526  International  Pharmaceutical  Congress.  {'^'"■oct"^i885*'^'"" 
lard  discussed  the  advantages  to  the  pharmacist  of  making  as  many  as  pos- 
sible of  the  pharmaceutical  preparations  and  chemicals. 
At  the  first  general  session,  held  Tuesday  afternoon,  Mr.  Belval  reported 
on  food  adulteration^  and  after  considerable  discussion  the  following  reso- 
lutions were  adopted  : 
1.  Legislation  concerning  adulteration  should  be  made  the  subject  of 
international  agreement. 
2.  A  legal  definition  of  adulteration  should  be  established. 
3.  (a)  The  offence  of  the  adulteration  of  food  or  drink  should  be  clearly 
specified  l)y  law.  (6)  The  authorities  should  have  the  power  and  means  of 
action  for  detecting  and  proving  adulterations,  (c)  Adequate  means  for 
repressing  adulteration  should  be  provided. 
4.  In  each  country  the  health  officers  should  draw  up  instructions  defin- 
ing the  composition  of  food  and  drink,  and  these  instructions  should  form 
the  foundation  for  an  international  agreement  upon  identical  data  for  sub- 
stances of  international  interest. 
5.  The  manufacture  and  commerce  of  food  and  drink  should  be  under 
the  supervision  of  qualified  inspectors. 
6.  A  sufficient  number  of  analytical  laboratories  should  be  established  for 
the  purposes  indicated. 
7.  The  central  sanitary  officers  in  different  countries  should  keep  them- 
selves mutually  informed  of  the  results  arrived  at  by  the  national  services 
of  inspection  and  analysis. 
On  Tuesday  evening  the  members  of  the  Congress  attended  a  meeting  of 
the  Pharmaceutical  Society  of  Brussels,  in  the  University,  where  they 
were  welcomed  by  the  President,  Mr.  Creteur,  and  where  a  number  of 
honorary  and  associate  members  were  proclaimed.  A  concert  and  conver- 
sazione at  the  Hotel  Mengelle  was  tendered  by  the  Society  on  the  same^ 
evening. 
The  sessions  of  the  sections  were  resumed  on  Wednesday  morning,  Sep- 
tember 2d,  the  principal  interest  being  centered  in  the  second  section  and 
in  the  discussion  oi\  pharmaceutical  specialties,  which  had  been  postponed 
from  the  preceding  day.  A  resolution  was  finally  adopted  by  a  large  majo-^ 
rity  of  the  members  present,  recommending  that  the  various  Governments 
should  be  petitioned  to  take  measures  for  the  suppression  of  all  proprietary 
medicines. 
At  the  second  general  session,  held  in  the  afternoon,  the  action  on  the 
adulteration  of  food  was  completed,  as  reported  above,  and  the  subject  of 
pharmaceutical  education  was  introduced  by  a  report  by  Mr.  D.  Nobele, 
accompanied  by  a  succinct  account  of  the  systems  of  education  in  different 
countries.  Professor  Dragendorff  and  Dr.  Brunnengraber  took  part  in  the 
discussion,  and  addressed  the  Congress  in  the  German  language,  when  it 
was  found  that  no  provision  had  been  made  for  competent  interpreters. 
The  recommendations  adopted  were  as  follows  : 
1.  In  all  countries  where  it  is  not  already  the  case  a  diploma  should  be 
established  giving  the  exclusive  right  to  practise  pharmacy. 
2.  Pharmacists  should  pass  through  the  same  preparatory  course  of  study- 
as  doctors  of  medicine  and  of  science. 
