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i  Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
\     January,  1903. 
ally  acknowledged  accuracy  of  its  presentation,  will  always  remain  a 
testimonial  to  the  industry  and  capacity  of  this  tireless  worker. 
Some  slight  idea  of  the  difficulties  met  with  in  a  work  of  this 
kind  may  be  had,  when  we  remember  that  the  twenty-two  authori- 
tative books,  quoted  in  the  last  edition  of  the  Universal  Pharma- 
copoe,  required  a  working  knowledge  of  no  less  than  eleven 
different  languages.  The  number  of  separate  or  distinct  titles 
amounted  to  4,450. 
That  the  efforts  of  Dr.  Hirsch  to  improve  the  status  of  pharmacy 
and  to  increase  the  sum-total  of  our  knowledge  of  drugs  and  medi- 
cines received  recognition,  is  evident  from  the  fact  that  he  was  made 
an  honorary  member  of  a  number  of  pharmaceutical  societies. 
Among  them  the  German  Pharmaceutical  Association,  Berlin, 
the  Austrian  Society  of  Apothecaries  and  our  own  Philadelphia  Col- 
lege of  Pharmacy. 
Honors  of  this  kind,  however,  cannot  impress  the  true  value  of 
the  work  done  by  an  individual.  Time  alone  is  the  test  that  ulti- 
mately determines  the  real  value  of  any  one  line  of  work  or  investi- 
gation. Irrespective  of  either  of  these  measures  of  excellence,  the 
published  works  of  Dr.  Hirsch  are  a  heritage  to  us  and  to  succeeding 
generations,  and  will,  no  doubt,  prove  to  be  an  incentive  for  better 
work,  in  that  they  demonstrate  how,  despite  adverse  surroundings, 
and  hampered  by  a  lack  of  scientific  as  well  as  literary  training,  it  is 
nevertheless  possible  to  achieve  acknowledged  scientific  standing 
and  to  do  work  of  real  value  for  the  benefit  of  our  own  profession 
and  the  general  good  of  the  community  at  large.  M.  I.  W. 
PHARMACEUTICAL  MEETING. 
The  regular  monthly  pharmaceutical  meeting  of  the  Philadelphia 
College  of  Pharmacy  was  held  Tuesday,  December  1 6th,  Mr.  W.  L. 
Cliffe,  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  acting  as  chairman.  In 
calling  the  meeting  to  order,  the  chairman  called  attention  to  the 
importance  of  the  meeting,  as  the  main  subject  for  discussion  was 
one  of  international  importance,  and  introduced  Mr.  M.  I.  Wilbert, 
who  read  two  papers  :  one  entitled,  "  International  Standards  "  (see 
page  13),  and  the  other  u  The  Proposed  International  Standard 
Tinctures  of  Potent  Remedies  "  (see  page  20). 
Mr.  Wilbert  exhibited  a  complete  line  of  tinctures  which  he  had 
