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International  Congresses. 
(  Am.  Jour.  Pharm 
1  September.  1901. 
of  colleges  of  pharmacy,  of  pharmaceutical  departments  of  universities,  and  of 
national  pharmacopceial  commissions.  It  is  proposed  that  each  of  these  bodies 
should  be  represented  by  three  delegates. 
"  The  proceedings  of  the  congress  shall  be  in  the  English  language  and 
interpreters  shall  be  employed  for  the  benefit  of  German,  French  and  Spanish 
visitors  for  translating  letters,  papers,  etc. 
SEVENTH  CONGRESS  IN  CHICAGO,  1 893. 
The  congress  assembled  in  first  session,  August  21,  1893.  Great 
Britain,  Canada,  Nova  Scotia,  Holland,  Belgium,  Austria,  Sweden, 
Norway,  Costa  Rica,  the  Bermudas  and  Australasia  were  represented 
by  twenty  delegates,  the  United  States  by  114.  Not  represented 
were  Germany,  France,  Russia,  Italy,  Spain,  Portugal,  Denmark. 
The  meeting  was  opened  with  addresses  by  the  Chairman  of  the 
Local  Committee,  Professor  Oldberg,  of  Chicago ;  Mr.  CarteigJie, 
President  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Society  of  Great  Britain,  and  Pro- 
fessor Patch,  President  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association. 
The  nomination  of  officers  resulted  in  the  election  of  Prof.  Joseph  P. 
Remington,  of  Philadelphia,  as  President,  and  of  fifteen  vice-presi- 
dents and  four  secretaries. 
The  main  interest  of  pharmaceutical  gatherings  in  Chicago  in  the 
month  of  August,  1893,  na<^  been  exhausted  by  the  meetings  of  the 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association  immediately  preceding  the 
International  Congress,  which  was  little  more  than  a  supplementary 
function  to  the  meeting  of  the  National  Association.  Its  proceed- 
ings fell  far  short  of  adequately  dealing  with  the  imposing  array  of 
subjects  drawn  up  under  four  sectional  divisions. 
The  first  question  considered  was:  What  progress  has  been  made 
toward  the  preparation  of  an  international  pharmacopoeia  for  potent 
remedies  ? — The  few  who  participated  in  the  discussion  agreed  in 
the  opinion  that  an  international  pharmacopoeia  including  all  im- 
portant pharmaceutical  remedies  and  suitable  to  all  countries  would 
be  impracticable,  whilst  an  international  conspectus  of  potent  reme- 
dies, as  a  standard  for  the  various  national  pharmacopoeias,  would 
be  attainable,  so  as  to  approach  in  the  course  of  new  revisions  of  the 
same  to  greater  uniformity  of  the  composition  and  strength  of 
galenical  preparations  containing  potent  drugs.  As  a  result  of  the 
brief  discussions  the  following  resolutions  were  adopted  : 
That  a  commission  be  empowered  by  this  congress  to  compile  and  publish 
an  international  pharmacopoeia  ;  that  this  commission  consist  of  one  represen- 
