EDITORIAL. 
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Our attention was called to this subject by receiving some samples 
of powders from the laborator) of Charles Ellis & Co. 
Tn judging these powders by the rules above hinted at, we believe 
them to be of superior quality. We were struck with those of buchu, 
orangepeel and others containing volatile oils, and those of gum, 
rhubarb, and aloes, where color is a criterion, as being particularly 
well prepared. 
We have seen some powders from Haskell & Merrick of New 
York, which equalled those above noted, and we are gratified to 
perceive that more attention is being given to this class of prepara- 
tions by our druggists. 
Pharmacopoeia Convention. — The decennial convention of Physi- 
cians and Pharmaceutists for revising our National Pharmacopoeia, 
met according to previous announcement, on the 6th of May, at the 
city of Washington. The delegates were not so numerous, and did 
not represent so extended an area of our population, as we would have 
been glad to have seen, being nearly altogether from the middle and 
northern states. The Convention was, however, larger than in 1840. 
The following statement by the Secretary of the Convention appear- 
ed in the National Intelligencer at Washington, except those portions 
enclosed in brackets. 
NATIONAL MEDICAL CONVENTION, 
For Revising the Pharmacopoeia of the United States. 
The fourth decennial convention for revising the Pharmacopoeia of 
the United States, met at Washington on Monday, the 6th inst. The 
following delegates were present in the Convention : 
From the Rhode Island Medical Society, Dr. Joseph Mauran. 
From the Geneva Medical College, Dr. James Bryan. 
From the College of Pharmacy of the City of New York, Messrs. 
John Milhau and George D. Coggeshall. 
From the Medical Society of New Jersey, Drs. Lew t is Condict 
and Wm. A. Newell, 
From the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, Drs. Joseph Car- 
son, Hfnry Bond, and Francis West. 
From the University of Pennsylvania, Drs. George B. Wood, and 
James B. Rogers. 
From the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, Dr. Franklin 
Bache. 
From the Medical Faculty of the Pennsylvania College, Dr. H. S. 
Patterson. 
From the Medico-Chirurgical College of Philadelphia, Dr. Clin- 
ton G. Stees. 
From the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, Messrs. Daniel B. 
Smith, Charles Ellis, and William Procter, Jr. 
