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the  public  welfare  in  the  Pharmaceutical  Institute  of  the  University 
of  Berlin  should  be  both  an  inspiration  and  a  promise.  An  in- 
spiration to  emulate  the  spirit  that  dominated  the  men  who  through 
the  many  years  of  adversity  struggled  on,  despite  their  inadequate 
facihties,  instilling  into  their  students  the  scientific  spirit  that 
dominated  them  and  their  predecessors. 
The  present  elaborately  equipped  Institute  of  the  University 
of  Berlin  is  a  promise  in  that  it  demonstrates  that  properly  cirected 
scientific  work  will  and  must  be  recognized  and  that  pharmacy  is 
assured  of  a  promising  future  in  all  parts  of  the  civilized  world 
where  its  followers  are  earnestly  and  honestly  laboring  for  the 
public  good. 
CORRESPONDENCE. 
The  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy, 
145  N.  loth  St.,  Phila.,  Pa. 
Gentlemen  :  The  Committee  on  Standards  for  Unofficial  Drugs 
and  Chemical  Products  are  engaged  in  formulating  standards  for  a 
number  of  articles  not  now  recognized  by  the  U.  S.  Pharmacopoeia. 
Many  of  the  articles  which  they  are  standardizing  will,  no  doubt, 
be  admitted  into  the  Revision  of  the  National  Formulary,  now  in 
process,  and  if  the  standards  as  promulgated  by  this  Committee  are 
adopted  in  that  revision,  then  they  will  become  the  legal  standards 
of  the  country. 
It  has  been  suggested  that  a  list  of  the  monographs  immediately 
under  consideration  should  be  published  in  the  pharmaceutical 
journals  so  that  the  importers,  manufacturers  and  dealers  who  are 
interested  will  feel  at  liberty  to  make  suggestions  as  to  the  proper 
standards  to  be  adopted.  It  is  the  desire  of  the  Committee  to  be 
absolutely  fair  and  accurate  as  far  as  possible  in  our  work,  and  we 
welcome  any  suggestions  that  may  be  offered.  The  following  list 
of  titles  covers  only  those  on  which  monographs  are  now  before  the 
Committee : 
Absinthium,  Aconite  Leaves,  Adonis,  Albumen  (Dried  Blood), 
Albumen  (Dried  Eggs),  Althaea  Leaves,  Ammonium  Hypophosphite, 
Angelica  Root,  Angelica  Seed,  Areca,  Arnica  Root,  Barium  Perox- 
ide, Boldo  Leaf,  Bromauric  Acid  (Commercial  Gold  Tribromide). 
Buckthorn  Berries,  Cacao  (Cocoa),  Cactus  Grandiflorus,  Calamine, 
Calcium  Glycerophosphate,  Calcium  Peroxide,  Canella  Alba,  Cas- 
