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REPORT  ON  THE  BRITISH  PHARMACOPCEIA. 
"  Each  group,  when  completed  by  any  Committee,  has  been  sent  to  the 
other  Committees,  received  their  comments,  and  then  revised  by  the  Com- 
mittee who  originally  framed  it. 
"  The  secretary  of  the  Edinburgh  Sub- Committee  reports  that  all  the 
groups  specially  allotted  to  it  have  been  drawn  up  and  transmitted  for  re- 
vision to  one  or  other  of  the  associate  Committees,  and  that  this  Commit- 
tee has  likewise  commented  upon  the  mixtures  and  mucilages,  infusions, 
powders,  confections,  enemata,  and  ointments  ;  and,  lastly,  it  has  re-exam- 
ined most  of  its  own  groups,  after  receiving  the  comments  of  the  other 
Committees. 
"The  Dublin  Committee  has  constructed  all  the  groups  allotted  to  it; 
has  transmitted  them  to  the  other  Committees  ;  has  received  the  comments 
of  the  associate  Committees  upon  the  ointments,  enemata,  infusions,  mix- 
tures and  mucilages,  and  replied  to  them. 
"  It  has  also  considered  and  reported  upon  the  acids,  honeys,  lozenges, 
confections,  powders,  decoctions,  waters,  and  plasters,  received  either  from 
the  London  or  Edinburgh  Committees. 
"  The  London  Committee  has  framed  all  the  groups  allotted  to  it,  with 
the  exception  of  the  extracts  ;  this  group  has  been  deferred,  in  order  to 
allow  experiments  to  be  made  during  the  present  summer  season  ;  but  it 
is  now  in  a  very  forward  state,  and  will  soon  be  ready  for  transmission  to 
Dublin  and  Edinburgh. 
"  The  London  Committee  has  also  carefully  revised  and  commented 
upon  all  the  groups  received  from  Edinburgh  and  Dublin  ;  in  fact,  upon 
all  the  Galenical  groups,  with  the  exception  of  the  tinctures  and  wines  ; 
and,  lastly,  it  has  revised  some  of  its  own  preparations,  after  having  taken 
into  consideration  the  criticisms  of  the  associate  Committees. 
"A  portion  of  the  second  part  of  the  Pharmacopoeia  has  been  set  up  in 
type,  for  the  purpose  of  being  submitted  to  the  Committee. 
"  Having  passed  over  in  review  the  work  which  has  already  been  accom- 
plished by  the  Pharmacopoeia  Committee,  it  remains  to  be  shown  what  is 
still  incomplete,  and  the  probable  time  required  for  its  completion, 
"  To  complete  the  second  part  of  the  Pharmacopoeia,  a  few  weeks  only 
would  be  required,  as  far  as  the  Sub-Committees  are  concerned. 
"  The  first  portion  of  the  work  might  probably  occupy  a  month  or  two 
longer,  requiring  some  points  to  be  arranged  by  conference  ;  and  lastly 
the  Appendix — which  will  contain  the  substances  employed  in  the  prepa- 
ration of  chemicals,  but  not  themselves  used  as  medicines,  together  with 
the  tests  for  the  detection  of  the  qualities  of  drugs — might  be  estimated  to 
occupy  about  a  month. 
"  Should  the  Sub-Committees  continue  to  work  diligently,  it  is  probable 
that  the  work  might  be  prepared  for  press  by  the  middle  or  latter  end  of 
November  ;  but  to  ensure  this,  it  may  be  necessary  that  at  least  one  meet- 
ing of  the  General  Committee,  formed  by  deputies  from  the  different  Sub- 
Committees,  should  be  held  previous  to  that  time." 
