42Q. 
Progress  in  Pharmacy. 
/Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
(  September,  1909. 
control  is  equally  necessary  whether  the  preparations  are  made  by 
the  pharmacist  himself  or  purchased  ready  made. — Pharm.  ZentraJb., 
1909,  v.  50,  pp.  537-539- 
The  Regeneration  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Laboratory.— To  insure 
the  identity  and  activity  of  pharmacopceial  medicaments,  in  Germanv, 
it  has  been  proposed  to  compel  the  home  manufacture  of  all  galeni- 
cal preparations.  The  Pharmazeutische  Zeitung  (1909,  v.  54,  p. 
467)  contains  a  complete  list  of  the  preparations  that  it  is  proposed 
to  include  in  the  forthcoming  requirement.  The  list  as  printed  in- 
cludes aromatic  waters,  fluidextracts,  tinctures,  syrups,  spirits,  lini- 
ments, solutions,  plasters,  ointments,  wines,  and  the  preparation  of 
all  drug  powders  from  the  crude  material. 
Foot-and-mouth  Disease. — A  statement  from  the  Bureau  of  Ani- 
mal Industry  of  the  U.  S.  Department  of  Agriculture  outlines  the 
origin  and  the  method  of  spreading  the  recent  epidemic  of  foot- 
and-mouth  disease,  by  cattle  infected  by  means  of  a  contaminated 
vaccine  virus.  While  there  was  and  is  now  no  danger  of  communi- 
cating this  disease  to  human  beings,  its  existence  unnoticed  for  so 
long  a  time  is  unfortunate. — /.  Am.  Med.  Assoc.,  1909,  v.  52,  pp. 
1 679- 1 680. 
Coal-tar  Antipyretics. — Bulletin  126  of  the  Bureau  of  Chemistry, 
entitled  "  The  Harmful  Effects  of  Acetanilid,  Antipyrin  and  Phe- 
nacetin  "  presents  a  compilation  of  the  reported  cases  of  poisoning 
by  these  drugs  and  incidentally  illustrates  the  danger  of  the  popular 
use  of  coal-tar  antipyretics. 
Comments  on  the  U.S.P. — Bulletin  49  of  the  Hygienic  Labora- 
tory, Public  Health  and  Marine-Hospital  Service,  is  the  first  of  a 
series  of  comments  on  the  Pharmacopoeia  compiled  at  the  request 
of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  U.S.P.  Convention.  An  editorial 
in  the  Pharmaceutical  Era  points  out  that :  "  As  an  expression  of 
Federal  interest  in  a  volume  of  National  consequence  Bulletin  49 
marks  a  fresh  milestone  in  the  U.S.P.  progress  secondary  only  to 
the  action  of  Congress  in  making  it  the  official  standard  by  legal 
enactment  in  the  Pure  Food  and  Drugs  Act  of  June  30,  1906."  The 
Chemist  and  Druggist  (London)  says  of  Bulletin  49 :  "  It  is  a  use- 
ful compilation,  not  only  for  the  Revision  Committee  but  for  all 
pharmacists  who  are  enthusiasts  in  pharmacy." 
Criticisms  of  the  British  Pharmacopoeia. — Henry  G.  Greenish, 
the  secretary  of  the  Ph.  Brit.  Committee  of  Reference  in  Phar- 
macy, in  thanking  contributors  of  criticisms  says :  "  The  desire  has 
