•<m.  Jour.  Pharm. 
Oct.,  1893. 
Reviews. 
questions,  will  be  arranged  according  to  sections  about  the  beginning  of  next 
month,  and  will  then  be  sent  out  to  the  foreign  scientists,  in  order  that  the 
preliminary  works  for  the  scientific  part  of  the  Congress  may  as  nearly  as  pos- 
sible be  completed  before  the  beginning  of  autumn. 
"The  Executive  Committee  especially  desires  to  realize  as  far  as  possible  the 
decisions  of  the  London  Congress.  Special  international  committees  have 
been  organized  with  regard  to  several  decisions  accepted  at  the  London  Con- 
gress ;  they  are  at  present  occupied  with  the  solution  of  the  various  questions 
thus  mooted. 
"To  England  it  will  be  of  some  special  interest  to  know  that  one  important 
decision  that  was  accepted  at  the  instigation  of  the  London  Congress.  This 
decision  refers  to  the  organization  of  a  separate  section  for  tropical  countries. 
The  president  of  this  special  section  will  be  Dr.  Theodor  Duka,  and  the  two 
secretaries  will  be  Dr.  Isambard  Owen  and  S.  Digby,  Esq.  These  gentlemen 
kindly  consented  to  accept  these  posts,  and  are  now  engaged  arranging  the 
program  of  this  section. 
"  The  honor  presidents  of  the  several  sections  will  be  elected  by  the  Executive 
Committee  as  soon  as  the  names  of  those  foreign  celebrities  shall  be  known 
who  will  take  part  in  the  Congress. 
"  After  the  termination  of  the  Congress  several  excursions  will  be  arranged, 
amongst  which  one  will  be  to  the  Irongate  on  the  lower  Danube,  to  Belgrad 
and  to  Constantinople,  which  doubtless  will  be  of  some  attraction." 
I  remain,  dear  sir,  Yours  obediently, 
Prof.  M/ui^er,  M.D.,  Chief  Secretary. 
REVIEWS  AND  BIBLIOGRAPHICAL  NOTICES. 
The  Pharmacopoeia  of  the  United  States  of  America. — Seventh  decennial 
revision.  1890.  By  authority  of  the  National  Convention  for  revising  the 
Pharmacopoeia,  held  at  Washington,  A.  D.  1890.  Official  after  January  1,  1894. 
Published  by  the  Committee  of  Revison.  1893. 
This  long-looked  for  work  has  appeared  and  is  now  ready  for  distri- 
bution. By  this  revision  87  new  articles  have  been  added  and  90  dropped, 
being  less  than  in  the  sixth  revision,  when  it  was  259  and  224,  respec- 
tively. The  titles  have  been  changed  in  a  number  of  instances — Latin  titles 
56  and  English  titles  227.  The  large  number  of  changes  in  the  latter  instances, 
as  compared  with  1880,  is  due  to  the  adoption  of  the  modern  nomenclature. 
In  regard  to  preparations,  we  find  the  first  class  of  1880,  abstracts,  entirely 
dropped,  in  the  fluid  extracts  there  is  an  increase  of  10,  and  in  solid  extracts 
an  increase  of  9  over  the  last  revision.  Two  elixirs  are  now  official,  the 
old  simple  elixir  being  replaced  by  an  aromatic  elixir,  and  elixir  of  phosphorus 
having  been  added.  The  tinctures  have  been  increased  by  two.  To  one 
tincture  a  method  of  assay  has  been  added.  Another  change,  that  in 
the  preparation  of  the  aromatic  waters,  has  been  made ;  these  are  now 
prepared  with  phosphate  of  calcium  in  place  of  cotton.  Among  other 
changes  to  be  noted  are  the  addition  of  a  new  class  of  preparations, 
' '  Emulsa, ' '  under  which  heading  are  placed  4  mixtures  of  the  former  revision . 
Suppositories  are  represented  by  one,  that  of  glycerin,  and  glycerites  by  4. 
The  newer  remedies  and  drugs  are  represented  by  acetanilidum,  adeps 
