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promise effected in the British Pharmacopoeia of 1864 had failed to satisfy 
the parties concerned, he thought it would be hopeless to expect to produce 
a universal Pharmacopoeia that should please all. 
Dr. Attfield tliouglit the subject was at least one that offered topics that 
might be discussed with advantage at the Congress in Paris. If they could 
hope for as much success in the production of a universal Pharmacopoeia as 
had attended the production of the British Pharmacopoeia, they might be sa¬ 
tisfied. He thought, at any rate, tliat some general principles might be fixed 
upon as the basis of all European Pharmacopoeias. 
Mr. Squiee thought much good would be done if the authors of different 
Pharmacopoeias could be induced to agree in the mode of adjusting the 
strength of preparations. In the French Codex it was generally found that 
the proportions were one in ten or one in five, and this was the case also with 
many, but not with all the jereparations in the British Pharmacopoeia. If 
such a method were generally adhered to, he thought it would greatly assist 
prescribers in recollecting the strength of preparations. 
Professor Iyedwood said it was deserving of consideration in connection with 
the subject before the meeting that, at the present time, there was a great simi¬ 
larity in the medicines used in many parts of the world that were widely removed 
from each other, not only by distance but also in the nature of the climate and 
the habits of the people. If they compared the Pharmacopoeia of the United 
States with that of this country, no essential difference would be observed. 
Then our Pharmacopoeia was used throughout Australia and in our colonies 
generally ; and even in India, where the climate and habits of the people 
were so different, although they had a Pharmacopoeia of their own, it was 
founded on the basis of the English Pharmacoi3oeia. They were, no doubt, 
aware that a new Indian Pharmacopoeia was now in course of preparation, 
and he should be glad to hear from Mr. Hanbury, who was engaged in pre¬ 
paring that work, how far they found it necessary to deviate from the pro¬ 
cesses of the British Pharmacopoeia. Comparing the Pharmacopoeia of this 
country with those of other European countries, he thought there would be 
much less difficult}'' in assimilating those of Germany and Austria than that 
of France with ours. He agreed with much that had been stated by 
Atr. Ince, but was not prepared to admit that nothing could be done towards 
assimilating the processes of different Pharmacopoeias. 
Air. Hanbury said, as reference had been made to the Indian Pharma¬ 
copoeia which was now in course of preparation, he might observe that it 
would comprise almost all the formula3 of the British Pharmacopoeia, and, in 
addition, would include certain drugs of Indian commerce and products 
derived from them, which had long been in use in that country ; and it 
would be used as a text-book in the various colleges of India. He agreed 
with Professor Bedwood in thinking that there would be far less diffi¬ 
culty in assimilating our formulae with those of Germany than with those 
of France. Our Pharmacopoeias, ever since 1788, had been constantly tend¬ 
ing in the direction of “ simplicity,” and the same thing had been taking 
place to a great extent in the German Pharmacopoeias, but it was not so in 
that of France. 
NEW GAS STOA'E. 
Air. Henry Deane introduced to the notice of the meeting a gas stove 
uffiich he had constructed for pharmaceutical and other similar purposes. 
The description, with drawings of this stove, will be inserted in our next 
number. 
