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time  to  the  desirability  of  full  representation  of  the  various  phar- 
maceutical organizations  at  the  meeting.  The  Constitution  and  By- 
Laws  of  the  Convention  1  should  be  read  by  the  members  of  the 
various  bodies  and  organizations,  and  recommendations  should  be 
formulated  in  advance  to  be  presented  by  their  delegates.  Unless 
this  is  done  the  members  of  the  organizations  who  can  assist 
materially  in  the  work  of  the  next  revision  will  not  have  done  their 
whole  duty  in  making  the  U.  S.  Pharmacopoeia  of  19 10  the  repre- 
sentative work  that  it  should  be — a  work  that  reflects  the  practices 
and  accords  with  the  stage  of  progress  of  the  profession,  whose 
members  are  obliged  to  adhere  to  the  formulae  and  tests  therein 
given  and  whose  products  must  conform  to  its  standards  and  pass 
the  scrutiny  of  both  the  Government  and  State  analysts. 
In  accordance  with  a  recommendation  made  by  the  President 
at  the  meeting  in  1900  the  U.  S.  Pharmacopceial  Convention  became 
an  incorporated  body.  According  to  the  Constitution  adopted, 
membership  in  the  Convention  includes  delegates  from  the  follow- 
ing national  associations:  The  American  Medical  Association,  The 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  The  American  Chemical 
Society.  The  membership  also  includes  delegates  from  incorporated 
medical  colleges,  and  medical  schools  connected  with  incorporated 
colleges  and  universities ;  incorporated  colleges  of  pharmacy,  and 
pharmaceutical  schools  connected  with  incorporated  universities ; 
incorporated  State  medical  associations ;  incorporated  State  pharma- 
ceutical associations.  Other  organizations  whose  delegates  "  were 
admitted  to  representation  in  the  Convention  of  1900,"  are  likewise 
entitled  to  representation. 
It  is  thus  seen  that  the  membership  of  the  Convention  is  limited 
to  delegates  from  certain  organizations  only.  But  it  should  be 
pointed  out  that  ten  years  ago  it  was  difficult  to  foresee  that  other 
influential  organizations  would  come  into  the  field  of  pharmaceutical 
activity  which  it  would  be  desirable  to  have  represented.  However, 
the  Constitution  provides  for  this  contingency,  and  those  organiza- 
tions which  were  not  admitted  to  membership  at  the  1900  meeting 
or  are  not  now  entitled  to  representation  according  to  Article  II 
of  the  Constitution,  should  make  application  for  an  amendment  to, 
1  See  page  525  for  the  Constitution  and  By-Laws  of  the  U.  S.  Pharma- 
copceial Convention. 
