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Editorial. 
(  Am.  Jour.  PI i arm. 
I      June,  1881. 
induced  in  some  i:)ersons  by  ipecacuanha  ;  also  the  bark  of  Wrightia  anti- 
di/Henterica  or  Ivurclii  barlv,  and  the  allvaloid  kurchicina^  rediscovered  by 
Baboo  Ram  Chundra  Dutta,  second  assistant  to  the  Professor  of  Chemistry 
at  tlie  Calcutta  Medical  College. 
EDITORIAL  DEPARTMENT. 
International  Pharmeceutic  al  Congress. — The  following  circular 
letter,  which  exj^lains  itself,  has  been  received  : 
17  Bloomsbury  Square,  London,  W.  C,  April,  1881. 
Dear  Sir — The  Executive  Committee  appointed  l)y  the  Council  of  the 
Pharmaceutical  Society  of  Great  Britain  to  make  arrangements  for  the 
business  of  this  meeting  desires  me  to  inform  you  that  the  following  is  the 
programme  i)rovisionally  contem])lated. 
On  Saturday  evening,  July  oOth,  the  President  of  the  Pharmaceutical 
Society  will  hold  a  conversazione  at  17  Bloomsbury  Square,  London,  for 
the  reception  of  visitors. 
The  business  meetings  of  the  Congress  will  be  held  at  the  house  of  the 
Pharmaceutical  Society  on  Monday,  Tuesday  and  Wednesday,  the  1st,  2d 
iind  3d  of  August.  The  chair  will  be  taken  each  day  at  eleven  o'clock, 
iind  at  one  o'clock  there  will  be  an  adjournment  of  one  hour  for  luncheon. 
The  business  of  the  Congress  will  be  conducted,  as  far  as  possible,  in 
English,  but  provision  will  be  made  for  translating  communications  in 
other  languages. 
The  sul)jects  at  present  suggested  for  discussion  may  be  referred  to  one 
or  other  of  the  following  heads  : 
1.  Equalization  of  the  Strength  of  Official  Pharmaceutical  Preparations 
Containing  Potent  Drugs. 
2.  Pharmaceutical  Education, 
o.  Pharmacopoeia  Revision. 
Should  you  intend  taking  part  in  the  discussion  on  any  of  these  sub- 
jects, T  am  instructed  to  request  that,  for  the  purpose  of  facilitating  the 
proceedings  of  the  Congress,  you  will  favor  me  with  a  statement  of  your 
A  iews  in  writing,  as  early  as  convenient,  and  not  later  than  July  \st.  The 
Executive  Committee  will  also  be  glad  to  receive  papers  to  be  read  at  the 
meetings,  as  opportunity  may  admit.  All  such  communications  will  be 
submitted  to  a  committee,  which  will  ]n'epare  condensed  reports  in  Eng- 
lish, French  and  German  on  the  subjects  to  be  brought  before  the  Congress. 
The  first  i)resentation  of  the  Hanbury  Gold  Medal,  to  be  awarded  bien- 
nially "  For  high  excellence  in  tlie  prosecution  or  promotion  of  original 
research  in  the  natural  history  and  chemistry  of  drugs,"  and  in  memory 
of  the  late  Daniel  Hanbury,  F.R.S.,  will  be  made  at  this  meeting  of  the 
Congress. 
On  Tuesday,  August  2d,  the  British  meml)ers  will  entertain  their  for- 
eign guests  at  a  banquet,  and  on  Thursday,  August  4th,  an  excursion  or 
excursions  will  be  organized  to  some  place  or  places  in  the  neighborhood 
of  London.  Other  entertainments  will  be  provided,  of  which  due  notice 
will  be  given. 
An  early  reply  is  especially  requested. 
I  am,  dear  sir,  yours  faithfully,         Richard  Bremridge, 
Secretary  to  the  Executive  Committee. 
It  will  be  observed  that  the  date  fixed  for  the  convening  of  the  Congress, 
being  the  first  week  of  August,  would  make  it  possible  for  American  dele- 
gates to  attend  and  return  in  time  for  participating  also  in  the  delibera- 
tions of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  the  meeting  of  which 
