Am.  Jour.  Pharm.l 
September,  1905.  J 
Progress  in  Pharmacy. 
439 
On  page  1791  of  the  Journal  it  is  stated  that  "  Certain  packages  of 
phenalgin  were  purchased  which  on  analysis  did  not  show  ammonium 
carbonate."  On  page  55  (Jour.  Am.  Med.  Assoc.,  July  1,  1905)  it  is 
stated  that  the  examination  of  antikamnia  and  quinine  tablets  failed 
to  show  the  presence  of  sodium  bicarbonate,  an  integral  constituent 
of  antikamnia. 
The  Lewis  and  Clark  Pharmaceutical  Congress  was  held  in  Port- 
land, Ore.,  July  I2-I4th.  The  several  meetings  of  the  Congress, 
while  not  particularly  well  attended,  appear  to  have  been  satisfactory, 
and  will  no  doubt  prove  to  have  been  of  material  advantage  to  the 
progress  of  pharmacy  on  the  Pacific  Coast.  A  permanent  organiza- 
tion was  effected  at  the  second  session,  when  the  following  officers 
were  elected :  President,  William  M.  Searby,  of  San  Francisco  ;  Vice- 
President,  J.  M.  A.  Laue,  of  Portland  ;  Secretary,  A.  Schneider,  of 
San  Francisco ;  Treasurer,  J.  H.  Dawson,  of  San  Francisco. 
The  greater  number  of  the  State  Pharmaceutical  Associations 
have  held  their  annual  meetings.  While  it  must  be  admitted  that 
but  few  of  these  meetings  have  contributed  much  to  the  advance- 
ment of  the  professional  side  of  pharmacy,  they  have,  by  maintain- 
ing at  least  the  semblance  of  an  organization  in  the  several  States, 
evidenced  a  tendency  to  preserve  and  to  foster  a  spirit  of  amity 
and  good-will  that  must,  in  the  near  future,  be  productive  of  higher 
ideals  and  better  results. 
The  Btitish  Pharmaceutical  Conference  Meeti?ig  was  held  this  year 
at  Brighton,  July  24-27th.  It  is  rather  a  singular  coincidence  that 
the  British  Association  should  choose  for  its  annual  meeting  place 
this  popular  seaside  resort,  wmile  our  own  American  Pharmaceutical 
Association,  for  the  first  time  in  its  history,  is  to  meet  at  Atlantic 
City,  the  most  populous  and  undoubtedly  the  most  popular  seaside 
resort  in  America. 
The  subject  matter  of  the  papers  read  and  discussed  at  the 
Brighton  meeting  was,  in  many  ways,  indicative  of  thoughts  that 
are  uppermost  in  the  minds  of  active  pharmacists  throughout  the 
world. 
The  President,  Mr.  W.  A.  H.  Naylor,  F.I.C.,  F.C.S.,  appears  to 
have  had  a  due  appreciation  of  this  widespread  interest  when  he 
took  for  the  subject  matter  of  his  annual  address  a  critical  discussion 
of  the  objects,  aims  and  probable  limitations  of  standardization. 
Standards  and  Standardization  In  the  course  of  his  address  on 
