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powdered  drug  assayed  to  contain  io  per  cent,  of  its  weight  of 
morphine.  Processes  for  the  following  extracts  were  accepted : 
Belladonna,  Ergot.  Hyoscyamus,  Nux  Vomica  and  Opium.  The  first 
and  last  of  these  are  to  conform  to  an  established  standard  of  alka- 
loidal  content. 
Among  the  other  galenical  preparations  acted  on  were :  Fluid 
Extract  of  Ergot,  Ointment  of  Mercury  (30  per  cent.),  Powder  of 
Ipecac  and  Opium  (10  per  cent,  of  Opium),  Syrup  of  Ipecac  (10  per 
cent,  of  Tincture),  Syrup  of  iodide  of  iron  (5  per  cent,  ferrous 
iodide). 
The  following  tinctures,  all  to  be  of  10  per  cent,  strength,  are 
included  :  Aconite,  Belladonna,  Cantharides,  Colchicum,  Digitalis, 
Hyoscyamus,  Iodine,  Ipecac,  Lobelia,  Nux  Vomica,  Opium  and 
Strophanthus,  also  a  proposed  formula  for  Opium  Benzoated  (Cam- 
phorated U.S.P.). 
In  addition  to  these  preparations,  the  following  chemicals,  or 
preparations  containing  chemical  substances,  were  included  :  Wine 
of  Antimony,  Dilute  Hydrocyanic  Acid  (2  per  cent.),  Solution  of 
arsenite  of  potash  (I  per  cent,  of  arsenous  acid),  Sodium  arsenate, 
Cocaine  hydrochlorate. 
One  other  item  of  interest  is  the  negative  action  on  the  proposed 
recommendation  of  crystalline  aconitine  and  digitaline.  In  this 
connection  the  ruling  was  that  "  active  principles  (alkaloids  or  glu- 
cosides)  should  only  be  admitted  when  they  can  be  obtained  as 
chemically  pure  crystalline  products. 
The  annual  meetings  of  pharmaceutical  and  other  scientific 
societies  have  contributed  materially  to  our  store  of  scientific  and 
practical  knowledge.  The  meeting  of  the  British  Pharmaceutical 
Conference  at  Dundee,  the  meeting  of  the  American  Pharmaceu- 
tical Association  at  Philadelphia,  and  the  Versammlung  der 
Deutschen  Naturforscher  und  Aerzte,  at  Carlsbad,  were  the  repre- 
sentative gatherings  in  these  various  countries. 
While  the  first  two  associations  had  contributed  to  them  much  of 
a  practical  and  even  commercial  nature,  the  German  Association  is 
devoted  almost  exclusively  to  the  development  of  scientific  subjects. 
The  society  itself  covers  a  very  wide  field  of  scientific  research,  and 
the  practical  work  is  divided  among  twenty-eight  sections. 
The  proceedings  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Association,  as  well  as  the 
British  Pharmaceutical  Conference,  have  been  reported  and  com- 
