516  The  Netherlands  Pharmacopoeia.  {^VeX'/mT' 
which  should  have  for  its  object  the  discussion  of  subjects  which 
concern  the  public  health,  especially  the  health  of  school  children. 
This  was  done.  The  section  was  called  the  Section  on  Medical 
Education.  During  three  days'  session  of  the  teachers,  many  sec- 
tions must  be  held  at  the  same  time,  nevertheless,  since  its  organiza- 
tion 600  teachers  have  been  in  attendance  at  each  meeting.  The 
problems  are  presented  to  the  teachers  by  the  foremost  medical  and 
pharmaceutical  men  of  our  State,  in  such  a  way  that  the  teachers 
can  use  the  material  to  advantage  in  the  school-room.  I  speak  of 
this  matter  because  I  believe  it  is  one  of  the  things  to  which  we,  as 
physicians  and  pharmacists,  should  give  our  serious  attention.  I 
will  admit,  however,  that  I  have  a  certain  feeling  of  pride  in  the 
novelty  of  the  scheme. 
I  would  feel  justified  in  giving  courses  in  experimental  phar- 
macology to  pharmacy  students,  if  it  were  for  no  other  reason  than 
that  they  may  see  for  themselves  the  harmful  effects  of  the  groups 
of  drugs  previously  mentioned,  in  order  that  they  may  be  in  a  posi- 
tion to  authoritatively  instruct  the  citizens  of  the  respective  com- 
munities in  which  they  dwell. 
I  am  not  in  sympathy  with  some  recently  expressed  views  that 
the  education  of  the  pharmacist  should  be  broader  in  order  that  his 
field  of  operation  in  a  professional  way  be  extended,  but  I  do 
believe  in  a  broader,  more  thorough,  and  more  scientific  training, 
in  order  that  his  efficiency  and  usefulness  may  be  increased  in  the 
field  in  which  he  now  operates. 
THE  NETHERLANDS  PHARMACOPOEIA* 
By  Henry  Kraemer. 
On  recommendation  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Interior,  her  Majesty, 
the  Queen,  decreed,  on  March  8,  1899,  that  a  commission,  consisting 
of  ten  members,  be  appointed  to  revise  the  Netherlands  Pharma- 
copoeia ( Pharmacopoea  Nederlandica) . 
The  commission  as  first  appointed  was  constituted  as  follows : 
five  university  professors,  two  of  whom  were  professors  in  pharmacy, 
one  a  professor  in  botany,  one  a  professor  in  chemistry,  and  one  a 
*  Read  before  the  Section  on  Practical  Pharmacy  of  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association,  May,  1910. 
