Am.  Jour.  Pharro.l 
September,  1907.  J 
Progress  in  Pharmacy. 
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The  text  of  the  book  is  Danish,  while  the  titles  appear  in  Latin. 
The  number  of  articles  in  the  text  has  been  materially  reduced. 
The  edition  published  in  1893  included  592  titles,  and  the  present 
edition,  despite  a  number  of  additions,  includes  but  489,  a  net  reduc- 
tion of  more  than  one  hundred. 
The  text  ot  the  Protocol  adopted  by  the  Brussels  convention,  for 
the  unification  of  formulae  for  potent  medicaments,  has  been  included 
entire  as  an  appendix.  All  of  the  corresponding  formulae  in  the 
body  of  the  book  are  also  specially  designated  F.  i. 
In  other  respects  the  book  is  fully  brought  up  to  date,  and  the 
descriptions,  tests  and  formulas  are  thoroughly  in  keeping  with 
modern  science.    (Pkar.  Zeitg.,  1 907,  page  531.) 
The  Japanese  Pharmacopoeia. — An  English  translation  of  the 
recently  issued  third  edition  of  the  Japanese  Pharmacopoeia  is  to 
be  published  shortly,  and  the  Japanese  Government  has  postponed 
the  time  for  the  enforcement  of  the  new  Pharmacopoeia  from  July  I, 
1907,  to  January  1,  1 908.  This  was  done  to  allow  foreign  manu- 
facturers ample  time  to  comply  with  the  requirements  of  the  new 
Pharmacopoeia.    (Chem.  and  Drug.,  July  6,  1907,  page  18.) 
The  British  Pharmaceutical  Codex. — The  Council  of  the  Pharma- 
ceutical Society  of  Great  Britain  is  about  to  publish  a  collection  of 
descriptions  and  galenical  formulae  for  non-official  preparations  in 
use  in  the  British  Empire. 
The  book  is  now  in  press  and  is  expected  to  comprise  upwards  of 
1,200  octavo  pages  and  contain  upwards  of  2,500  monographs.  The 
descriptions  and  formulae  are  said  to  be  replete  with  chemical  and 
pharmacological  notes  and  suggestions  as  to  the  best  methods  of 
prescribing  and  dispensing  the  numerous  remedies  that  are  described. 
This  venture  on  the  part  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Society  of  Great 
Britain  will  be  followed  with  interest  by  pharmacists  in  all  parts  of 
the  world,  and  is  particularly  deserving  of  attention  by  American 
Pharmacists  in  connection  with  the  now  widespread  effort  to  enlist 
the  interest  of  physicians  in  official  drugs  and  open  formula  prepa- 
rations. 
Physicians'  Manual  of  the  Pharmacopoeia  and  the  National  Formic* 
lary. — This  is  the  title  of  an  epitome  of  all  of  the  articles  contained 
in  the  now  official  edition  of  the  Pharmacopoeia  of  the  United  States 
and  of  the  National  Formulary.  This  handy  little  volume  has  been 
compiled  for  the  American  Medical  Association  by  Prof.  C.  S.  N. 
