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ary  importance.  The  Spanish  name  is  usually  given  precedence, 
and  in  Mexico  and  Venezuela  Spanish  titles  appear  to  be  used  almost 
exclusively. 
In  conclusion  it  may  be  pointed  out  that  the  protocol  adopted  by 
the  Brussels  Conference  has  been  proven  to  be  reasonable  in  its 
requirements,  the  medicaments  that  are  included,  with  few  excep- 
tions, are  widely  used,  and  the  nomenclature  proposed,  while  elastic, 
is  sufficiently  uniform  to  be  easily  recognized.  The  several  provisions 
have  been  generally  adopted  by  the  pharmacopoeias  of  continental 
Europe  and  it  is  to  be  hoped  that  they  will  be  fully  complied  with 
in  forthcoming  revisions  of  the  several  American  Pharmacopoeias. 
With  the  desirability  of  instituting  international  standards  of 
strength  and  nomenclature  generally  recognized,  with  the  practica- 
bility of  their  introduction  fully  demonstrated,  and  with  the  need 
for  a  world  wide  science  of  medicine  fully  established,  it  would  surelv 
be  a  reflection  on  the  scientific  spirit  and  the  progressiveness  of 
American  people  if  these  several  provisions  were  not  included  in 
each  of  our  national  pharmacopoeias. 
It  is  to  be  hoped,  therefore,  that  the  countries  represented  in 
the  congress,  assembled  in  the  Metropolis  of  the  South  American 
Continent,  will  lend  their  influence  to  the  further  development  of 
international  uniformity  in  name  and  strength  of  widely  used  medi- 
cines and  that  the  provisions  of  the  Brussels  protocol  will  be  em- 
bodied in  the  pharmacopoeia  of  each  American  nation. 
table  1. 
Showing  titles  for  Cocaine  Hydrochloride,  Solution  of  Potassium 
Arsenite,  and  Fluidextract  of  Ergot,  proposed  in  Brussels  Conference 
Protocol  and  those  used  in  the  several  pharmacopoeias. 
COCAINE  HYDROCHLORIDE. 
P.  I.— Cocainum  hydrochloricum. 
U.S. P. — Cocainse  hydrochloridum. 
Ph.  Hisp.— Chlorurum  cocainse. 
Ph.  Fr. — Cocainum  chlorhydricum. 
Ph.  Germ. — Cocainum  hydrochloricum. 
Ph.  Mex. — Clorhidrato  de  cocama. 
Ph.  Brit. — Cocainse  hydrochloridum. 
Ph.  Arg. — Cocainum  hydrochloratum. 
Ph.  Venz.— 
Ph.  Chili. — Cocainum  hydrochloricum, 
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