Am.  J  oi r.  Pharm.) 
Jannar  y,  1903.  J 
hit er national  Conference. 
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Name  of  Medicament.  Directions  for  Preparation . 
Cantharidis  tinctura  seu  Tine-  f  To  be  made  of  io  per  cent,  strength  by  per- 
tura  Cantharidis.  I     eolation  with  70  per  cent,  alcohol. 
Iodi  tinctura  sen  Tinctura  Iodi.  {  °f  10  Per  cent  strenSth>  PrePared  with  95 
L     per  cent,  alcohol. 
Lobelias  tinctura  seu  Tinctura  f  To  be  made  of  10  per  cent,  strength  by  per- 
Ivobelise.  ^  eolation  with  70  per  cent,  alcohol. 
Cocainum  hydrochloricum.  The  anhydrous  salt. 
Hydrargyri  unguentutn  seu  Un-  f  Qf  ^  per  cent  strength 
gueutum  Hydrargyri.  <- 
Antimoniale  vinum  sea  Vinum  r 
antimoniale;  Stibiatum  vinum  \  To  contain  0*40  per  cent,  of  tartar  emetic. 
seu  Vinum  stibiatum.  v 
ARTICLE  II. 
In  future  the  following  principles  should  be  observed : 
(a)  A  potent  medicament  should  not  be  prepared  in  the  form  of  a 
medicinal  wine. 
(b)  Tinctures  of  potent  drugs  should  be  made  of  io  per  cent, 
strength,  and  by  percolation. 
(c)  Fluid  extracts  of  potent  drugs  should  be  of  100  per  cent, 
strength. 
ARTICLE  III. 
It  would  be  expedient  to  adopt  a  normal  drop  counter,  of  which 
the  external  diameter  of  the  dropping  tube  should  be  exactly  3 
millimetres.  In  other  words,  at  a  temperature  of  150  C,  and  with 
distilled  water,  20  drops  should  be  equivalent  to  1  gramme. 
It  was  decided  that  the  proposals  of  the  Conference,  as  above 
detailed,  should  be  reported  by  the  delegates  as  soon  as  possible  to 
their  several  governmental  authorities,  with  the  recommendation 
that  they  be  adopted  at  the  next  revision  of  their  respective  Phar- 
macopoeias. The  final  protocol,  having  been  unanimously  approved, 
was  signed  on  September  20,  1902,  by  all  the  delegates  from  the 
countries  represented  who  were  present  at  the  closing  session,  with 
the  exception  of  those  from  Germany.  The  delegates  from  the 
latter  country  had  previously  announced  that,  although  their  gov- 
ernment was  entirely  in  sympathy  with  the  work  of  the  Conference, 
their  instructions  did  not  authorize  them  to  sign  the  protocol.  The 
signatories  were  as  follows  : 
Austria- Hungary  : 
Austtia — Dr.  Augusto  Vogl. 
Hungary — Dr.  Louis  de  Toth. 
