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Cliffe, W. L., discussing the pharmacopoeia as a legal standard, 
says that in the opinion of the Pennsylvania State Board of Phar- 
macy it is the best available standard for their purpose without fram- 
ing enactments for every article ; it is regarded as a standard for drugs 
only, not for foods. — Ibid., v. 78, p. 99. 
Wilbert, M. I., in discussing Leffman’s paper on “ The U. S. P. 
from the point of view of the analyst and as a legal standard,” 
noted the fact that on September 1 , 1905, the date on which the 
pharmacopoeia became official, less than 5 per cent of the physicians 
and pharmacists of the country were supplied with the book. — Ibid., 
v. 78, p. 98. 
Dohme, A. B. L., contributes an article on the pharmacopoeia as 
a legal document, in which he controverts some of the criticisms that 
have been made of the U. S. P., VIII. — Am. Druggist, N. Y., 1906, 
v. 49, p. 267. 
An editorial comments on the paper presented by Dohme and points 
out that at least some of the suggestions regarding motives actuating 
the criticisms of the U. S. P. VIII are not based on fact. — Ibid., 
p. 266. 
The Department of Agriculture has republished a compilation of 
the several state laws showing the restrictions placed on the use and 
sale of adulterated or contaminated products. — Oil, Paint, and Drug 
Pep., 1906, v. 70, Sept. 24, p. 10. 
An abstract (Hospital) expresses the opinion that it is not suffi- 
cient to say that the essential ingredient, both in quality and quantity, 
satisfies the official claims. All other ingredients must also satisfy 
these demands, and no substitutes or alteration can for a moment 
be defended. — Pharm. J., Loud., 1906, v. 23, p. 154. 
An editorial points out that rule No. 20 of the New York State 
Board of Pharmacy provides that no license shall be issued for any 
store which is not equipped with a copy of the latest revised edition 
of the Pharmacopoeia of the United States, or some other publication 
embodying its text in full, and that pharmacists in the State of New 
York may be deprived of their license for not complying with this 
rule. — Am. Druggist, N. Y., 1906, v. 48, p. 1. 
3. SUPPLEMENT TO THE PHARMACOPOEIA. 
At the annual meeting of the National Wholesale Druggists’ Asso- 
ciation, Albert Plant offered a resolution bearing on the desirability 
of issuing pharmacopceial revision supplements. This resolution, 
after some discussion, was adopted in the following form : 
Whereas the United States Pharmacopoeia, through the Pure Food and Drugs 
Law, to go into effect January 1, 1907, having acquired legal authority, it has 
