TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
Preface 
List of literature reviewed 
1 . Title abbreviations — J ournals 
2. Title abbreviations — Pharmacopoeias 
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Legal status and development 
1 . Pure food and drugs law 
2. The pharmacopoeia as a legal standard 
3. Supplement to the pharmacopoeia 
4. The physician and the pharmacopoeia 
5. U. S. P. Convention representation 
6. Value of criticisms 
Scope 
1. Nature and content of the pharmacopoeia 
2. Nomenclature 
Cost and size 
Publicity 
Time of publication 
Doses 
Antidotes 
Weights and measures 
Additions and deletions 
10. Purity and strength 
11. Atomic weights 
12. Chemical formulas 
Nonpharmacopceial standards 
1. National Formulary 
2. New and nonofficial remedies 
New remedies 
Synthetics 
Analytical data 
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Indicators 
Solubilities 
Melting point determinations 
Boiling point determinations . 
Thermometry 
Polarization and refraction . . 
Color standards and colors. 
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