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4.  It  sliould  contain  neither  animal  nor  vegetable  matters  of  noisome 
qualities,  and  particularly  no  substances  in  a  state  of  decomposition. 
5.  The  quantity  of  organic  matter  should  not  exceed  20Mgm.  in  tlie 
liter,  estimated  as  oxalic  acid. 
6.  The  nitrogenated  organic  matter,  boiled  with  an  alkaline  solution  of 
potassium  permanganate  should  not  yield  over  01  Mgm.  of  albuminoid, 
nitrogen  per  liter. 
7.  It  should  not  contain  over  0"5  Mgm.  of  ammonia  in  the  liter. 
8.  One  liter  of  water  sliould  not  contain  over  0*5  Gms.  of  mineral  salts, 
•or  60 Mgm.  sulphuric  anhydride,  8  Mgm.  chlorine,  2  Mgm.  nitric  anhydride, 
50;)Mgm.  alkaline  earths,  30  Mgm.  silica  and  3  Mgm.  iron. 
9.  Potable  water  should  be  free  from  nitrites,  phosphates,  sulphuretted 
hydrogen,  sulphides,  and  from  salts  of  metals  precipitable  by  sulphydric 
acid  or  amnionic  sulphydrate  with  the  exception  of  a  trace  of  iron,  alumi- 
num or  manganese. 
10.  It  should  not  acquire  a  disagreeable  odor  after  having  been  kept  in  an 
open  or  closed  vessel. 
11.  It  should  dissolve  soap  without  forming  grumes,  and  vegetables  (les 
Ifegumes)  should  become  well  cooked  in  it ;  its  hydrotimetric  titre  should 
not  exceed  60°. 
12.  It  should  not  contain  saprophytes,  leptotrix,  leptomites,  hypheotrix 
or  other  white  algf^e,  nor  many  infusoria  and  bacteria. 
13.  A  fungaceous  growth  should  not  be  developed  after  the  addition  of 
white  sugar. 
14.  In  the  presence  of  gelatin,  innumerable  bacteria  should  not  be  pro- 
duced liquefying  the  gelatin  in  less  than  eight  days. 
The  International  Pharmacopceia  which  had  been  prepared  by  Mr.  Von 
Waldheim,  after  conferring  with  the  Commission  appointed  by  the  Pharma- 
<^eutical  Congress  in  London  in  1881,  was  next  taken  up  for  consideration, 
and  the  work  was  approved  and  ordered  to  be  edited  and  published  as  soon 
as  po.ssible,  the  expenses  involved  to  be  born  proportionally  by  the  several 
countries  represented  on  the  Commission.  In  a  subsequent  number  of  the 
Journal,  we  shall  give  a  somewhat  detailed  account  of  this  work. 
The  closing  session  was  held  in  the  afternoon  when  the  minutes  of  the 
general  sessions  and  of  the  sections  were  read,  and  the  city  of  Milan  was 
selected  for  holding  the  seventh  International  Pharmaceutical  Congress  in 
the  year  1888. 
On  Saturday  evening  a  subscription  banquet  was  held  in  he  new  Bourse, 
and  on  the  following  day  an  excursion  was  had  to  Antwerp  where  a  recep- 
tion was  tendered  to  the  members  by  the  Pharmaceutical  Society  of  that 
city,  followed  by  an  excursion  on  the  river  Scheldt. 
Carbolized  Resin  for  Ingrowing  Toe-nails.— Dr.  Genese  ("Mary- 
land Med.  Jour.;"  "Therap.  Gaz.")  recommends  this  simple  method  of 
treatment.  Pure  carbolic  acid  and  French  pine  resin  are  the  components 
of  the  mixture,  of  which  a  single  drop  is  applied  to  the  painful  spot;  after 
two  or  three  applications  the  toe-nail  may  be  raised  without  pain. 
