460  International  Pharmaceutical  Congress.  {^ptS'e^im1' 
names  "  of  those  whose  "  work,  perseverance  and  devotion  were  an 
honor  to  the  profession,  to  science  and  to  humanity." 
It  may  be  explained  that  it  was  the  erection  of  a  monument  to 
Dr.  Maillot  at  Neuilly  which  gave  the  idea  of  starting  the  subscrip- 
tion for  the  Pelletier-Caventou  monument.  The  statue  is  the  work 
of  M.  Edouard  Lormier,  and  the  pedestal  was  designed  by  M. 
Georges  Lisch,  architect,  who  is  a  grand-nephew  of  Caventou. 
RESULTS  OF  THE  CONGRESS. 
Crinon  gave  a  report  on  the  work  of  the  Congress,  in  which  he 
said : 
The  analytical  methods  for  estimating  the  quantities  of  alkaloids 
and  other  active  principles  in  simple  drugs  and  galenicals  were  left 
to  the  International  Pharmacopoeia  Committee  to  consider.  The 
study  of  the  influence  of  cultivation  on  the  activity  of  medicinal 
plants  had  not  yet  advanced  enough  to  take  a  definite  vote  on  the 
subject ;  but  it  was  recommended  that  pharmacologists  take  up  the 
subject,  and  report  to  future  Congresses.  They  had  still  to  study  the 
nature  of  the  secretions  and  excretions  of  parasitic  worms  and 
what  their  influence  is  on  the  object  they  attack.  The  localization 
of  the  active  principles  in  medicinal  plants  also  required  the  further 
attention  of  pharmacologists.  As  to  the  unification  of  the  methods 
of  cultivation  in  bacteriology,  it  was  still  impossible  to  fix  a  univer- 
sal plan,  but  pharmacists  were  invited  to  make  out  suggested  lists. 
An  ideal  process  for  interpretation  of  the  results  of  the  analysis  of 
urine  has  yet  to  be  found.  He  advised  pharmacists  to  follow  Win- 
ter's method  for  analyzing  gastric  juice.  Other  urine-analysis  ques- 
tions were  dealt  with.  The  Professional  Section  of  the  Congress  had 
voted  the  inspection  of  pharmacies  to  be  desirable,  it  conducted  by 
sworn  government  inspectors  approved  by  societies  of  pharmacists. 
They  thought  the  name  of  a  medicament  should  not  be  allowed  to 
be  monopolized  as  a  trade-mark,  and  that  the  limitation  of  the 
number  of  pharmacies  is  essential  to  the  interests  of  pharmacists, 
but  no  decision  as  to  the  best  system  was  come  to. 
It  was  considered  that  Latin  is  indispensable  to  pharmacists,  and 
should  be  exacted  from  aspirants  in  every  country.  It  was  agreed 
that  pharmacy  is  both  a  profession  and  a  trade,  but  the  professional 
side  should  not  be  submerged  by  the  commercial. 
