Am  .Tonr.  Pharm.) 
June.  1883.  J 
Editorial. 
335 
Del6ry,  of  Bay,  St.  Louis,  is  working  earnestly  towards  this  end,  and  it  is 
to  be  hoped  that  his  efforts  may  be  successful.  Mississippi  was  one  of  the 
firsi  States  in  which  a  pharmaceutical  society  embracing  pharmacists  from 
all  p;irtsof  the  State,  had  been  formed.  This  occurred  May  29th,  1871,  and 
for  t-everal  years  afterwards  its  delegates  were  present  at  the  meetings  of 
the  Americcin  Pharmuceutical  Association.  Tiie  two  vStates  directly  east, 
Alabama  and  Georgia,  and  the  two  directly  west,  Louisiana  and  Texas, 
have  pharmaceutical  associations,  and  it  would  seem  that  a  revival  of  the 
Mississippi  association  should  meet  with  hearty  support. 
Dauphin  Co.,  Pa.,  Pharmaceutical  Association. — A  permanent 
organization  was  effected  at  Harrisburg  May  11th,  with  a  membership  of 
24;  a  constitution  and  by-laws  were  adopted  and  the  following  officers 
elected:  President,  D.  W.  Gross;  Vice  President,  Dr.  W.  H.  Egle ;  Secre- 
tary, Dr.  J.  A.  Miller;  Treasurer,  Dr.  G.  H.  Markley ;  Executive  Commit- 
tee, Messrs.  Chas.  T.  George,  I.  D.  Lutz,  and  J.  Wilson  Hoffa. 
EDITORIAL  DEPARTMENT. 
Objections  Urged  against  the  New  Pharmacopoeia.— Prof.  Old- 
berg  has  done  good  service  by  a  paper  published  in  the  May  number  of  the 
^'  St.  Louis  Courier  of  Medicine,"  in  which  he  considers  the  various  objec- 
tions and  answers  them  in  a  clear  and  convincing  way.  The  objections 
urged  are, 
1.  Hazardous  increase  of  strength.  Prof.  Oldberg  shows  that  all  pre- 
parations that  could  possibly  be  classed  under  this  head  are  the  following  : 
Soluticmof  Arsenious  Acid,  former  dose,  5  minims;  present  dose,  4i  minims. 
Fowler's  Solution, 
Tincture  of  Opium, 
Tincture  of  Aloes, 
Tincture  of  Cantharides, 
Tincture  of  Capsicum, 
Tincture  of  Lobelia. 
5  " 
13 
lto6fi.dr. 
10  minims, 
20 
40 
41 
11 
ito2fl.dr. 
7  minims. 
14 
30 
But  he  very  correctly  argues  that  any  great  reduction  in  strength  would 
be  quite  as  harmful  as  the  changes  in  the  other  direction.  To  assist  the 
opponents  he  gives  the  following  table  : 
former  dose,  40  minims;  present  dose,  55  minims. 
Vinegar  of  Lobelia, 
Vinegar  of  Opium,  "  "  7 
Vinegar  of  Sanguinaria,  "  "  15 
Vinegar  of  Squill,  "  "  15 
Tincture  of  Aconite,  "  "  2| 
Tincture  of  Cannabis  Indica,  "  "  10 
Tincture  of  Stramonium,  "  "  10 
Tinct.  of  Veratrum  viride,  "  5 
Wine  of  Opium,  "  "8 
11 
20 
20 
3 
17 
13 
11 
