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2. SCOPE. 
1. NATURE AND CONTENT OF THE PHARMACOPOEIA. 
Hunt, Reid, would like to see the pharmacopoeia limited as much 
as possible to definite simple preparations, to which tests and stand- 
ards capable of verification can be applied. As the pharmacopoeia 
becomes more and more a legal standard it appears even more desir- 
able that mere mixtures should be eliminated and relegated to the 
National Formulary. Liquor antisepticus and cataplasma kaolini 
should never have been made official. — Proc. Am. Pliarm. Ass., 1906, 
v. 54, p. 450. 
Oldberg, Oscar, in discussing the future revisions of the U. S. P., 
says : 
One of the most desirable reforms in this connection would be to eliminate 
from the Pharmacopoeia all formulas for therapeutic combinations and reme- 
dies containing two or more therapeutic agents, and to include all such reme- 
dies in the National Formulary, while the Pharmacopoeia should include all 
simples and all substances of definite chemical composition, together with 
galenical preparations representing single drugs. — Ibid., v. 54, p. 128. 
Leffman, Henry, is quoted as objecting to the introduction of a 
large number of manufactured substances made by the combination of 
other drugs. * * * He particularly deprecated the introduction 
of liquor antisepticus and headache powders. — Bull. Pharm., De- 
troit, 1906, v. 20, p. 39. 
An editorial calls attention to the fact that the pharmacopoeia is a 
mirror of its time only to a limited extent, and states that the Extra 
Pharmacopoeia of Martindale and IVescott and the reports of phar- 
maceutical associations are in reality the real mirrors of the time. — 
X. York M. J., 1906. v. 84, p. 655. 
Wilbert, M. I., discusses the pharmacopoeia with reference to its 
historical aspect and pleads for a more limited materia meclica, for 
international uniformity, and for the cooperation of physicians in 
the coming revision. — J. Am. M. Ass., 1906, v. 47, pp. 1989-1991. 
Searby, W. M., notes with regret the omission of the pharma- 
copoeia! preparations. It is a convenience to students to know what 
preparations are made from each drug, and it would add to the pop- 
ularity of the pharmacopoeia among physicians to see at a glance 
wliat form of a remedy is official that they might prescribe it accord- 
ingly. — Am. J. Pharm., Phila., 1906, v. 78, p. 214. 
Francis, John M., in closing his series of articles, says the Revision 
Committee used splendidly the superabundance of olata which was 
made available to them; it has ably performed a peculiarly onerous 
and embarrassing duty. Our pharmacooeia is the best in the world; 
