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JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS 445 3. Forwarding Address-Mannscripts submitted for publication should in- elude a covering letter and be addressed to the Editor, Dr. John J. Sciarra, Executive Dean, Brooklyn College of Pharmacy, Long Island University, 600 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11216. 4. Preparation of Manuscript (a) Formats: Manuscripts must be submitted in triplicate, an original and two copies. The manuscript must be double-spaced, typewritten on good quality white bond paper, approximately 210 mmx 297 mm (81/2x 11"). The title of the manuscript should include the names, ad- dresses (including zip code), and affiliation of the author or authors. The meeting and date at which the paper was presented should be fully identified. (b) Synopsis: Each article should be preceded by a brief abstract of 100 to 200 words. This abstract should include the pertinent new discov- eries and conclusions which are presented in the article. This synopsis shotlid be in a form similar to abstracts appearing in Chemical Ab- stracts. (c) Re[erences: References should be numbered in the order in which they appear in the text and should be listed in numerical order at the end of the article under "References." To assist readers, the complete title of the article should be included. Abbreviations of iournals should be those used by Chemical Abstracts (cf. list of periodicals abstracted by Chemical Abstracts•. References should appear in the following form: (1) The first name, followed by the initials and surname of the auth- or(s). The uames of all authors should be included. (2) Title of paper (all case letters except first letter in first word). (3) The name of the iournal in italics, i.e., underlined once in the type- written manuscripts. Standard abbreviations as in Chemical Ab- stracts must be used. (4) The Volume number in bold face type, i.e., underlined with a wavy line in the manuscript. (5) First and last page of the article separated by a hyphen. (6) Year of publication of the article (in parentheses) the month must be included for journals which do not use continuous pagination. Correctly prepared iournal references are shown below please note all punctuation marks: (1) L. E. Gaul and G. B. Underwood, Relation of dew point and barometric presmre to chapping of normal skin, J. Inves't. Dermatol., 19, 9-19 (July 195•). References to books are handled similarly and shotlid include perti- ncnt page numbers: