempts to hull nuts, and to rub them and grains into flour; the pesky things would keep flying off to one side. They, also, perceived the merits of the mortar and pestle. Now it is a burning question as to which sex should have the credit for this primary labor-saving device. It is scarcely probable that both evolved the idea at the same moment; and as soon as one would have thought of it, the other would have seized upon it, and claimed the honor of the invention. We were not there at the time, and so can not speak with authority upon the subject. Anyhow, for unnumbered centuries, the men ground their paint and the women ground their grain and nuts. Then it occurred to some advanced female, with ideas in her head, that this was all wrong. Let the men grind the food, and the women grind-and use the paint. And lo, it was even so. After a while there was another advanced woman who said the women were overworked and mistreated, and that the men had to grind the paint for the women. And so it is to this day; only the women now sneak in by the back way and buy their paint on the sly. All mechanical advance in the world results directly from the fact that some man is too lazy to work; he wants to get up a machine that will work while he sleeps, like interest and taxes, and the jaw of a woman who has an idea that she is imposed on-only it is a tiresome job to try to sleep where one of the latter is holding forth. The man who is proud of his perpetual motion style of industry never has time to think of anything but how he can keep going. After men had worn out their teeth for abont a million years, more or less, chewing the sand from their stone mortars and pestles, one of them suddenly real of the property. That is because the Irishman keeps steadily at work, while the Scotch sits down to think. The mountaineers of East Tennessee are nearly all of Scotch descent. One of them got tired of pulling that pestle down. He thought. The following diagram shows the result of his cogitation. It is located in a cove away up in the Great Smoky Mountains, near the North Carolina line. (a) Is a block of wood, hollowed at the top, and firmly set in the ground. Corn is placed in the cavity. (b) Is a stout post fixed in the ground. (c) Is a cross-beam pivoted to the top of the post. (d) Is a heavy block of wood flexibly attached to one end of (c). (g) Is a stone carefully placed where it is needed. (d) Is much heavier than (e) when (e) is empty, and a little lighter than (e) when (e) is full. The operation of the machine is as follows: Corn, or whatever is to be pounded, is placed in the depression in the top of a; cis swung around until d is directly over the corn; this brings e under the edge of the waterfall at the level where it makes its plunge. When e is filled with water, it slowly descends, lifting d. When e reaches its lowest point, it impinges upon g and is overturned in such a way as to empty all the water and bring e outside of the influence of f. When this happens, d falls with a dull thud into the cavity of a; e, swinging outward, is carried to the top of f, where it settles into its proper position and is refilled. Meanwhile the inventor slumbers peacefully until aroused by hunger. Then he visits the apparatus and carries home meal for his hoecake. PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL CLUB. PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS BY E. F. KELLY, PHARM. D. A well known writer has advised that every now and then one should side step out of life's rush and get acquainted with himself; undoubtedly, what is true of the individual, in this respect, is equally as true of organized bodies of men. At the organization of our club, Mr. Hynson gave us suggestions, not only of the useful work that could be done and wholesome pleasure that might be derived from our association, but included the influence for good which we might exert on pharmacy-that broad, practical, ethical pharmacy of which he later on spoke in Philadelphia. We have been in existence now practically three years, and at the beginning of another we might very profitably spend a little time in determining how far we have followed these suggestions and what we have accomplished of benefit, not only to ourselves, but our profession. Our chief difficulty has been to find those who would come and go with us to our mutual benefit. Members have come-some gone like the summer cloud; but we are now sure of our foundation, and just emerging from our initiation, are in a position to build up such an organization as we desire. To recall our many very pleasant meetings-good friends all, but with enough of argument and differences of opinion to make them spicy, is to convince ourselves that we have derived from our association all the pleasure we had reason to expect. "Copper Oleate," "Paraffin as an Absorbent for Oils," "Mild Criticisms of the Journals," J. J. Barnett. "Fowler's Solution," C. D. Hickman. "Notes From the Prescription Counter," F. L. McCartney. "The Journals," "Some Points in Dispensing," "The Antitoxin Unit," H. P. Hynson. "Sunday Closing," John A. Davis. "Some Assay Methods," "Acetylene Gas," L. A. Beck. As you will note, the subjects discussed have been varied, and relate not only to pharmacy proper, but to chemistry and matters of commercial interest. While we would consider all the papers as in one class-good-yet two or three deserve especial mention. That of Mr. Naylor, "Syrup Ferrous Iodide," created quite a general discussion of this interesting preparation. Mr. Lowry's "Blaud's Mass" was equally interesting and won the Merck prize at the meeting of the state association, and Mr. Hynson's "The Journals" was widely copied and commended. This division of our work has developed most thoroughly and bids fair to still further aid the club. These papers serve a double purpose in our meetings, since they not only contribute their inate worth, but also, like ferments, by their very presence cause effervescence, so to speak, and produce a result spirited if not spiritous. These general discussions of papers have proven of great value to all, in fact, in some cases equally if not surpassing in helpfulness the paper itself. It would hardly seem modest for even a member to discuss the influence, we hope for good, which we as a club exert on our profession, still we may well be proud of our position in the alumni association of our college, as well as in our state association. We are still young, and may some day be equally prominent in our national body, in which we are at present so ably represented by two of our members, Messrs. Hynson and Dunning. In more substantial matters I count myself among the chiefest of sinners when I say that the journals have not received their due in our club work. Possibly because I feel it my duty, I have given more attention to these lately than ever before and am surprised to find how much I have been missing-and this in spite of the criticisms of these journals by one of our members in a paper presented to the club lasting to the welfare of the club. year. Journals, like individuals, have their faults, but are the only means of spreading information about subjects of interest, not quite scientific enough to find place in scientific publications and text books. Especially is this true of subjects relating to trade conditions, Such a short discussion of our club work as this would be even more incomplete did it not mention the lively interest of the members in everything pertain and, if we are to exert a broad influence, we need to be as conversant with the workings of the serial-numbering plan as with the pre-requisite law, or any new investigation or discovery. Our club has, of course, done itself proudest in its production of original papers. As suggested by Mr. Hynson, these papers have been given to the state association, thereby giving us a prestige in that body. To enumerate, the papers presented so far are: "Blaud's Mass," "Disintegration of Tablets," W. J. Lowry, Jr. "Boro-Salicylic Acid," H. L. Troxel. "Syrup Ferrous Iodide," Frantz Naylor. "Compounding Several Pharmaceutical Preparations,” “Adulteration of Wax," "Compounds of Metals with Proteids," H. A. B. Dunning. Beginning with a new year we can take a new hold on life and make our club such as to be even prouder of in years to come, when it will be contributing, we hope, its full share in the work of obtaining those things which our profession most needs—mainly a broad and liberal feeling of brotherhood among its members. Cure for the Whiskey Habit. It is claimed that a person cannot take the following and drink whiskey at the same time, i. e., it will cure the whiskey habit if a patient will use it: R Apomorphine... Fowler's Solution..... ....gr. ij. Tincture Cinchona Comp., q. s. ad..... 3 ij. M. Sig. One teaspoonful every three hours.-[Burnett Med. Summary. Join the A. Ph. A. |