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International  Congresses. 
f  Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
\      August,  1901. 
Mr.  von  Waldheirn,  of  Austria,  Mr.  Sinimberghi,  of  Italy,  Dr.  de 
Vrij,  of  Holland,  Mr.  Lotze,  of  Denmark,  Dr.  Gille,  of  Belgium, 
and  Professor  Oldberg,  of  the  United  States  of  America. 
The  opinions  and  propositions  as  to  the  interval  between  the 
successive  revisions  of  the  national  pharmacopoeias  were  somewhat 
divergent,  five  years  being  considered  the  minimum  and  ten  years 
the  maximum.  The  opinion  prevailed  that  a  Standing  Pharmaco- 
pceial  Committee  was  preferable  to  a  temporary  one  at  the  time  of 
each  revision,  and  that  such  committee  should  consist  of  a  majority 
of  pharmacists. 
A  discussion  on  pharmacopoeial  nomenclature  also  took  place. 
This  question,  as  well  as  that  of  revision,  was  duly  taken  in  consid- 
eration in  the  final  resolutions  passed  in  regard  to  an  international 
pharmacopoeia,  stated  on  page  377. 
The  question  of  pharmaceutical  education  being  a  permanent 
feature  of  pharmaceutical  congresses,  was  again  discussed  at  great 
length,  each  speaker  reflecting  the  methods  and  views  prevailing  in 
his  country.  The  general  opinion  shared  by  all  seemed,  however, 
to  be  that  higher  requirements  as  to  preliminary  and  to  professional 
education,  both  in  apprenticeship  and  university  or  college  instruc- 
tion, are  requisite,  and  that  the  curriculum  of  the  branches  of  instruc- 
tion should  be  enlarged  in  compliance  with  the  recent  extensions 
in  the  domains  of  chemical,  pharmacognostical  and  microscopic 
knowledge  and  application.  An  approximate  uniformity  in  the 
methods  and  the  scope  of  professional  education  was  also  recom- 
mended as  desirable. 
A  motion  by  Mr.  Petit,  of  Paris,  "  that  it  is  desirable  in  all 
countries  that  the  curriculum  of  professional  education  of  the  phar- 
macist should  be  made  uniform  with  that  ot  the  grade  of  doctor  of 
medicine,"  was  laid  upon  the  table,  and,  in  conclusion,  the  whole 
question  was  left  an  open  one  to  be  considered  by  subsequent  con- 
gresses. 
The  last  question  discussed  was  on  the  relations  of  pharmacists  to 
the  medical  profession  and  the  public.  This  intricate  subject  of 
long  standing  evidently  met  with  little  interest,  as  its  bearing  is  a 
very  different  one  in  the  various  countries,  and  no  special  action 
was  taken. 
In  conclusion,  the  place  for  holding  the  next  Congress  was  taken 
into  consideration.    Only  one  invitation  had  been  received,  namely, 
