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Correspondence. 
{Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
November,  1911. 
National  Formulary. 
To  THE  Editors  of  Pharmaceutical  Journals  and 
THE  Secretaries  of  Local  Branches  of  the 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association  : 
I  am  sending  you  herewith,  for  general  discussion,  an  install- 
ment of  formulas  that  it  is  proposed  to  add  to  the  National  Formu- 
lary, and  trust  that  you  will  be  willing  to  bring  them  to  the  atten- 
tion of  members  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  and 
other  pharmacists  and  druggists  who  may  be  interested. 
The  object  of  giving  publicity  to-  proposed  changes  and  additions 
is  to  elicit,  if  possible,  comment  and  criticism  before  the  final  publi- 
cation of  the  Fourth  Edition  of  the  National  Formulary  so  as  to 
avoid,  as  much  as  possible,  untoward  criticism'  of  the  book  after  its 
promulgation  as  a  national  standard. 
If  editors  of  pharmaceutical  journals  will  give  publicity  to  the 
material  as  ofifered  and  if  secretaries  of  local  branches  of  the 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association  will  ofifer  this  material  for 
experimentation  and  discussion  there  will  be  no  danger  of  incor- 
porating into  the  forthcoming  edition  of  the  National  Formulary 
formulas  that  have  not  been  thoroughly  tried  in  the  different  sec- 
tions of  the  country  under  varying  conditions. 
In  this  connection  it  should  be  remembered  that  failure  to  criti- 
cize any  or  all  of  these  formulas  must  be  taken  as  a  tacit  acquies- 
cence and  will  necessarily  lead  members  of  the  Committee  on 
National  Formulary  tO'  infer  that  the  formulas  as  offered  are  accept- 
able. 
Trusting  that  you  will  be  willing  to  co-operate  in  the  work  of 
perfecting  the  National  Formulary,  I  am 
Fraternally  yours, 
M.  I.  WiLBERT. 
The  following  are  some  of  the  new  formulas  that  have  been  sug- 
gested for  inclusion  in  the  forthcoming  edition  of  the  National 
Formulary.  The  committee  is  desirous  oi  having  them  thoroughly 
tried  by  pharmacists  in  different  sections  of  the  country  so  as  to 
avoid,  as  much  as  possible,  unfavorable  comment  after  the  final 
publication  of  the  book.  Comments  and  criticisms,  based  on  prac- 
tical experiences,  will  be  welcome.    All  communications  should  be 
