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(11)  What  are  the  arguments,  pro  and  con,  for  the  admission  of  some  of  the 
more  important  of  the  new  synthetic  remedies  into  the  U.S. P.? 
(12)  Give  a  list  of  those  whose  admission  would  seem  desirable,  and  the 
names  under  which  they  should  be  admitted. 
(13)  A  dose  list  is  wanted  for  the  articles  official  in  the  U.S. P.,  and  in  addi- 
tion the  maximum  amount  that  can  be  given  in  twenty-four  hours. 
SPECIAL  COMMITTEE  ON  WEIGHTS  AND  MEASURES. 
At  the  request  of  F.  G.  Ryan,  Chairman  of  the  Special  Committee  on  Weights 
and  Measures,  we  present  the  following  : 
"  The  Committee  on  Coinage,  Weights  and  Measures  of  the  House  of  Repre- 
sentatives is  again  considering  the  subject  of  the  adoption  of  the  metric  system 
of  weights  and  measures  as  the  legal  system  of  the  United  States — with  a  view 
of  presenting  a  report  to  Congress  upon  this  subject.  The  Chairman  of  the 
Special  Committee  on  Weights  and  Measures  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical 
Association  would  urge  all  members  of  the  Association  and  all  pharmacists  of 
the  United  States  who  favor  the  adoption  of  the  measure  to  write  to  the 
Hon.  James  H.  Southard,  Chairman  of  the  House  Committee,  Washington, 
D.  C,  presenting  their  views  upon  this  subject. 
"  Probably  no  class  of  pei-sons  would  be  more  benefited  b}'  the  adoption  of 
this  measure  than  the  pharmacists  of  this  country,  hampered  and  annoyed  as 
they  now  are  by  being  compelled  to  use  avoirdupois  and  apothecaries'  weight, 
wine  measure,  and,  in  some  sections,  imperial  measure,  as  well  as  the  metric 
system. 
"Since  the  foundation  of  the  Republic  there  probably  has  never  been  a  time 
when  the  importance  of  this  subject  was  more  apparent  than  it  is  at  present. 
With  the  acquirement  of  new  territory  in  distant  parts  of  the  world,  and  the 
increase  of  our  commerce  with  foreign  nations,  a  universal  system  of  weights 
and  measures  becomes  more  than  ever  desirable.  Pharmacists  of  the  United 
States  are  to  be  congratulated  on  the  advanced  position  they  have  taken  in 
securing  the  adoption  of  the  metric  system  exclusively,  by  the  United  States 
Pharmacopoeia  in  1890,  and  it  is  hoped  that  they  will  continue  to  aid  in  secur- 
ing its  adoption  by  Congress  as  the  only  legal  system  of  weights  and  measures 
in  the  United  States." 
CHICAGO  COLLEGE  OF  PHARMACY. 
The  Alumni  Association  of  the  Chicago  College  of  Pharmacy  held  the  first 
of  its  series  of  meetings  for  the  discussion  of  pharmacopoeial  revision  in  the 
parlors  of  the  Palmer  House  on  Thursday  evening,  February  8th. 
The  meeting  was  called  to  order  at  8  o'clock,  President  W.  B.  Day  presiding. 
Notwithstanding  the  very  stormy  weather  there  were  twenty-four  members  in 
attendance. 
The  first  speaker  was  Prof.  C.  S.  N.  Hallberg,  delegate  to  the  Convention 
from  the  Chicago  College  of  Pharmacy,  and  his  subject,  "  General  Obser- 
vations on  the  Revision  of  the  Pharmacopoeia."  The  Professor  gave  an  out- 
line of  the  manner  in  which  the  work  of  revision  is  accomplished,  and  as  a 
member  of  the  last  Revision  Committee,  recalled  the  problems  that  had  con- 
