^Fel>lZry^lZ""  },  AbstvactS   of  PapCTS.  8l 
Elixir  Forinatum  Compositum. 
Sodium  formate   32  Gm. 
Magnesium  formate   16  Gm. 
Strontium  formate   30  Gm. 
Lithium  formate   7.5  Gm. 
Quinine  formate   7.5  Gm. 
Formic  acid   10  c.c. 
Compound  spirit  of  orange  -  10  c.c. 
Acetic  ether   i  c.c. 
Alcohol   100  c.c. 
Glycerin   300  c.c. 
Purified  talc   20  Gm. 
Distilled  water,  sufficient  quantity  to  make.  .  1000  c.c. 
The  Compound  Spirit  of  Cardamom 
called  for  in  these  formulas  is  as  follows : 
Oil  cardamom   20  c.c. 
Oil  clove   I  c.c. 
Oil  cassia    2  c.c. 
Oil  orange   20  c.c. 
Oil  caraway   o.i  c.c. 
Anethol    i  c.c. 
Alcohol,  to  make   200  c.c. 
The  Need  for  the  Practical  Pharmacist  in  Pharmacopceial 
Revision. 
George  M.  Beringer,  N.  J.  Pharm.  Assoc.,  makes  the  statement 
that  the  development  and  progress  made  by  the  profession  of  phar- 
macy as  a  separate  branch  of  medicine  accounts  for  the  increasing 
influence  of  pharmacists  in  the  matter  of  pharmacopceial  revision 
the  last  several  decades. 
Physicians  comprising  the  Revision  Committee  elected  by  the 
Convention  of  1840  realized  the  value  of  practical  pharmacists, 
asked  for  such  aid  as  was  needed  by  them  in  revising  this  book, 
and  were  grateful  and  quick  to  acknowledge  their  indebtedness. 
Following  the  1840  Convention,  delegates  from  schools  of  pharmacy 
and  pharmaceutical  societies  have  worked  together  to  revise  and 
produce  an  acceptable  national  standard.    Fie  then  goes  on  to  say 
