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7.  That  the  spelling  of  "gramme"  be  retained  for  the  unit  of 
metric  weight,  to  avoid  confusion  with  "grain"  in  handwritten 
formulas  and  prescriptions. 
8.  That  the  term  "Mil"  as  the  unit  of  liquid  measure  be  con- 
tinued. 
9.  That  in  the  constructing  of  new  titles,  either  for  chemicals  or 
preparations,  the  use  of  names  which  are  therapeutically  suggestive, 
be  avoided;  but  this  suggestion  does  not  imply  that  we  favor  the 
replacing  of  such  well-fixed  titles  as  compound  cathartic  pills. 
10.  That  the  abbreviations  given  under  the  official  title  in  each 
monograph  in  the  U.  S.  P.  be  carefully  revised.  It  would  seem  to 
us  that  abbreviations  which  go  no  further  than  the  dropping  of  a 
final  "a"  or  any  other  declension  ending,  should  be  avoided. 
1 1 .  That  Latin  titles  in  the  index  be  accented,  or  that  a  complete 
list  be  printed  of  all  official  Latin  titles  with  the  accent  indicated, 
or  better,  with  accent  and  diacritical  marks  in  conformity  with  the 
English  pronunciation  of  Latin  words. 
A  list  of  the  Latin  titles  of  the  U.  S.  P.  IX,  with  accents  indicated, 
as  suggested  by  Wallace  S.  Truesdell,  A.M.,  Instructor  in  Latin  at 
the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy,  is  herewith  appended  with 
the  hope  that  it  may  be  of  assistance  in  the  next  revision. 
12.  We  recommend  that  the  title  "Virus  Vaccinicum"  be  re- 
placed by  the  title  "Virus  Vaccinum."  That  the  title  "Serum 
Antidiphthericum"  be  replaced  by  "Antitoxinum  Diphthericurri." 
That  the  title  "Serum  Antitetanicum"  be  replaced  by  "Antitoxinum 
Tetanicum."  That  the  adjective  "purificatum"  be  avoided  in  the 
titles  of  sera  and  antitoxins. 
GAI.KNICAI.S. 
Acidum  Hydriodicum  Dilutum. — ^The  heating  of  the  solution  of 
potassium  salts  seems  to  be  unnecessary.  The  directions  to  heat 
should  be  omitted. 
Aquae  Aromaticae. — The  use  of  insoluble  distributing  substances 
of  all  kinds  (purified  talc,  purified  siliceous  earth,  and  filter  paper),, 
should  be  omitted  from  the  general  process,  and  the  direct  addition 
of  the  medication  to  the  distilled  water,  and  the  distillation  method 
only  be  retained.  By  the  direct  addition  of  volatile  oils,  creosote,^ 
powdered  camphor,  etc.,  satisfactory  waters  may  be  prepared  and 
the  contamination  which  so  often  results  from  the  use  of  these  foreign 
