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Strophanthiis  are  not  marked  P.  1.  yet  the  tinctures  made  therefrom 
are  both  marked  P.  I. 
To  Tincture  of  Colchicum  is  appended  the  instruction  that  when 
Vinum  Colchici  is  directed  the  tincture  is  to  be  given  therefor  and 
to  Tincture  of  Ipecac  is  a  similar  instruction  given  that  when  Vinum 
Ipecacuanhse  is  ordered  the  tincture  is  to  be  dispensed.  The  wis- 
dom of  such  modification  of  physicians'  orders  is  not  above  ques- 
tion and  also  the  consistency  of  an  agreement  that  "  a  potent  medica- 
ment should  not  be  prepared  in  the  form  of  a  medicinal  wine  " 
and  then  the  same  convention  immediately  proceeded  to  adopt  an 
international  standard  for  wine  of  antimony.  Is  there  any  reason 
why  Vinum  Ipecacuanhse  should  be  eliminated  from  medical  prac- 
tice and  ''Vinum  Stibiatum  "  retained? 
The  admissions  to  the  official  list  are  interesting  and  wmle 
some  are  but  little  known  or  used  in  the  United  States  others  are 
extensively  used.  In  the  selection  of  pharmacopoeial  titles  the  Ger- 
mans are  not  handicapped  by  product  patents  and  trade-mark  laws, 
and  if  the  chemical  name  is  too  lengthy  or  not  suitable  for  an 
official  title  they  simply  take  the  common  or  trade  name,  even  if 
considered  proprietary,  and  adopt  it  as  the  official  title.  This  is 
shown  in  the  present  revision  by  the  adoption  of  such  titles  as 
Stovaine  and  of  Ansesthesin  for  para-amino-benzoic-ethylester. 
Even  when  the  chemical  name  is  Latinized  as  the  official  title  the 
common  or  trade-mark  name  is  given  as  an  official  synonym.  Thus 
under  Acidum  Acetyl-salicylicum,  Aspirin  is  so  given  and  imder 
Acidum  diacetylbarbituricum,  veronal  is  stated  as  the  synonym. 
Among  the  other  more  important  admissions  we  note  dionin,  heroin, 
colloidal  silver,  silver  proteinate,  beta  eucaine,  lactophenin,  arsa- 
cetin,  atoxyl,  novacaine,  phenolphthalein,  tropacocaine  hydrochlo- 
ride, theocin  synthetic  and.  suprarenin  hydrochloride  which  latter 
may  be  either  the  natural  from  the  gland  or  the  synthetic  which  is  of 
doubtful  value.  Some  of  the  additions  such  as  gallic  acid,  guaiacol 
carbonate,  hexamethylene  tetramine,  solution  of  hydrog'en  peroxide 
and  cascara  sagrada  are  so  well  established  in  American  practice  that 
we  think  our  German  friends  at  least  a  decade  slow  in  their  adop- 
tion. Concerning  cascara  an  inconsistency  in  the  title  is  shown ; 
the  drug  is  recognized  as  "  Cortex  Rhamni  Purshian?e,"  yet  the 
fluid  extract  is  entitled  "  Extractum  Cascanx  Sagrad?e  fluidum." 
Collemplastrum  is  a  new  title  for  the  rubber  adhesive  plasters 
and  two  formulas  are  given  collemplastrum  adh^esivum  and  col- 
