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Question  No.  2  a,  "  Additions?" — The  total  number  of  answers 
was  94;  affirmative,  81  ;  negative,  131  ;  no  answers,  217.  Additions 
suggested  were,  in  part :  "  Antipyrin,  phenacetin,  antitoxin,  aceta- 
nilid,"  "  Alkaloids  and  active  principles,"  "  Tuberculin  and  anti- 
toxin," "  Palatable  fluid  extract  of  cascara  and  also  palatable  prepa- 
rations for  disguising  quinine  and  preparations,"  "  All  new  remedies 
that  are  good,"  "  Compel  all  druggists  to  dispense  from  one  formula," 
etc.,  etc. 
Question  No.  2  b,  «  Omissions?  " — The  total  number  of  answers 
was  61  ;  affirmative,  28 ;  negative,  31 ;  non-committal,  3  ;  no  answers, 
250.  Of  the  27  affirmative  answers,  6  say,  "  Yes,"  "  Leave  out  the 
metric  system,"  "  Lard,"  "  Tinctures  from  all  except  gum  resins  and 
iron,"  "All  tinctures  of  which  there  are  fluid  extracts,"  etc.,  etc. 
To  question  No.  2  c. — "  Changes  in  formulae  or  manipulations  ?  " 
etc.,  total  number  of  answers  was  59;  affirmative,  23  ;  negative,  20  ; 
non-committal,  6;  no  answers,  252.  Some  say:  "  All  should  be 
metric ;"  "  Make  remedies  more  palatable ;"  "  Use  no  foreign  terms," 
etc.,  etc. 
To  question  4. — "  Shall  the  United  States  Pharmacopoeia  give 
Maximum  Doses?"  the  total  number  of  answers,  was  291 ;  affirma- 
tive, 264;  negative,  23;  non-committal,  4;  no  answers,  20. 
To  question  5. — "  Do  you  Prescribe  Proprietary  Remedies?  "  the 
total  number  of  answers  was  294;  affirmative,  178;  negative,  116; 
non-committal,  2;  no  answers,  15.  Some  say:  "Some  coal  tar 
combination,"  "  Those  that  are  prepared  especially  for  the  medical 
profession,"  "  Rarely,  and  am  ashamed  each  time  I  have  prescribed 
them,"  "  They  are  only  fit  for  lazy  physicians  and  quacks." 
Question  No.  6. — "If  so,  Why  ?  "  147  give  their  reasons  for  doing 
so;  29  give  "convenience"  as  their  reason;  33  "elegance,  supe- 
riority, palatability,  usefulness,  discovery,  placebo,"  etc.;  41  give  as 
reasons :  "  Good  results,  satisfactory,  eligible,  necessary,  supply  a 
long-felt  want,"  etc.  Others  say:  "Because  their  appearance  is 
less  repulsive  than  when  prepared  by  pharmacists,"  "  Right  manu- 
facturing is  expensive,  and  druggists  cannot  do  it,"  etc.,  etc. 
To  question  No.  9. — "  Shall  fermented  and  distilled  liquors  be 
dismissed  from  the  United  States  Pharmacopoeia?"  67  answer 
affirmatively,  220  negatively. 
To  question  No.  10. — "  Are  you  in  favor  of  introducing  the 
metric  system  in  prescribing  ?"  there  were  301  answers;  affirma- 
