566 
German  Pharmacopoeia. 
f  Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
I  December,  1900. 
Galenical  Preparations. 
G.P. 
BP. 
U.S.P. 
....  3 
3 
4 
3 
2 
....  4 
17 
88 
22 
34 
22 
4 
15 
9 
9 
4 
2 
4 
44 
29 
I 
2 
piiis  .V.gaB 
.  .  .  .  4 
20 
15 
12 
13 
16 
9 
....  4 
3 
2 
....  24 
53 
24 
....  15 
16 
23 
22 
32 
67 
7i 
3 
2 
15 
19 
6 
8 
It  will  be  seen  that  there  are  no  less  than  eighty-eight  formulas 
for  fluid  extracts  in  our  Pharmacopoeia,  and,  while  no  doubt  all  of 
them  are  in  use  in  some  portions  of  the  country,  probably  not  more 
than  fourteen  or  fifteen  are  in  actual  demand  in  all  parts  of  the 
United  States.  In  this  one  class  of  preparations  alone  a  considera- 
ble reduction  could  be  made  by  decreasing  the  number  of  fluid 
extracts,  and  a  further  reduction  in  space  by  dispensing  with  many 
of  the  repeatedly  given  directions  for  making  the  same. 
In  their  instructions,  the  Pharmacopceial  Revision  Committee  is 
recommended  to  keep  in  view  the  desirability  of  a  gradual  approach 
to  uniformity  in  the  various  preparations  official  in  different  pharma- 
copoeias. The  difficulty  that  they  will  encounter  in  this  direction  is 
well  illustrated  by  the  following  table  giving  the  strength  of  some 
of  the  fluid  acids: 
Official  Acids. 
G.P. 
B.P. 
U.S.P. 
 96" 
33' 
36- 
4-27 
6- 
99" 
99-100 
IO" 
IO" 
 25- 
3179 
3i*9 
10-58 
IO' 
