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Progress  in  Pharmacy. 
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monographs  appear  in  alphabetical  order,  in  place  of  being  arranged 
in  classes  as  formerly. 
The  provisions  of  the  Brussels  Conference  for  the  unification  of 
the  formulae  of  potent  medicaments  were  generally  included,  the 
noteworthy  exceptions  being  the  standards  for  syrup  of  ferrous 
iodide  and  for  mercurial  ointment. 
Among  the  newer  remedies  that  have  been  included  we  find 
Adrenalin,  Arrhenal,  Aspirin,  and  Sodium  Cacodylate. 
Fluidextracts  have  also  been  included  and  are  now  represented 
by  ten  titles,  including  Frangula,  Cascara,  Ergot,  Grindelia,  and 
Hydrastis. 
The  serums  include  Antidiphtheritic,  Antipest,  Antistreptococcic, 
Antitetanic,  arid  Antivenom. 
The  dilute  acids  and  Aqua  ammoniae  are  now  required  to  contain 
10  per  cent,  of  their  respective  constituents,  and  in  this  respect 
closely  correspond  to  the  requirements  of  our  own  Pharmacopoeia. 
Altogether  it  may  be  said  that  the  new  French  Codex  is  another  step 
in  advance,  in  matters  pharmaceutic,  and  that  the  long  wished  for 
Universal  Pharmacopoeia,  at  least  so  far  as  the  more  active  medica- 
ments are  concerned,  is  a  possibility  of  the  near  future. 
Postgraduate  instruction  in  Switzerland  has  proven  to  be  not 
alone  feasible,  but  an  accomplished  fact ;  and,  a  rather  unexpected 
success. 
Following  the  course  at  the  University  of  Bern  (reported  in 
this  Journal  some  months  ago),  a  similar  course  was  offered  at 
the  University  of  Zurich.  The  applications  for  this  course  were  so 
numerous  that  despite  the  fact  that  three  separate  sections  were 
organized,  several  of  the  applicants  were  compelled  to  wait  the  for- 
mation of  a  fourth  section  later  in  the  year. 
As  at  Bern  earlier  in  the  year  the  work  was  both  didactic  and 
practical,  covering  from  seven  to  nine  hours  each  day  for  ten  days. 
The  branches  that  were  reviewed  included  sterilization,  the  use  of 
indicators,  alkaloidal  assay  methods,  the  estimation  of  iodine  and 
saponification  numbers,  chemical  composition  of  the  newer  remedies, 
the  determination  of  the  melting-  and  boiling-points,  the  use  of  the 
refractometer,  and  the  use  of  the  compound  microscope. 
Cleveland  School  of  Pharmacy  Affiliated  with  the  Western  Re- 
serve University. — This  item  of  news  will  undoubtedly  please  all 
who  are  in  any  way  interested  in  the  progress  of  education  along 
pharmaceutical  lines.     As  the  pharmaceutical  department  of  a 
