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(6)  To  centralize  the  technical,  scientific  and  commercial  in- 
formation necessary  for  developing  the  commerce  and  chemical 
treatment  of  drugs. 
(c)  To  encourage  and  organize  in  France  and  the  French  colonies 
the  cultivation  and  production  of  raw  material. 
(d)  To  study  all  questions  relating  to  the  development  and  pro- 
tection of  the  drug  market. 
(e)  To  give  financial  assistance  to  laboratories  for  all  studies 
concerning  the  composition  of  raw  material  and  the  extraction  of 
their  active  constituents— to  publish  the  results,  so  that  they  may 
be  utilized  industrially  or  therapeutically. 
(/)  To  organize  and  financially  assist  research  expeditions  with 
the  view  of  investigating  the  sources  of  production,  and  of  securing 
the  seeds,  rhizomes,  etc.,  necessary  for  attempting  their  cultivation 
in  France. 
(g)  To  keep  in  communication,  by  means  of  the  Ministry  of 
Commerce,  with  the  Agricultural  Services,  Technical  Institutes, 
Ambassadors,  Consulates  and  Commercial  Agents  abroad ;  to  suggest 
to  public  authorities  the  initiatives  to  take  and  all  actions  for  the 
extension  of  the  production  or  for  the  exportation  of  raw  or  manufac- 
tured products. 
That  this  admirable  and  extensive  organization  has  been  carried 
through  in  so  short  a  space  of  time  and  so  successfully  has  been 
largely  due  to  the  energy  and  foresight  of  Professor  Perrot,  of  the 
Ecole  Super ieure  de  Pharmacie.  That  it  has  already  borne  fruit 
is  shown  by  the  fact  that  Professor  Perrot  and  M.  Alland  (repre- 
senting, respectively.  Science  and  Commerce),  are  at  this  moment 
engaged  in  investigating  at  Khartoum  the  cultivation  of  gum-bearing 
acacias,  of  senna  and  of  other  drugs,  with  the  view  of  establishing 
them  in  the  French  colonies  of  Africa. 
TUBERCULOSIS  IN  1920.* 
Lereboullet  and  Petit  say  that  the  prophylaxis  and  hygiene 
rather  than  the  medical  aspect  of  tuberculosis  engrossed  attention 
during  191 9.  Among  the  few  communications  on  the  medical  fea- 
tures were  those  of  the  detection  of  the  falsely  labeled  tuberculous. 
*  From  Paris  Medical,  9:  52  (Dec.  27),  191 9;  through  Jour.  Amer.  Med, 
Assoc.,  Feb.  28,  1920. 
