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Internatio?ial  Pharmaceutical  Congress.  {Ag: 
asthma  cure  by  the  distinguished  statesman  who  had  been  mentioned,  as  a 
ground  for  the  prescription  of  secret  remedies  by  physicians,  was,  he  thought, 
entirely  illogical,  for  it  might,  with  equal  reason,  be  inferred  that  Lord  Beacons- 
field's  death  was  due  to  his  having  taken  the  medicine  referred  to  by  Mr. 
Wootton. 
The  following  resolutions  were  carried  by  acclamation  : 
(i)  That  efforts  should  be  made  to  obtain  larger  representation  of  pharma- 
cists in  pharmacopoeia  revision,  including  professional  teachers,  as  well  as 
pharmacists  in  practice  ;  and  (2)  that  local  pharmaceutical  associations  should 
co-operate  with  medical  societies  with  the  object  of  suppressing  quackery  and 
the  use  of  secret  remedies. 
The  most  interesting  items  in  the  later  programmes  included  a  comparison  of 
pharmaceutical  legislation  in  different  countries,  by  M.  Idiers  ;  the  advantages 
and  disadvantages  of  admitting  women  to  practice  pharmacy,  by  M.  Georges 
Dethan  ;  several  papers  on  a  universal  pharmacopoeia  ;  and  a  consideration  of 
the  appointment  of  a  board  of  reference,  by  M.  Huart.  Most  important  of  all 
was  the  presentation  of  the  following  report : 
REPORT  OF  THE  CHICAGO  COMMITTEE — PHARMACOPOEIA  OF  POTENT  REME- 
The  committee  reports  that  progress  has  been  made,  and  it  is  now  in  corre- 
spondence with  representatives  of  various  nations  relative  to  the  appointment 
of  members  of  the  permanent  commission  in  these  countries.  The  illness  of 
our  distinguished  confrere,  Herr  von  Waldheim,  of  Vienna,  has  prevented  the 
presentation  of  a  full  report  at  this  time.  The  delays  produced  by  the  widely- 
separated  locations  of  the  correspondents  in  the  various  nations  has  added 
greatly  to  the  difficulties,  but  the  committee  expects  to  complete  the  work  as 
soon  as  possible.  The  resolutions  adopted  by  the  Seventh  International  Con- 
gress, under  which  the  permanent  committee  derives  its  authority,  are  as  fol- 
lows : 
"  Resolved,  That  the  Seventh  International  Congress  appoint  a  committee  of  three,  of  which 
the  President  (Professor  Remington)  shall  be  chairman,  the  duty  of  which  committee  shall  be 
to  take  the  necessary  steps  for  the  appointment  of  an  International  Pharmacopoeia  Commission 
to  compile,  publish  and  distribute  an  international  pharmacopoeia  of  potent  remedies.  The 
International  Pharmacopoeial  Commission  shall  consist  of  one  member  from  each  country  rep- 
resented at  this  Congress  (Chicago),  and  from  other  countries  as  the  committee  of  three  may 
decide,  the  members  of  the  Commission  to  be  selected  by  the  Pharmacopoeia  Committee  of 
the  various  countries,  or  to  be  otherwise  chosen  if  necessary.  The  committee  of  three  shall 
be  a  permanent  committee,  and  it  shall  be  its  duty  to  urge  and  expedite  the  work  in  every 
proper  wa3',  and  in  the  event  of  the  death  or  resignation  of  any  member  of  this  committee  of 
three,  the  vacancy  shall  be  filled  by  the  other  members. 
"  Resolved,  That  the  Congress  (Chicago)  accepts  with  thanks  the  proffer,  by  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association,  of  the  sum  of  $1,000  to  help  defray  the  expense  of  compiling, 
publishing  and  distributing  an  international  pharmacopoeia  of  potent  remedies." 
DIES. 
August  16,  1897. 
Respectfully  submitted, 
(Signed)       Joseph  P.  Remington,  Philadelphia. 
Michael  Carteighe,  London. 
Anton  Von  Wai^dheim,  Vienna. 
