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A news item gives an account of the hearing given by the Com- 
mittee of Revision of the U. S. P. to manufacturers of medicinal 
chemicals and of pharmaceutical preparations. Upward of 200 
changes were suggested. — Am. Druggist, 1ST. Y., 1906, v. 49, pp. 
346-347. 
Schieffelin, W. J., is quoted as having suggested that the Com- 
mittee of Revision of the U. S. P. issue supplemental notes from time 
to time embodying the changes and corrections agreed upon. — Ibid., 
v. 49, p. 159. 
Main, Thos. F., as chairman of the Committee on Standards and 
Tests of the U. S. P., VIII, and the N. F. for the N. W. D. A., calls 
attention to resolutions adopted relating to corrections in the U. S. P. 
and outlines a number of specific questions. — Nat. Druggist, St. 
Louis, 1906, v. 36, p. 404. 
Schieffelin, W. J., is reported as suggesting that the Committee 
on Revision of the U. S. P. should have an expert authoritative 
chemical commission constantly at work investigating processes, test- 
ing drugs, and fixing the standards, and not allow the manufacturer 
to find out the mistakes by being held up. — Am. Druggist, N. Y., 
1906, v. 49, p. 251. 
4. THE PHYSICIAN AND THE PHARMACOPOEIA. 
An editorial states that there is a prospect of more interest being 
taken by the medical profession in the next revision than has been 
the case heretofore, and the hope is expressed that practitioners will 
take more interest in the book and make suggestions for its improve- 
ment, to the end that it may become useful to them, as it has long 
been to pharmacists. — J. Am. M. Ass., 1906, v. 47, p. 2164. 
Whelpley, Henry M., in discussing the increasing interest that is 
being evidenced by physicians in connection with the U. S. P., 
points out that the action of some of the larger pharmaceutical and 
chemical firms in issuing for free distribution an epitome of the 
Pharmacopoeia and National Formulary is an unmistakable evidence 
of the tendency of the times, for the commercial pulse is quick to 
feel the effect of changed conditions.— Meyer Bros., Drug’., St. Louis, 
1906, v. 27, p. 334. 
Stewart, F. E., discusses the reasons why the medical profession 
should support the pharmacopoeia, and asserts that the medical pro- 
fession, being a privileged class, is responsible to the State for the 
advancement of medical practice, including pharmacy and the main- 
tenance of a pharmacopoeia. — Trans. Am. Therap. Soc., 1906, pp. 
122-125. 
Wilbert, M. I., points out that the history, the uses, and the needs 
of the pharmacopoeia all indicate the desirability of the medical pro- 
fession taking a more active interest in the content and in the revision 
