Ana.  Jour.  Pharm.  ) 
March,  1911.  / 
Progress  in  Pharmacy. 
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division  on  materia  medica.  This  division  consists  of  two  sub- 
divisions, one  medical  and  one  pharmaceutical,  and  the  work  on  the 
pharmacopoeia  represents  the  contributions  of  26  experts. 
An  editorial  {Pharm.  Zentralh.,  1910,  v.  51,  pp.  1177-1179) 
points  out  that  the  new  Ph.  Germ,  has  a  decidedly  broader  field  of 
usefulness  than  its  predecessor  and  that  the  concise  and  altogether 
limited  descriptions  of  the  former  editions  have  been  replaced  by 
more  complete  monographs,  which  will  be  found  to  be  of  value  not 
alone  in  the  pharmaceutical  laboratory  but  also  in  the  use  of  the  book 
by  students  and  by  physicians  who  will  find  in  them  much  infor- 
mation of  practical  value. 
The  general  formulas  were  increased  by  13,  viz.,  bacilli,  cerata 
chartae,  coUemplastra,  mucilagines,  pastse,  pulveres,  mixti,  sapones 
medicati  and  vina  medicata. 
The  provisions  of  the  Brussels  protocol  have  been  adopted  with 
the  special  designation  P.  1. 
With  the  titles  adeps  suillus,  sebum  ovile,  spiritus  e  vino  and 
vinum  no  descriptions  or  tests  are  appended,  and  these  articles  are 
expected  to  conform  to  the  requirements  made  for  commercial 
articles. 
Trademark  Names. — A  review  of  the  new  German  Pharmaco- 
poeia points  out  that  the  repeated  occurrence  of  protected  designa- 
tions in  the  list  of  additions  will  surprise  those  who  have  followed 
even  superficially  the  recent  trend  of  events  in  Germany.  It  has 
been  the  aim  of  the  responsible  authorities  so  far  to  avoid  in  any  way 
recognition  of  vested  rights,  and  thus  in  the  last  edition  the  German 
pharmacist  was  regaled  with  the  appalling  scientific  appellations  for 
antipyrin  and  salipyrin.  In  the  draft  of  the  present  edition,  this 
attitude  was  adhered  to,  and  the  full  chemical  designation  of  novo- 
caine  and  stovaine,  for  instance,  figured  as  the  only  titles  to  the 
respective  monographs.  The  explanation  of  this  vollte-face  is  not 
without  interest  and  piquancy.  We  are  told  that  where  the  scientific 
designation  is  more  convenient  or  in  general  use  it  has  been  adopted ; 
in  other  cases  the  protected  name  was  chosen  for  the  title,  followed 
by  the  chemical  name  and  the  protected  name  also  appears  beneath 
the  scientific  title  as  a  subtitle.  The  adoption  or  mention  of  the 
registered  appellation,  however,  merely  indicates  that  the  protected 
preparation  must  in  every  respect  fulfil  the  requirements  set  forth 
in  the  Pharmacopoeia. — Chem.  and  Drug.,  Lond.,  1910,  v.  77,  p.  899. 
Post-Graduate  Instruction. — The  Pharmaceutical  Institute  of 
