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Progress  in  Pharmacy. 
(  Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
\  December,  1913. 
Galenical  Preparations. — Duliere,  W. :  The  value  of  a  galenical 
medicament  depends  on  the  quality  of  its  constituents  and  on  the 
care  with  which  it  is  made,  and  on  neither  of  these  points  is  it 
possible  to  have  any  certainty  where  the  galenical  is  purchased  ready 
made.  The  practical  pharmacist  knows  by  comparison  that  a  prod- 
uct is  abnormal,  though  he  may  not  always  be  able  to  submit  his 
proofs,  but  the  inexperienced  pharmacist  does  not  know,  and  he  is 
the  one  who  procures  these  ready-made  preparations. — Chem.  & 
Drug.,  1913,  v.  83,  p.  484. 
Minimum  and  Maximum  Standards  for  Drugs. — Peck,  E.  Saville : 
The  establishment  of  a  minimum  standard  for  the  active  parts  of 
medicines  without  establishing  a  maximum  is  wrong.  Although  in  a 
large  number  of  cases  the  establishment  of  a  maximum  standard  is 
unnecessary ;  it  is  in  many  others  essential  for  the  attainment  of 
accurate  and  constant  therapeutic  effect. — Pharm.  J.,  1913,  v.  91, 
pp.  433-434- 
Unification  of  Assay.— Herissey,  H. :  Thinks  it  advisable  to  im- 
pose international  methods  of  assaying  medicines  at  the  same  time 
that  the  content  in  active  principles  is  laid  down.  The  assay  process 
should  be  minutely  described,  and  in  cases  where  the  strength  of  the 
galenical  is  to  be  adjusted  from  an  assay,  the  method  of  preparation 
should  be  described.— Chem.  &  Drug.,  1913,  v.  83,  p.  485. 
Purity  Tests  for  Chemicals. — Biihrer,  C. :  Favors  a  periodical 
revision  of  the  pharmacopoeias,  every  ten  years  where  possible ;  a 
permanent  commission  in  each  country  to  which  would  fall  the  work 
of  keeping  in  touch  with  scientific  progress ;  and  the  creation  of  an 
International  Pharmacopceial  Bureau  for  the  carrying  out  of  the 
ideas  put  forward  by  Professor  Tschirch. — Chem.  &  Drug.,  1913, 
v.  83,  p.  485. 
International  Pharmacopceial  Bureau.— Remington,  Joseph  P, : 
An  International  Pharmacopceial  Bureau  should  be  established  in 
Europe.  Success  will  depend  upon  the  ability  of  the  director.  The 
detection  of  adulteration  and  the  collection  of  information  about 
fraud  would  be  an  important  part  of  the  work.  Abstractors  should 
aim  at  obtaining  facts  and  should  not  be  critical.  The  unification  of 
standards  and  tests  for  chemical  substances  should  be  taken  in  hand, 
and  the  formation  of  a  purity  rubric  for  each  chemical  medicament. — 
Chem.  &  Drug.,  1913,  v.  83,  p.  487. 
Regarding  the  organization  of  this  Bureau,  the  following  resolu- 
tion was  adopted :  The  Eleventh  International  Congress  of  Pharmacy 
