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The preface includes a number of general directions and require- 
ments. Part one includes a total of 722 titles, consisting of 22 
general formulas and descriptions, 17 animal drugs, 168 vegetable 
drugs, 173 chemicals, 329 preparations, and 3 cross references. 
The second part contains a number of tables, including a list of 
the analytical, chemical, and pharmaceutical apparatus that must 
be on hand in each pharmacy, a list of the medicaments that must 
be in stock, a list of the medicaments that must be preserved from 
light, a list of heroic medicaments, and a table of maximum doses, 
a list of reagents and test solutions, followed by definitions for the 
terms : Aetheris index, Acidi index, Iodi index, and Saponificationis 
index. 
This part also includes a table of chemical formulas of the offi- 
cial chemical substances, a table of solubilities of the several sub- 
stances in water, alcohol, and ether, and several other alcohol tables. 
The preface contains a list of the names of the Committee on 
Revision. 
The protocol of the International Conference for the Unification 
of the Formulas for heroic medicines has been closely adhered to. 
To permit the extemporaneous preparation of a number of medica- 
ments a number of fluid extracts have been included. 
For the names of salts the revisers have adopted the names that 
are in general use in the neighboring countries, the principal name 
being that of the metal or alkaloid, and this is followed by the 
name of the acid. 
The several determinations for constants are to be made at 15° C. 
The water to be used is restricted to distilled water, and the only 
heading for water is under aqua, with aqua distilata as a synonym. 
The Belgian Pharmacopoeia contains the following biologic prod- 
ucts: Serum antidiftericum, serum antitetanicum, tuberculinum, 
vaccinum. 
The Ph. Belg. Ill, includes a formula for serum factitium. This 
latter formula prescribes the solution of 8 parts of sodium chloride 
in 992 parts of distilled water ; filter and sterilize. 
Wulff, C., reviews the Ph. Belg. Ill, and calls particular attention 
to the grouping of the content, which has been effected by making the 
drug or medicinal substance the substantive and thus permitting all 
of the preparations to appear alphabetically with the drug itself. — 
Ber. d. pharm. Gesellsch., Berl., 1906, v. 16, pp. 251-264. 
J. D. R. outlines the origin of the Ph. Belg. Ill, and enumerates 
the more or less direct forerunners of that book. The list includes 
the titles and date of publication of a number of interesting pharma- 
copoeias and dispensatories. — J. de pharm. d’Anvers, 1906, v. 62, pp. 
752-755.- 
