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Whelpley, Henry M., calls attention to the fact that the new phar- 
macopoeia directs the use of the microscope in determining the qual- 
ity and identity of certain drugs and chemicals. An extended knowl- 
edge of the constitution of powdered drugs is not required, the chief 
object being to exclude certain common adulterants. Whelpley pre- 
dicts that the time is coming when the microscope will be in every 
drug store as it is now in every physician’s office. — Proc. Missouri 
Pharm. Ass., 1905, p. 60. 
6. PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS. 
Wilbert, M. I., calls attention to the changes that have been made in 
connection with the preparation of several official tinctures and 
wines. — Am. J. Pharm., Phila., 1905, v. 77, p. 865. 
Zeig, A. C., discusses the manufacture of pharmaceutical prepara- 
tions in a general way. — Am. Druggist, Y. Y., 1905, v. 47, p. 28. 
Caldwell, Paul, discusses some familiar preparations. — Drug. Circ. 
& Chem. Gaz., A. Y., 1905, v. 49, p. 220. 
Piehler, J., describes and figures an apparatus that is designed to 
facilitate the making of chocolate pastilles. — Apoth. Ztg., Berlin, 
1905, v. 20, p. 858. 
Scholtz, M., discourses on the relations existing between chemical 
research and pharmaceutical practices. — Ibid ., p. 731. 
An editorial in the Yew York Medical Journal comments on the 
address read by E. H. Gane at the Atlantic City meeting of the 
American Pharmaceutical Association, in which he directs attention 
to the need for so shaping pharmaceutical research as to bring it more 
in line with the practical needs of the business pharmacists. As an 
illustration of this need Gane points out that the revisers of the 
pharmacopoeia have taken cognizance of the advances that have been 
made in chemistry, botany, and pharmacology, but that the book 
itself does not reflect the progress that has been made in galenical 
pharmacy. — Y. Y. Med. J., 1905, v. 82, p. 543. 
1. DECOMPOSITION OF PREPARATIONS. 
Schoorl and van den Berg discuss the influences of air and light 
on chloroform, bromoform, iodoform, and chloral hydrate. — Ber. d. 
pharm. Gesellsch., Berlin, 1905, v. 15, pp. 386 and 419. 
2. INCOMPATIBILITY. 
Planes, P. (Bull, de Pharm. du Sud-Est.), points out that a mixture 
of boric acid and sodium salicylate becomes moist and unsuitable for 
use as a powder, probably due to combination, with elimination of 
water and the formation of a sodium boro- salicylate. — Abstr. Pharm. 
J., Lond., 1905, v. 21, p. 869. 
