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made  from  the  powdered  drugs,  these  having  been  supplied  by  Gilpin, 
Langdon  &  Co.,  according  to  the  proposed  international  standard. 
In  discussing  the  paper,  Professor  Remington  stated  that  Secre- 
tary of  State  Hay  had  asked  him  to  suggest  the  names  of  two 
American  representatives  to  "  The  International  Conference  for  the 
Unification  of  Potent  Medicaments,"  and  that  he  had  given  the 
names  of  Dr.  H.  C.  Wood,  Philadelphia,  and  Dr.  F.  B.  Power,  now 
residing  in  London.  Professor  Remington  also  stated  that  at  the 
Seventh  International  Congress  which  met  in  Chicago,  in  1 893,  the 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association  appropriated  the  sum  of 
$1,000  for  defraying  a  portion  of  the  expenses  of  publishing  an 
International  Pharmacopoeia  of  Potent  Remedies.  He  said  that  this 
offer  was  duly  presented  by  him  at  the  Eighth  Congress  which  met 
at  Brussels  in  1898,  but  it  was  rejected  on  the  ground  that  the  Inter- 
national Pharmacopoeia  should  not  be  limited  to  potent  remedies 
but  include  all  remedies.  Professor  Remington  referred  to  the 
present  work  on  the  revision  of  the  U.  S.  Pharmacopoeia  and  said 
that  the  work  was  being  conducted  along  lines  tending  to  simplicity 
and  greater  uniformity  of  tinctures  as  well  as  other  medicaments. 
Professor  Kraemer  read  short  extracts  from  a  paper  communi- 
cated by  Dr.  Power  on  the  recent  International  Conference  (see 
page  1).  Mr.  William  Mclntyre  said  that  he  had  lived  through 
three  or  four  revisions  of  the  U  S.  Pharmacopoeia  and  that  men  do 
not  stop  to  inquire  where  new  ideas  develop,  as  this  does  not 
matter  to  the  patient  or  druggist  so  long  as  they  are  beneficial.  He 
then  referred  to  tincture  of  aconite,  and  said  that  in  his  experience 
there  is  a  tendency  among,  physicians  to  prescribe  it  in  smaller 
doses.  Mr.  Mclntyre  then  offered  the  following  resolutions,  which 
were  unanimously  adopted : 
Whereas,  It  is  desirable,  if  possible,  to  secure  international  uniformity  in 
the  strength  of  preparations  of  potent  remedies,  therefore,  be  it 
Resolved,  That  we,  members  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy, 
assembled  at  this  meeting,  heartily  indorse  the  spirit  of  the  recommendations 
of  the  International  Conference  for  the  Unification  of  Potent  Medicaments, 
held  at  Brussels,  September  15-20,  1902,  and  be  it 
Resolved,  That  copies  of  this  resolution  be  forwarded  to  the  Chairman  of 
the  Committee  of  Prevision  of  the  Pharmacopoeia  of  the  United  States  of 
America  and  to  the  International  Secretary  for  the  Unification  of  the  Pharma- 
copoeias. 
Mr.  Harry  Matusow  read  a  paper  on  "  Hypophosphorous  Acid  as 
a  Means  of  Preserving  Syrup  of  Ferrous  Iodide."    He  considered 
