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The  American  Pharmaceutical  Association. — By  reference  to  page  285 
our  readers  will  find  the  official  announcement  of  President  Kiersted  of  the 
meeting  of  this  body,  to  be  held  in  August  next.  Now  that  this  import- 
ant preliminary  is  settled,  the  Chairman  of  the  Executive  Committee 
earnestly  requests  all  those  members  who  have  written  reports  on  scien- 
tific subjects  to  make,  to  begin  early  and  secure  to  the  meeting  a  full  con- 
tribution of  interesting  papers,  and  to  use  such  care  in  copy  as  will  in 
great  measure  prevent  errors  of  the  press,  and  save  the  editor  a  vast 
amount  of  trouble  and  annoyance.  From  the  Special  Committees,  interest- 
ing reports  may  be  looked  for  on  Adulterations  and  Poisons.  The  large 
Committee  to  promote  the  St.  Louis  meeting,  of  course  find  their  occupation 
gone,  but  they  may  direct  their  forces  towards  Philadelphia.  Dr.  Squibb, 
Chairman  of  the  Business  Committee,  will,  doubtless,  as  usual,  be  found 
wide  awake  when  the  time  for  action  arrives. 
Revision  of  the  French  Codex.— In  the  early  part  of  1861,  The  Society 
of  Pharmacy  of  Paris  instituted  a  discussion  of  various  classes  of  prepara- 
tions in  the  Codex,  with  a  view  to  the  probable  revision  of  that  work  ;  and 
already  the  subjects  of  mineral  waters  and  syrups  have  occupied  many 
pages  of  the  Journal  de  Pharmacie.  During  this  period  the  necessity  of  a 
new  edition  of  the  Codex  having  been  brought  to  the  notice  of  the  proper 
authorities,  according  to  the  Law  of  the  11th  year  of  the  Republic,  viz. 
the  minister  of  Agriculture,  Commerce  and  Public  Works,  E.  Rouher,  and 
the  minister  of  Public  Instruction,  M.  Rouland  ;  these  officers  made  are- 
port  to  the  Emperor,  on  the  subject,  giving  the  reasons  why  a  revision 
should  be  carried  out,  which  report  was  approved  by  the  Emperor  at  Fon- 
tainbleau,  June  20,  1861,  In  accordance  with  that  Report,  a  decree  was 
issued  on  the  11th  of  December,  directing — 1st,  that  a  special  Commission 
be  made  by  the  Minister  of  Public  Instruction,  who  should  at  once  engage 
in  the  revision  of  the  Codex  of  1837  ;  and  2d,  that  the  Commission  should 
consist  of  M.  Dumas,  as  President,  and  Professors  Grisolle,  Regnault,  Tar- 
dieu,  and  Wurtz  of  the  Faculty  of  Medicine,  and  Professors  Bussy,  Chatin, 
Guibourt,  and  Lecanu,  of  the  superior  School  of  Pharmacy  ;  together  with 
MM.  Petit  and  Mourier  of  the  Bureau,  of  Public  Instruction,  the  latter 
to  act  as  Secretary. 
By  a  decree  issued  on  the  following  day,  MM.  Robinet,  Boudefc  and 
Gobley,  of  the  Imperial  Academy  of  Medicine,  and  MM.  Mayet  and  Mialhe, 
pharmaciens  of  Paris,  were  added  to  the  Commission.  On  the  22d  of 
January,  M.  Dumas  addressed  a  letter  to  the  President  of  the  Society  of 
Pharmacy,  inviting  them  to  submit  the  result  of  their  labor  to  the  Com- 
mission. And  on  the  5th  of  February,  M.  Poggiale,  President  of  the  So- 
ciety of  Pharmacy,  was  also  added  to  the  Committee. 
