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While a review of the progress of pharmacy would not be 

 appropriate here it may not be out of place to call attention 

 to the several lines of cooperative analytical work which are being 

 carried on. The keeping quality of medicinal preparations has 

 already been referred to and this subject has had the serious con- 

 sideration of manufacturers for a number of years. Several of 

 the largest manufacturers have collaborated on this work and have 

 published the results already obtained in the form of a brochure 

 mi the "Stability of the Drug Extracts." The work has shown 

 that preparations of this class are as a rule remarkably stable. 



The pharmaceutical division of this society has a Committee 

 on Quantitative Methods whose function is the study and improve- 

 ment of analytical methods used' in pharmaceutical work. 



The U. S. Pharmacopoeia and the National Formulary, which 

 are our official standards for medicinal substances, are now being 

 revised, and in these great undertakings a large number of work- 

 ers in all branches of pharmacy are collaborating. As these 

 works do not include all articles which are commonly used in med- 

 icine, the American Pharmaceutical Association has a standing 

 committee for the establishment of unofficial standards in which 

 all classes of pharmaceutical workers are represented. 



As the pharmaceutical chemists are thus striving to advance 

 this branch of chemistry, it is to be hoped that they will not neglect 

 any opportunity for furthering closer relations with one another 

 and with chemists in other lines of work. 



A VICTORY FOR HORLICK'S MALTED MILK CO. 



The Horlick's Malted Milk Company have won what appears 

 to be a signal victory in Brazil. From the facts as they are pre- 

 sented to us, it appears that, acting for and in behalf of the Hor- 

 lick Co., their agents in that country, the Paul J. Christoph Co., 

 registered the term "Malted Milk" as a trade-mark, which regis- 

 tration, according to the laws of Brazil, gave them the exclusive 

 right to sell, within its domain, a product by that name. The 

 Horlick Company, feeling secure in their rights under the law, 

 entered upon an extensive advertising campaign, with the results 

 that a large demand was created for "Malted Milk." It seems that, 

 very much as was the case in this country, the Borden's Condensed 

 Milk Co. then entered the well-tilled field with the hope of reaping 



