Am.  Jovir.  Pharm 
June,  i8So. 
Editorial, 
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Dr.  Robert  Amory,  Brookline,  Mass.       H.  B.  Parsons,  Washington,  D.  C, 
Dr.  F.  A.  Castle,  New  York.  Dr.  H.  G.  Piffard,  New  York. 
Dr.  D.  L.  Huntington,  U.  S.  Army.        Prof.  Jos.  P.  Remington,  Philadelphia. 
Dr.  B.  F.  Gibbs,  U.  S.  Navy.  Charles  Rice,  New  York. 
Prof.  O.  Oldberg,  U.  S.  Mar.  Hosp.  Serv.  Dr.  W.  S.  W.  Ruschenberger,  Phila. 
Prof.  P.  W.  Bedford,  New  York.  Dr.  E.  R.  Squibb,  Brooklyn. 
Prof.  C.  Louis  Diehl,  Louisville,  Ky.       A.  B.  Taylor,  Philadelphia. 
Louis  Dohme,  Baltimore,  Md.  W.  S.  Thompson,  Washington. 
Thos.  Doliber,  Boston,  Mass.  Prof.  O.  A.  Wall,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Dr.  Lawrence  Johnson,  New  York.  Dr.  E.  S.  Wood,  Cambridge,  Mass. 
Prof.  J.  F.  Judge,  Cincinnati.  Dr.  T.  F.  Wood,  North  Carolina. 
Prof.  J.  M.  Maisch,  Philadelphia.  Prof.  T.  G.  Wormley,  Philadelphia. 
Prof.  G.  F.  H.  Markoe,  Boston. 
The  report  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  so  far  as  it  relates  to 
general  principles,  was  practically  adopted.    These  refer  to  the  following  points: 
The  text  of  the  U.  S.  Pharmacopoeia  to  be  written  in  the  English  language. 
Titles  of  preparations,  etc.,  to  be  in  both  Latin  and  English.  An  alphabetical 
arrangement  of  the  subjects,  use  of  synonyms,  cross  references,  description  of  crude 
drugs,  description  of  chemicals,  introduction  of  chemical  formulas,  processes  for 
cheinicah,  expressions  of  quantity,  numerical  relations  of  quantities,  fluid  extracts, 
the  best  practical  process  to  be  left  to  final  committee.  Temperature  to  be  expressed 
in  both  Centigrade  and  Fahrenheit.  Definition  of  physical  propertiesof  drugs  and 
preparations  to  be  given.  A  uniform  method  of  taking  specific  gravity  to  be  per- 
•scribed.  When  definite  expressions  of  weight  are  necessary,  as  in  pills,  etc.,  metric  and 
apothecaries'  weight  to  be  used.  Weight  of  finished  product  to  be  specified,  and  a 
number  of  tables  were  proposed  to  be  appended. 
The  proposition  to  have  a  table  of  doses  in  the  Pharmacopoeia  was  negatived.  A 
table  of  saturations  to  be  added,  and  such  other  tables  as  might  seem  advisable. 
The  Committee  of  Revision  and  Publication  was  instructed  to  award  the  publica- 
tion of  the  Pharmacopoeia  of  the  United  States  to  the  publishing  house  offering  the 
best  terms;  the  committee  to  hold  the  copyright,  the  price  of  the  work  to  be  fixed, 
and  the  book  to  be  sold  through  the  ordinary  trade  channels.  The  authority  was 
also  given  to  publish  a  new  edition  or  a  supplement  to  the  Pharmacopoeia  at  the  end 
of  five  years,  or  oftener  if  necessary.  The  committee  were  instructed  to  fill  all 
vacancies  which  may  occur  in  its  body,  and  to  drop,  by  a  vote  of  two-thirds  of  the 
committee,  any  member  who  may  neglect  to  perform  the  work  which  he  had 
accepted,  or  who  failed  to  attend  five  consecutive  meetings  of  the  committee  with- 
out valid  excuse. 
The  committee  were  also  empowered  to  employ  expert  labor. 
It  was  ordered  that  the  call  for  the  next  convention  should  include  "all  incor- 
porated pharmaceutical  and  medical  colleges,  all  incorporated  pharmaceutical  and 
medical  societies,  and  the  army,  navy  and  marine  hospital  service  of  the  United 
States." 
It  was  resolved  that  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  and  American 
Medical  Association  be  invited  to  send  delegatss  to  the  next  convention. 
The  roll  of  the  convention  was  called,  and  seventy-four  delegates  responded. 
Dr.  Minis  Hayes  called  the  attention  of  the  convention  to  the  fact  that  the 
*' College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  in  the  city  of  New  York  "  ^  was  a  society 
^This  is  not  the  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  (Medical  Department  Columbia  College),  which 
was  represented  also,  but  the  New  York  County  Medical  Society  in  disguise  (see  "New  York  Medieal 
Record,"  May  15,  p.  551. 
