JOURNAL  OF  PHARMACY 
DECEMBER,  igoo. 
THE  GERMAN  PHARMACOPCEIA. 
A  COMMENT  ON  THE  NEW  FOURTH  EDITION. 
By  Martin  I.  Wilbert. 
The  first  of  the  new  century  pharmacopoeias  to  make  its  appear- 
ance is  the  new  fourth  edition  of  the  "  Arzneibuch  fiir  das  Deutsche 
Reich."  This  has  recently  been  published  and  is  to  replace  the 
present  third  edition  on  January  I,  1901. 
The  book  itself  is  a  well-printed,  nicely  bound  volume  of  5  38 
pages.  Like  the  preceding  edition,  it  is  printed  in  the  German 
language,  with  the  exception  of  the  official  headings  or  titles. 
A  special  announcement,  by  the  Imperial  Chancellor,  inserted  in 
the  front  of  the  book,  designates  the  date  on  which  this  book  is 
to  replace  the  present  third  edition,  and  in  its  supplement  it  also 
advertises  the  publisher  and  specifies  the  price  at  which  the  book 
is  to  be  sold  at  retail.  This  latter  is  particularly  reasonable.  A  paper 
bound  copy  is  to  be  sold  for  2  Mark  5  Pfennig ;  this  is  about  equiva- 
lent to  50  cents;  while  a  well-bound  copy  costs  but  3  Mark  65 
Pfennig,  or  just  a  fraction  less  than  90  cents. 
Following  the  usual  table  of  contents  is  an  introduction  or 
"  Vorrede,"  which  describes  the  commission  that  had  charge  of  the 
revision ;  it  also  gives  an  outline  history  of  the  work,  enumerates 
the  articles  that  have  been  added  to,  or  dropped  from,  the  list,  and 
gives  some  further  general  directions  and  explanations. 
The  succeeding  413  pages  are  taken  up  by  an  enumeration  of  the 
official  substances  in  alphabetical  order  of  their  Latin  titles.  The 
remaining  103  pages  are  taken  up  by  lists  of  reagents  and  volu- 
metric solutions,  tables  of  maximum  single  and  daily  doses  of  the 
more  potent  remedies,  a  list  of  poisonous  articles  that  are  to  be 
