566  Progress  in  Pharmacy.  {^Sciv.m?"- 
be  sent  out  to  the  customer.  You  will  notice  that  there  is  much 
less  color  present  than  in  the  other  samples. 
^,  Citric  Acid   ,  Si 
Magnesium  Carbonate   5ss 
Flavoring  Tincture   Tn,xxiv 
Sugar   3ii 
Purified  Talcum   grs.  xlviii 
Aqua   \  qs.ad  flSxii 
U.       p.  Total  Citric  Acid    518  grs.  J 
My  Formulae  438 
12  grs. 
U.  S.  P.  Magnesia  231  " 
My  Formulae  219  " 
Flavoring  Tincture  consists  of:  Oil  of  Lemon,  fl3  vi. ;  Oil  of  Orange 
flS  iv ;  Tr.  of  Ginger  fl3  vi ;  and  Alcohol  q.s.  ad  flj  iv. 
PROGRESS  IN  PHARMACY. 
A  QUARTERLY  REVIEW  OF  SOME  OF  THE  MORE  INTERESTING 
LITERATURE   RELATING   TO    PHARMACY  AND 
MATERIA  MEDICA. 
By  M.  I.  WiLBERT,  Washington,  D.  C. 
The  tentative  report  of  the  Executive  Committee  of  Revision  on 
the  scope  of  the  U.  S.  P.  IX  has  attracted  considerable  attention 
and  has  been  liberally  commented  on  both  in  medical  as  well  as 
pharmaceutical  journals.  While  it  can  hardly  be  expected  that  the 
individual  substances  agreed  upon  for  admission  to  the  coming 
edition  of  the  U.  S.  P.  will  be  endorsed  by  all,  the  comments  that 
have  appeared  up  to  the  present  time  have  been  quite  favorable. 
The  Committee  on  National  Formulary  is  calling  renewed  atten- 
tion to  some  of  the  formulas  that  it  is  proposed  tO'  add  to  the  forth- 
coming edition  of  the  National  Formulary.  While  all  of  the  for- 
mulas have  been  published  previously  their  systematic  publication 
with  the  direct  invitation  for  comment  and  criticism  before  final 
publication  is  being  favorably  commented  on  by  editors  of  phar- 
maceutical journals  and  the  resulting  publicity  should  contribute 
materially  to  make  the  N.  F.  IV  more  nearly  free  from  glaring 
errors  of  omission  or  commission  than  any  of  its  predecessors. 
The  growing  influence  of  the  Council  on  Pharmacy  and  Chem- 
