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13. POWDERED DRUGS. 
Dr. H. H. Busby moved that the Committee on "Revision be re- 
quested to consider the advisability of treating the subject of pow- 
dered drugs in the text of the pharmacopceia. The motion was 
adopted. 
2. SCOPE. 
Bemington. J. P.. in discussing the report of the A. Ph. A. com- 
mittee on the U. S. P-. commends the " Digest of Criticisms/* started 
by the late Dr. Charles Bice, as being an excellent medium for pre- 
senting the consensus of opinions on the pharmacopceia and an im- 
portant factor in the improvement of the pharmacopceia itself : 
Commenting on the criticisms offered, he says : 
We welcome criticisms, and true pharmacists will tender them in a spirit 
of helpfulness, and every member of the committee will do what he can to make 
the book as perfect as possible. — Proc. Am. Pharm. Ass.. 1905. v. 53. pp. 253-256. 
Lyons. A. B.. discusses the inequalities necessarily found in a 
book of this kind and suggests that in future the preface to the phar- 
macopceia contain a statement of the reasons for making certain 
changes ** in the physi dan’s book f standards. “ — Proc. Am. Pharm. 
A—.. 11 35, 52 . pp. 
Martin. H. Xewell. joins most heartily in the chorus of praise, but 
regret- the paucity of preparations in both the American and British 
pharmacopceias. Believes that the number of these preparations 
should be greatly gmented. — / 852. 
1. TIME OF PUBLICATION 
TChelpley. H. M.. in a communication as secretary of the conven- 
tion. discusses the publication of the X . S. P. and the difficulties that 
were encountered. — Pharm. J. Lond.. 1905, 21, j 73. (Also other 
medical and drug journals. ) 
The editor gives a comprehensive account of " Be vising the Phar- 
macopceia — The workers and their methods of work." — Am. Drug- 
gist. A. Y.. 1905. v. 17. p. 99. 
The editor in commenting on the time of publication says: 
The pharmacopoeia of 1890 was published in August, 1893, and became offi- 
cial January 1. 1891 — four and a fraction months later. The pharmacopceia 
of 1900 was published in July. 1905, and became official September 1. 1905 — 
one and a fraction months later. — Drug. Circ. & Chem. Gaz., X. Y., 1905, v. 49, 
p. 313. 
Bemington. J. P.. in discussing the time when the new pharmaco- 
pceia became official, explains that unexpected delays necessitated the 
change. — Proc. Am. Pharm. Ass.. 1905. v. 53. p. 351. 
Leffman. Henry, maintains that the work should have been pub- 
lished in 1900 and that the delay of five years gives it a lack of com- 
prehensiveness. — Med. Yews. X. Y.. 1905. v. 87. p. 1276. 
