Am.  Jour.  Pharm.."l 
December,  1902.  J 
Progress  in  Pharmacy. 
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As  it  renders  the  water  perfectly  clear  and  soft,  large  quantities  of 
T.S.P.  are  now  used  in  the  laundries,  and  as  a  washing-powder  for: 
household  use;  some  of  the  claims  for  it  being  that  it  saves  labor, 
removes  fruit  stains,  cuts  grease  and  saves  about  50  per  cent,  of 
soap. 
Tri-sodium  phosphate  is  used  in  creameries  to  cut  the  scum  from 
milk  cans,  and  in  a  small  way  to  clarify  water  (in  place  of  alum). 
During  the  past  year  it  has  been  used  in  large  quantities  (under 
different  brand  names)  either  straight  or  in  combination  with  borax 
and  other  chemicals  as  a  "  casein  solvent." 
Tri-sodium  phosphate,  as  found  on  the  general  market,  runs 
between  95  and  99-5  per  cent.  pure.  The  impurities  (incidental  to 
manufacture)  are,  chloride,  sulphate  and  carbonate  soda.  It  is  some- 
times found  adulterated  with  10  to  40  per  cent,  glauber  salt  or  soda 
ash. 
PROGRESS  IN  PHARMACY. 
A  QUARTERLY  REVIEW  OF  SOME  OF  THE  MORE  IMPORTANT  ADVANCES  IN 
PHARMACY  AND  MATERIA  MEDICA. 
BY  M.  I.  WlXBKRT, 
Apothecary  at  the  German  Hospital,  Philadelphia. 
What  will  probably  prove  to  have  been  an  event  of  far-reaching 
importance,  at  least  to  the  pharmacist  who  is  interested  in  the 
development  of  the  professional  side  of  his  occupation,  was  the  meet- 
ing of  "  Jhe  International  Conference  for  the  unification  of  potent  drugs 
and  preparations"  in  Brussels,  from  the  15th  to  the  20th  of  Sep- 
tember. 
This  congress  was  attended  by  representatives  from  Austria, 
Belgium,  Bulgaria,  Denmark,  France,  Germany,  Great  Britain  and 
India,  Greece,  Holland,  Hungary,  Italy,  Luxemburg,  Norway,  Por- 
tugal, Russia,  Spain,  Sweden,  Switzerland  and  the  United  States  of 
America.  Many  of  these  countries  were  represented  by  members  of 
their  respective  Pharmacopceial  Revision  Committees,  and  all  of  the 
delegates  were  present  as  the  official  representatives  of  their  respec- 
tive governments.  This  latter  fact  gives  to  the  deliberations  and 
recommendations  of  this  conference  a  prestige  that  will  contribute 
materially  to  their  adoption  by  the  Pharmacopceial  Revision  Com- 
missions of  the  various  European  countries. 
