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are  not  only  a  tribute  to  its  practical  excellence,  but  also  a  strong  evidence  of 
that  peculiar  Anglo-Saxon  power  of  recognizing  authority  that  is  not  upon  the 
statute  books,  a  power  born  of  self-control  and  common  sense,  which  makes 
the  race,  of  all  others,  most  capable  of  self-government.  The  indirect  recog- 
nition by  the  Government  of  the  Pharmacopoeia  becomes  each  year  more 
apparent  both  in  Federal  and  State  legislation,. so  that  there  does  not  seem  at 
present  any  danger  of  the  Pharmacopoeia  losing  its  control  in  the  United 
States. 
HORATIO  C.  WOOD,  M.D.1 
"The  Pharmacopoeias  which  have  been  produced  in  the  United  States  by 
voluntary  effort,  both  in  the  past  and  in  the  present,  contrast  favorably  with 
the  governmental  standards  of  European  countries.  In  its  scientific  accuracy, 
in  its  general  usefulness,  and  in  the  efficiency  and  elegance  of  its  resulting 
preparations,  our  Pharmacopoeia  is  the  peer  of  the  best. 
XA  sketch  of  Dr.  Wood's  life  is  found  in  Johnson's  Universal  Cyclopsedia  and  in  the  Thera- 
peutic Gazette,  the  last  volume  before  the  present  series. 
