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Ret'ieivs,  etc. 
f  Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
I      March,  1885. 
The  Sixth  International  Pharmaceutical  Congress  will  be  held 
during  the  coming  summer  in  the  city  of  Brussels,  and  a  series  of  rules  for 
its  government  have  been  drafted,  which  we  publisji  on  another  page.  A 
Committee  on  organization  has  been  formed  consisting  of  prominent  Bel- 
gian pharmacists,  under  the  presidency  of  Mr.  Van  Bastelaer,  the  president 
of  the  General  Pharmaceutical  Association  of  Belgium,  and  of  the  Pharma- 
ceutical Union  of  Charleroi.  Professors  N.  Gille,  J.  Stas  and  other  well- 
known  scientists  are  honorary  members  of  this  Committee.  In  a  prelimi- 
nary circular  dated  December  20,  1884,  the  Committee  state  that  the  Con- 
gress is  intended  to  bean  arena  open  to  all  progressive  ideas,  and  its  rostrum 
accessible  to  all  who  wish  to  niake  known  their  discoveries  or  the  result  of 
their  observations  or  labors.  Besides  the  questions  published  elsewhere, 
other  subjects,  generally  interesting  to  pharmacists,  may  be  added  if  pro- 
posed by  pharmaceutical  societies  or  by  adherents  to  the  Congress.  Such 
questions  should  be  sent  at  as  early  a  date  as  possible  to  the  general  Secre- 
tary, E.  Van  de  Vyvere,  14  Montagne  aux  Herbes-potagferes,  Bruxelles,  to 
wliom  also  declarations  of  adherence  (for  membership)  should  be  addressed 
(see  General  Rules,  Art.  12). 
At  the  International  Congress  held  in  London  in  1881  it  had  been  decided 
that  the  next  Congress  should  assemble  in  Brussels  in  1884  ;  but  it  was 
deemed  advisable  to  postpone  it  until  the  present  year,  one  of  the  main 
reasons  being,  that  the  universal  exhibition  to  be  held  at  Antwerp  would 
be  a  great  attraction  to  strangers,  and  secure  a  larger  attendance  at  the 
neighboring  city  of  Brussels,  which  from  Antwerp  can  be  reached  by  rail 
in  about  one  hour. 
It  will  be  remembered  that  in  London  an  International  Committee  was 
organized  charged  with  compiling  an  international  pharmacopoeia  with  the 
view  of  equalizing  the  strength  of  all  potent  drugs  and  their  preparations ; 
this  Committee  has  done  some  work  in  submitting  propositions,  the  com- 
pilation to  be  elaborated  by  the  chairman,  Mr.  A.  von  Waldheim,  Vienna, 
Austria.  To  what  extent  this  work  has  progressed,  we  have  not  been 
informed. 
REVIEWS  AND  BIBLIOGRAPHICAL  NOTICES. 
Proceedings  of  the  Third  Annual  Session  of  the  Alabama  Pharmaceutical 
Association,  held  in  the  city  of  Montgomery,  May  13,  1884.    8vo,  pp.  31. 
The  next  meeting  will  be  held  in  Anniston,  in  the  northern  part  of  the 
State,  on  the  first  Tuesday  in  May.  The  Local  Secretary  is  Jas.  N.  Gun- 
nel, Oxford.  The  other  officers  are :  President,  P.  C.  Candidus,  Mobile. 
Vice-Presidents— J.  B.  Collier,  Opelika  ;  A.  L.  Stollenwerck,  Birmingham, 
and  E.  P.  Gait,  Selma.    Secretary,  M.  M.  Stone,  Montgomery. 
Proceedings  of  the  Ohio  State  Pharmaceutical  Association,  at  its  Sixth 
Annual  Meeting,  held  in  Cincinnati,  May,  1884.    8vo,  pp.  181. 
A  brief  account  of  the  transactions  at  this  meeting  was  published  on  page 
