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of  medical  'specialties  should,  in  all  countries,  be  reserved  to  the 
pharmacists. 
The  second  resolution  presented  by  the  section  on  professional 
interests  related  to  the  formation  of  an  international  pharmaceutical 
federation  having  for  its  purpose  the  protection  of  pharmacy  as  a 
profession  and  as  an  applied  science.  It  was  decided  to  appoint  a 
commission  to  prepare  a  constitution  for  such  a  federation  and  to 
accept  an  invitation  from  the  government  of  Holland  to  make  The 
Hague  its  headquarters. 
The  third  resolution  related  to  the  representation  on  pharmaco- 
pceial  commissions  of  practical  pharmacy,  and  the  fourth  to  the  limi- 
tation of  the  number  of  pharmacies. 
It  was  also  resolved  to  make  the  question  of  patents  and  trade- 
marks one  of  the  subjects  for  discussion  at  the  next  international 
congress  of  pharmacy. 
In  addition  to  the  scientific  programme,  visits  were  made  to  the 
exposition,  where  the  chemical  and  pharmaceutical  exhibits  of  differ- 
ent countries  were  explained,  and  to  dairies  devoted  to  the  produc- 
tion of  milk  for  infants. 
The  members  of  the  congress  were  the  recipients  of  the  most 
generous  hospitality  on  the  part  of  the  officers  of  the  congress 
and  the  pharmacists  of  Belgium. 
THE  PHARMACOPCEIA  OF  RUSSIA. 
By  M.  I.  WiLBERT,  Washington,  D.  C. 
The  new,  sixth  edition,  of  the  Russian  Pharmacopoeia,  published 
in  1910,  is  undoubtedly  one  of  the  more  interesting  books  of  its 
kind  and  it  is  perhaps  unfortunate  indeed  that  its  appearance  only 
in  the  Russian  language  makes  it  comparatively  inaccessible  to  much 
the  greater  number  of  American  Pharmacists.  Fortunately,  how- 
ever, the  official  titles  are  Latin  and  the  numerals  in  the  formuke 
are  Arabic. 
The  general  appearance  of  the  book  is  all  that  could  be  desired  ; 
it  is  neatly  bound  and  excellently  well  ])rinted  on  a  good  quality  of 
paper,  and  would  generally  be  accepted  as  a  thoroughly  modern, 
up-to-date  publication. 
The  book  contains  a  total  of  XVIII  and  591  pages  with  descrip- 
