The chemist and druggist, 15. September 1859

OUR COTEMPORARIES. [Under this head we purpose giving a short resume of the contents of the current Pharma- ceutical and Medical Journals. This will enable our readers to consult further any article in which they may feel an interest.] THE PHARMACEUTICAL of this month contains, amongst other interesting matter, a sketch of the life of Jacob Bell, the founder and late President of their Society. The paper is a well-written and interesting biography of the journal's late editor, a man to whom the entire Pharmaceutical body arc deeply indebted for his entire devotion to their interests, which he supported both with his time and money. Jacob Bell died on the 12th of June, and was interred in the Ceme- tery of Tunbridge Wells. Such a man's memory needs no monument; nevertheless we are pleased to find that, in commemoration of it, the Society have decided on the establishment of Scholarships. We wish every success to the subscription list, which already amounts to upwards of 1,100/. Subscriptions should be forwarded to Mr. Charles Brembridgc, the Secre- tary, 17, Bloomsbury Square. The present number alse contains articles on Japanese wax; the action of lime water on calomel; results of physical and chemical investigation and appli- cations in the arts; arsenic in paper-hangings, &c. &c. THE AMERICAN DRUGGISTS' CIRCULAR for August has come to hand. This is a publication nearly allied in its plan to our own. It contains a graceful tribute to the memory of Jacob Bell, and notes of the meeting about to be held this month of the American Pharmaceutical Association. It also contains a mass of interesting extracted matter; Drug Price Currents. &c. &c. THE LANCET of August 20th—Contains remarks on iodine, diphtheria; alisma plantago; on the current cases in King's, Guy's, and the University College Hospitals; and the Royal Medical and Chirur- gical Society; articles on the recovery of penalties under the Medical Act; National Army Sanitary Association; coal tar; accounts of proceedings against unqualified practitioners; pass list of Apothecaries Hall; poisoning through eating the balls of growing potatoes; suicide by nicotine. The number for August 27th—Reports a case of slow poisoning; a new disease at Guy's Hospital; and treats of tests for the purity of chloroform; glycerine ointment for the itch; has articles on Dr. Smethurst; the proceedings of the Medical Council; the Medical Act, &c. That for the 3d instant—Has clinical remarks on acute periostitis; aneurism treated by flexion and compression; diarrhoea coetaneous with conception; amenorrhcea cured by electri- city; sixty-eight cases of cancer traced to excessive smoking; diphtheria affecting wounds; articles on the Medical Council, Lunacy Inquisition, on the The Lunatic Asylum of Jamaica; letters on the Smethurst case, including one by Smethurst himself; with hospital reports, &c. 10th—Contains a communication on neuralgia, parasites, diphtheria; an excellent article on the Smethurst case; annotations on lunatics, sewage, mercury, &c., and invites communica- tions on the new Military Hospital. THE MEDICAL TIMES AND GAZETTE for August 20th—Contains clinical lectures on the diseases of women; communications on diphtheria; cases in Guy's, St. George's, and the provincial hospitals; articles on the licentiate and the doctorate; General Council of Medical Education and Registration; medical quali- fications, &c. That of August 27th—Discusses the medical evidence in the Smethurst case; diphtheria— the cases at the various hospitals; the formation of a Medical Registration Society for Birmingham and the Midland Counties; has notes on the chlorate of potash; use of solid pcrchloridc of iron, &c. That for the 3d instant—Contains lectures on spurious pregnancy; articles on the duties of medical attendants; a communication on the impurities of grey powder, in which it is stated that the refuse from silvering mirrors is used by some unprincipled druggists, and as that material is said to contain tin, lead, arsenic, and antimony, in addition to mercury, its effects are, of course, worse than nothing; the Smethurst case; curiosities of medical evidence ; criminal abortion in the United States, &c. &c. And that of the 10th—Continuations of lectures; its usual hospital reports; notes and queries; articles on Smethurst; on lawyers practising medicine ; flogging in the army; letters on the treatment of hydrocele; on watering the streets with hydrochloric acid; an original librarian's report; convictions under the new Medical Act, with other matter. THE MEDICAL CIRCULAR Of August 17th—Has comparative remarks on the oils of the cod, skate, and dog fish; notes on surgical gussets ; an article on the Medical Council, &c. That of the 24th—Has clinical sketches; an article on Smethurst's trial; an extract on a new mode of dressing stumps after amputation. That of the 31st—Has a communication on the treatment of gonorrhoea without specifics,&c. That of the 7th inst.—Continuation of the treatment of gonorrhoea without specifics; an article on the Edinburgh College of Physicians; extracts, &c.