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Progress  in  Pharmacy. 
(  Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
\  December,  1913. 
and  is  quite  distinct  from  that  of  other  European  countries.  The 
requirements  of  the  Brussels  Conference  are  reproduced  in  tabular 
form,  and  the  articles  corresponding  to  these  that  have  been  included 
in  the  Pharmacopoeia  are  designated  by  the  addition  of  the  letters 
"  P.  T"  to  the  sub-title.  Somewhat  striking  is  the  relatively  small 
number  of  galenical  preparations  included,  196  in  all ;  thus  there 
are  only  29  tinctures  in  the  Norwegian  Pharmacopoeia  as  compared 
with  67  in  the  British  Pharmacopoeia  and  41  in  the  German  Pharma- 
copoeia.— Chem.  &  Drug.,  1913,  v.  83,  pp.  586-587. 
British  Imperial  Pharmacopoeia, — The  proposals  put  forward  by 
Mr.  John  C.  Umney  in  his  presidential  address  to  the  jubilee  meeting 
of  the  British  Pharmaceutical  Conference  have  been  received  with 
much  favor  by  pharmacists  in  Australia,  and  although  the  several 
propositions  have  not  been  discussed  or  even  formally  considered  in 
England  itself,  it  is  believed  that  the  propositions  are  favorably 
viewed  so  thiat  the  opinions  of  all  pharmaceutical  bodies  beyond  the 
seas  should  be  ascertained  for  consideration  when  the  time  comes. — 
Chem.  &  Drug.,  1913,  v.  83,  pp.  669-670. 
H anbury  Medal. — American  pharmacists  generally  and  graduates 
of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  particularly  were  pleased 
to  learn  that  the  Hanbury  medal  was  this  year  awarded  to  Dr. 
Frederick  Belding  Power,  now  the  Director  of  the  Wellcome  Re- 
search Laboratories,  London,  England.  Dr.  Power  was  also  accorded 
the  unusual  honor  of  being  asked  to  deliver  the  address  at  the 
opening  of  the  School  of  Pharmacy  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Society. 
The  subject  of  this  address  which  is  reported  in  full  in  recent  num- 
bers of  English  drug  journals  was :  "  The  influence  and  development 
of  some  of  the  researches  of  Daniel  Hanbury." — Chem.  &  Drug., 
1913,  v.  83,  pp.  36,  61. 
Drugs  Sold  to  Dispensing  Physicians. — Puckner,  W.  A. :  Reports 
a  comprehensive  investigation  on  the  quality  of  drugs  sold  to  dis- 
pensing physicians  and  concludes  that  the  examinations  reported 
show  that  the  random  charge  of  sophistication  and  adulteration  which 
has  been  repeatedly  made  against  "  physicians'  supply  houses  "  is 
unjustified.  The  examination  does  show  as  has  been  argued  before, 
that  standard  drugs  are  likely  to  be  of  fair  quality  irrespective  of  the 
source  from  which  they  are  obtained. — /.  Am.  M.  Assoc.,  1913,  v.  61, 
PP-  855-859. 
How  to  Secure  Reliable  Drugs. — Howe,  Oliver  H. :  While  the 
modern  drug  store  may  be  a  social  necessity  as  a  general  emporium 
