102 
Schamelhout. A., points out that the number of medicaments 
directed to be kept on hand in Belgium is 198. while in Holland it is 
210. — Bull. Soc. roy. de pharm.. Brux.. 1906. v. 50. p. 133. 
Alpers. TV C.. points out that the revision of foreign pharma- 
copoeias is often in the hands of men who never rolled a pill or folded 
a powder, and a comparison of the pharmacopoeias of the various 
countries with ours will convince the most skeptical of the superiority 
of our method. — Proc. Am. Pharm Ass.. 1906, v. 51. p. 178. 
1. AUSTRIAN. 
The Pharmacopoea Austriaca. eclitio octava, was published in 
Vienna. 1906. It is printed in Latin and includes a total of XXVIII 
+ 183 pages. The pharmacopoeia proper includes 13 animal drugs. 
219 vegetable drugs. 160 chemical substances. 19 general formulas, 
233 galenical preparations, while the elenchus contains formulas for 
51 additional preparations, making a total of 698 titles. 
An introductory chapter includes special remarks and directions, 
definitions as to what is to be understood by the various terms used, 
the degrees of temperature to be employed, the method of determin- 
ing the boiling point and the melting point, the degree of fineness of 
powders, and the method of determining the extractive of drugs. 
A chapter on general regulations and rules presents the require- 
ments regarding official drugs and preparations. The official prep- 
arations must be of required purity and strength. Preparations for 
which formulas are included must be made by the official process. 
Xew and old medicaments not included in the pharmacopoeia must be 
pure, and their sale is regulated by the ministry of the interior. The 
drugs and preparations not allowed to be sold promiscuously are 
enumerated in a special table and are specially designated by the 
titles in the pharmacopoeia being printed in italics. Tables are also 
included of the medicaments to be kept apart from the others anol 
the medicaments that are not to be dispensed in unusual doses unless 
specially signified by the prescribing physician. 
The atomic weight is based on the International Atomic Wight 
Table of January 1. 1905, 0=16. 
For the determination of melting points and boiling points specific 
directions are included. 
Solubilities of chemicals are usuallv given in figures, whereas 
%. < — ; * — - 
formerlv onlv the barest indications were included. 
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TTlien drops are referred to or directed the drop counter described 
by the Brussels Conference is to be employed. 
The degree of comminution of drugs is gauged by sieves of pre- 
scribed mesh. The formulas for liquid preparations are usually so 
arranged that the end product is 100 or 1.000 Gm. 
