2 REMARKS ON THE REVISION OF THE PHARMACOPOEIA. 
The wisdom exhibited by the gentlemen through whose 
exertions the first edition of our Pharmacopoeia was pro- 
jected, and its publication accomplished, is every year more 
verified, and the provision then adopted for the decennial 
revision of the work they had produced, is one of the marks 
of their forecast. Two successive revisions have been ac- 
complished, which have brought the work, on the scores of 
scientific exactness and simplicity of diction and arrange- 
ment, to a degree of perfection which enables it to be com- 
pared successfully with any of the European standards. 
Until recent times the preparation and revision of Phar- 
macopoeias devolved solely upon the physician, and was 
kept entirely within the pale of the medical profession. 
The revision of the French Codex in 1837 was conducted 
by a mixed commission of eminent physicians and pharma- 
ceutists, who, by acting conjointly in carrying out their 
duties, have impressed on the revised edition of that work 
a character for accuracy in practical detail, not enjoyed by 
its predecessor. 
The National Convention of 1840, appreciating the im- 
portant part which pharmaceutists were qualified to act in 
this revisional labour, authorized the committee to whom 
they entrusted the revision of the Pharmacopoeia, to invite 
the co-operation of the Colleges of Pharmacy in carrying it 
forward, (which invitation, so far as the Philadelphia Col- 
lege was concerned, received a hearty response in the form 
of a revision of the whole work by its committee ;) and as 
a further mark of their respect, caused the adoption of a 
resolution, which places the incorporated pharmaceutical 
bodies of the United States on a footing with the medical 
institutions, by calling on them, in common with the latter, 
to elect delegates to represent them in the ensuing con- 
vention of 1850. Although the wisdom of this step, what- 
ever our opinions as pharmaceutists may be, remains to be 
proven; yet it is believed that the pharmaceutical corps will 
cordially unite with their medical brethren in the accom- 
