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THE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF PHARMACEUTICAL 
ASSOCIATIONS AND UNIONS, 
HELD AT VIENNA ON THE 9TH AND 10TH OF SEPTEMBER, 1869. 
The third International Pharmaceutical Congress has been held this year 
at Vienna. Invitations having been sent to all incorporated associations of 
pharmaceutists to send two or three delegates to the Congress, the representa¬ 
tives appointed by different institutions, including two, the President of the 
Pharmaceutical Society and Professor Redwood, from this country, assembled 
on Wednesday evening, the 8th of September, at the Weisses Ross Hotel in 
the Austrian capital, for an interchange of introductions and friendly greet¬ 
ings. It was announced that the official business of the Congress M ould be 
commenced on the following (Thursday) morning in the great hall of the 
University, when the following questions would be submitted for discussion :— 
1. Are independent schools of pharmacy desirable? 
2. What advantages will arise from the syndic chambers proposed at the 
last Congress ? _ # 
3. Is the medical supremacy in the regulation of affairs between the State 
and the Pharmaceutists in consonance with the present scientific, and social 
status of the Apothecaries, and does it conduce to the advantage of the State, 
the community, or pharmacy ? ... 
4. What should be done to effect the greatest possible uniformity in the 
strength and composition of the remedies used in all countries ?—a continua¬ 
tion of the Universal Codex question. 
5. What are the best methods of assaying the organic alkaloids in drugs ? 
The meeting on Thursday commenced at 9 o’clock a.m., and Mr. Beckert, 
the President of the Austrian Pharmaceutical Society, having been provi¬ 
sionally voted to the chair, opened the session by greeting the delegates in 
the name of the Society he represented, and especially in the name of the 
pharmaceutists of Vienna. He referred to the questions proposed for dis¬ 
cussion, some of which were of great importance, and he had no doubt would 
create a lively interest, especially that relating to the schools of pharmacy, 
which materially affected the means of elevating the pharmaceutical profession. 
Mr. Waldheim, of Vienna, on behalf of the Viennese Pharmaceutists, ex¬ 
pressed the satisfaction with which they welcomed the foreign delegates, and 
especially those from England, America, France, and Italy, to their city on 
this occasion. He hoped they would take an active part in the discussions, 
and had no doubt their opinions and conclusions would produce a favourable 
influence on the decisions of the different Governments with regard to the 
interests of pharmacy. 
The President then proposed the appointment of three gentlemen, namely, 
Mr. Dankwortt, of Magdeburg, Mr. Trapp, of St. Petersburg, and Mr. 
Wolfrum, of Augsburg, to examine the credentials of the delegates. The 
following were found to be duly accredited - 
America, United States : Mr. Faber, of New York. 
England : Mr. H. Sugden Evans, President, and Professor Redwood, from 
the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. 
France : Robinet, Ex-President, and Mialhe, Vice-President, from the 
Societe de Pharmacie of Paris ; Giorgino, of Colmar. 
Italy : Mosca, of Turin. 
North Germany: Fritze, of Rybnik; Dankwortt, of Magdeburg; 
Habenicht, of Sigmaringen; Lehmann, of Rendsburg; Mirus, of Jena; 
Reimann, of Posen ; Schmeisser, of Meiningen. 
