The contents of this issue of the American Therapist are as usual varied, practical, interesting, original—carefully arranged to make the reading harmonious as well as profitable. We say this for the benefit of those casual readers of this issue who are not yet—but ought to be—subscribers and regular readers.
The American delegates to the International Sanitary Congress, to meet in Paris this month, were named by the chief officer of the Marine Hospital Service; the delegates are Dr. Stephen Smith, New York City, Dr. Shakespeare, Philadelphia, and Dr. Bailhache, Washington, D. C.
The advance copies of the “Minutes, Reports, Papers and Discussions of the 41st annual meeting of the American Pharmaceutical Association, held at Chicago, August 14th to 20th, 1893,” have just been issued to members of the association. The regular bound volumes of the “1893 Proceedings,” containing the notable annual report on “Progress in Pharmacy,” will be issued later.
The Newberry Library.—Prof. Senn has made a munificent gift to this institution by giving to it his collection of medical books, including especially valuable works on anatomy and surgery, full sets of periodicals, and the collection of books of the late Professor Baum of Göttingen. With this nucleus, added to by other donors, and its own already extensive collection and ample resources, the Newberry Library is apparently in the front rank, and will afford the profession in Chicago unexcelled bibliographical facilities.
The four years’ course is gradually being adopted by all the leading medical colleges. The Jefferson Medical College (Philadelphia) has just concluded to make the four years’ course obligatory after this year, and the Medico-Chirurgical College (Philadelphia) is considering the advisability of making the same rule. The latter college, by the way, has just established new professorships of Otology, Genito-Urinary Diseases and Orthopedic Surgery; the new offices will be filled shortly.