AmN0°v.?Sarm'}  Revision  of  the  U.  S.  Pharmacopeia.  517 
as  Extractum  Belladonnas  Foliorum  Alcoholicum,  Extractum  Bella- 
donnas Radicis  Fluidum,  Tinctura  Colchici  Seminis,  etc.  Opium  is 
again  said  to  be  deodorized  not  denarcotized.  It  is  a  query,  which 
is  the  most  important,  the  odor  or  the  narcotine  extracted  by  the 
use  of  ether  ?  If  the  latter,  then  denarcotized,  or  if  that  is  not  cor- 
rect, then  as  suggested  denarcotinated  would  be  correct.  Sapo 
Mollis  is  the  new  name  for  Sapo  Viridis  of  the  Pharmacopoeia  of 
1880,  and  a  formula  is  given  for  preparing  it  from  linseed  oil  and 
potassa.  The  commercial  article  was  only  very  rarely  found  to  be 
green,  and  that  only  when  it  was  made  from  hemp  seed  oil.  The 
Tincture  of  Green  Soap,  1 880,  is  now  Liniment  of  Soft  Soap.  The 
term  mistura  is  now  officially  restricted  to  those  preparations  in 
which  insoluble  material  not  of  an  oily  character  is  suspended  in 
aqueous  solution  by  the  use  of  gum  or  other  viscid  material.  As  a 
result,  ammoniac,  almond,  asafoetida  and  chloroform  mixtures  of 
1 880  are  now  classed  as  Emulsions,  under  the  Latin  title  "  Emulsum." 
But  the  remedies  which  physicians  now  prescribe  under  the  name 
of  "  Emulsions  "  are  not  represented.  Jt  would  have  been  a  practical 
experiment  and  a  taking  one  to  have  introduced  a  "standard" 
formula  for  (say)  Emulsion  of  cod  liver  oil  with  hypophosphites.  It 
is  not  too  late  to  teach  our  medical  brethren  to  write  Emulsum 
Olei  Morrhuae  cum  Hypophosphitum,  U.  S.  P.,  instead  of  Scotts, 
Phillips,  etc.  I  know  someone  says,  "  We  have  a  National  Formu- 
lary," but  the  doctors  don't  know  that  book.  It  is  a  book  of  drug- 
gists' formulas  in  the  preparation  of  which  they  have  not  taken  any 
part  or  interest.  This  would  in  a  very  large  measure  stop  the 
present  system  of  fighting  patent  medicines  by  increasing  the 
number,  wherein  each  druggist  feels  compelled  to  make  a  prepara- 
tion after  his  own  formula,  just  as  good '  as  the  other  proprietary. 
We  want  something  that  is  not  "  as  good,"  but  the  best,  because  it 
has  the  stamp  of  official  authority. 
The  Pharmacopoeia,  to  remain  the  authority,  must  be  abreast  of 
the  times.  It  must  neither  theorize  in  advance  nor  retain  obsolete 
ideas.  Standard  formulas  must  be  introduced  for  remedies  pre- 
scribed daily  with  success,  and  those  whose  use  has  become  only 
occasional,  can  safely  be  relegated  to  the  formularies.  The  "  ideal" 
Pharmacopoeia  of  some  is  a  book  of  simples.  Such  it  never  has  been 
and  never  can  be  made. 
Liquor  Ferri  et  Ammonii  Acetatis  is  the  new  name  for  Basham's 
