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professor  in  pharmacology ;  four  practical  pharmacists,  and  a  chair- 
man, who  was  the  chief  of  the  Board  of  Health. 
The  personnel  of  the  original  commission  was,  however,  some- 
what changed  through  the  death  of  two  members  and  the  resignation 
of  two  others,  one  of  whom  subsequently  died. 
Thus,  the  committee  finally  responsible  for  the  work  of  revising 
the  fourth  edition  of  the  Netherlands  Pharmacopoeia  consisted  of 
the  following  members :  Dr.  H.  Wefers  Bettink,  director  of  the 
Pharmaceutical  Institute,  and  professor  of  pharmacognosy,  toxi- 
cology, and  chemistry,  University  of  Utrecht,  chairman;  H.  P. 
Wijsman,  professor  of  pharmacy,  University  of  Leiden;  J.  Gu.  Moll, 
professor  of  botany,  University  of  Groningen ;  Gu.  Nolen,  professor 
of  pharmacology,  University  of  Leiden ;  Dr.  H.  Zeehuisen,  Army 
surgeon ;  P.  A.  Yos,  pharmacist  in  Rotterdam ;  C.  Guldensteeden 
Egeling,  apothecary  in  the  Province  of  Zeist ;  M.  J.  Schroder,  phar- 
macist of  Groningen ;  L.  van  Itallie,  pharmacist  of  Rotterdam,  now 
professor  in  the  Veterinary  School  of  Utrecht;  Dr.  M.  Greshoft, 
director  of  the  Colonial  Museum  in  Harlem. 
Before  beginning  the  work  of  revision  proper,  the  commission 
asked  the  national  society  of  medicine  and  the  national  society  of 
pharmacv  to  make  such  recommendations  as  they  deemed  advisable, 
and  they  were  given  until  January  15,  1900,  in  which  to  consider  the 
matter  and  formulate  their  recommendations  and  suggestions.  The 
commission  also  took  measures  to  obtain  the  views  of  physicians  and 
pharmacists  in  the  Dutch  Colonies  of  the  East  and  West  Indies  in 
regard  to  the  manner  in  which  the  Pharmacopoeia  could  be  improved 
so  as  to  suit  their  needs. 
After  considering"  the  question  in  all  of  its  bearings  they  deter- 
mined to  make  a  pharmacopoeia  which  could  be  used  both  in  the 
Netherlands  and  in  the  Colonies,  giving  such  alternate  formulae  as 
were  necessary  to  meet  the  conditions  in  the  Colonies,  one  of  these 
being  the  tropical  climate.  Thus,  in  the  case  of  ointments  requiring 
20  to  30  per  cent,  of  adeps  or  vaseline,  provision  is  made  for  replac- 
ing these  bases  with  cera  flava  or  paraffin.  In  the  case  of  the  Indian 
drugs  the  local  synonyms  are  appended  at  the  end  of  the  paragraph 
describing  the  drug,  as,  for  example,  in  the  case  of  curcuma,  where 
the  synonym,  temoe  lazcak,  is  given. 
The  commission,  after  having  completed  the  work  of  revision, 
embodied  the  proposed  corrections,  additions,  and  other  changes  in 
a  supplement,  which  was  published  in  1902.    Two  or  three  years 
