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J  Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
\   December,  1910. 
and  further  suggestions  be  sent  to  the  Codex  Revision  Committee. 
Metric  System. — An  editorial  points  out  that  the  movement  to 
introduce  the  metric  system  of  money  and  weights  and  measures 
into  Great  Britain  is  at  least  making  progress  and  points  out  that 
the  metric  system  has  been  adopted  by  all  civilized  countries  with 
the  exception  of  Great  Britain,  the  British  Colonies,  and  the  United 
States.  The  colonies,  as  a  whole,  have  consistently  advocated 
the  metric  system  whenever  an  opportunity  offered,  but  their 
attitude  up  to  now  has  been  one  of  expectancy  (Pharm.  J.  (Lond.), 
1910,  v.  85,  p.  412). 
Synthetic  Remedies. — V.  Coblentz  reviews  the  recent  progress 
among  medicinal  synthetics  and  points  out  that  during  the  last 
three  years  the  atmosphere  relating  to  synthetic  remedies  has  been 
cleared  somewhat,  through  the  aid  of  European  State  Boards  of 
Health  and  the  Council  on  Pharmacy  and  Chemistry  of  the 
American  Medical  Association,  who  have  established  a  clear  dis- 
tinction between  true  synthetics,  medicinal  combinations,  and  quack 
nostrums  (/.  Ind.  and  Eng.  Chem.,  1910,  v.  2,  p.  352). 
A  review  of  the  new  remedies  included  in  15  of  the  most 
widely-used  pharmacopoeias  presents  some  rather  interesting  in- 
formation relating  to  the  nomenclature  that  has  been  adopted  and 
the  recognition  accorded  to  several  of  the  new  remedies.  The 
following  is  an  indication  of  the  occurrence  of  these  remedies 
in  the  several  pharmacopoeias : 
Antipyrin,  phenacetin,  salol,  and  sulfonal   15 
Guaiacol  carbonate    13 
Dermatol    13 
Diuretin    12 
Antipyrin  salicylate    11 
Acid,  acetyl-salicylic   7 
Hexamethylenamine    6 
Heroin   ,   5 
Silver  proteinate   5 
Veronal  .   3 
(Pharm.  Ztg.,  Berlin,  1910,  v.  55,  p.  604). 
Pharmacology  and  the  Clinic. — An  editorial  calls  renewed 
attention  to  the  fact  that  clinicians  are  using  drugs  more  and  more 
on  the  basis  of  experimental  observation,  and  points  out  that  a 
