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Bokorny, Th., contributes some observations on the amount of 
poison required to kill a definite weight of living substance. — Pharm. 
Zentralh., 1906, v. 47, pp. 121-124, 146-148, 162-165, 188-191. 
Wilbert, M. I., commenting on the doses in the U. S. P., remarks 
that while the members of the Committee on Revision have succeeded 
in giving us a practical solution of the much dreaded question of 
official doses, and while they have also contributed materially toward 
advancing the use of the metric system in medicine in this country, 
they have not been altogether successful in the selection of quantities 
indicative of approximate, average metric doses. The paper includes 
interesting tables of doses and equivalents showing the frequency of 
their occurrence and a comparison of the doses of the U. S. P. 1830, 
and the U. S. P. VIII. — Am. J. Pharm., Phila., 1906, v. 78, pp. 87-90. 
7. ANTIDOTES. 
Herissey, H., notes that the Dutch Pharmacopoeia gives very pre- 
cise indications as to first aid in poisoning cases and reviews method- 
ically the indications for the various emetics and antidotes. — J. de 
pharm. et de chim., Par., 1906, v. 23, p. 479. 
8. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 
An unsigned article reproduces the rules for abbreviations of 
metric signs promulgated by the French minister of public instruc- 
tion. Among the designations in common use are: Metre, m; milli- 
metre, mm; kilogramme, kg; gramme, g; milligramme, mg; litre, 1; 
and millilitre, ml. — Am. Druggist, N. Y., 1906, v. 49, p. 103. 
Seaman, Wm. H., suggests that the U. S. P. adopt the international 
abbreviations for metric quantities in place of those now included 
in the pharmacopoeia. — Meyer Bros., Drug., St. Louis, 1906, v. 27, 
p. 19. 
Weigel, G., points out that the Ph. Ndl. IV includes the fol- 
lowing abbreviations for metric quantities: G=gramme, mG=milli- 
gramme, cM3=cubic centimetre, /*— micromillimetre, mM=milli- 
metre, cM= centimetre, dM= decimetre, M= metre. — Pharm. Zen- 
tralh., 1906, v. 47, p. 374. 
The introductory notes to the Pharmacopoeia of Japan point out 
that the metric system is adopted for weights and measures, and for 
1 gramme, 2 centimetres, 3 cubic centimetres, figures with abbrevia- 
tions are used, viz, 1 g., 2 cm., and 3 ccm. — Ph. Japon. Ill, p. XXII. 
An abstract points out that a practical disadvantage that is met 
with in the metric system lies in the relative magnitude of the small- 
est measure, the millilitre. In order to simplify matters, the editor 
of The Pharmaceutical Journal suggests that the millilitre should 
be known as the “ mil,” the one-tenth part of the millilitre as the 
