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lary,  which  is  printed  in  full  in  the  October  Bulletin  of  the  Ameri- 
can Pharmaceutical  Association,  is  also  of  vital  interest  to  pharma- 
cists and  every  active  member  of  the  profession  should  appoint 
himself  a  committee  of  one  to  review  and  comment  on  this  report. 
■  The  New  Hungarian  Pharmacopoeia  (Ph.  Hung.  Ill)  was  exhib- 
ited before  Section  V  of  the  16th  International  Medical  Congress, 
held  at  Budapest,  and  attracted  considerable  attention.  The  new 
book  becomes  official  on  January  i,  1910,  by  which  time  it  must  be  in 
possession  of  every  apothecary,  physician,  and  veterinarian  in  the 
Kingdom  of  Hungary.  The  book  is  said  to  be  modern  in  every 
respect  and  to  compare  well  with  other  pharmacopoeias  that  have 
been  published  during  recent  years. 
Dutch  Pharmacopoeia. — A  number  of  proposed  additions  to  and 
corrections  of  the  requirements  now  included  in  the  Netherlands 
Pharmacopoeia  are  presented  in  the  P  har  mac  cutis  ch  W  eekblacl. 
Among  the  proposed  new  additions  are  acidum  acetylo-salicylicum 
with  aspirinum  as  a  synonym,  acidum  diethyl  barbituricum  with 
veronalum  as  a  synonym,  diethylamido-antipyrinum,  pyramidonum 
and  hexamethylenum  tetraminum  with  urotropinum  as  a  synonym.— 
Pharm.  Weekblad,  1909,  46,  pp.  969-989. 
International  Standards  for  Drugs. — The  International  Con- 
gress for  the  Repression  of  Fraud  which  met  in  the  City  of  Paris, 
October  17  to  24,  discussed  a  rather  lengthy  program  devoted  to  the 
possible  development  of  international  standards  for  drugs  and 
chemicals.  While  the  program  has  much  to  commend  it,  it  is  ques- 
tionable indeed  if  the  time  is  opportune  for  so  ambitious  a  venture. 
The  proceedings  are  reported  at  some  length  in  the  Chemist  and 
Druggist  (London,  1909,  Oct.  30,  pp.  681-683). 
Section  XI  of  the  International  Congress  for  Applied  Chemistry 
submitted  a  series  of  resolutions  bearing  on  patents  and  trade- 
marks which,  if  put  into  force,  would  eliminate  the  present-day 
'discrimination  and  have  the  effect  of  instituting  more  equitable 
provisions  for  international  patent  and  trade-mark  legislation.  This 
proposition  is  to  be  discussed  at  greater  length  by  the  congress "  to 
meet,  in  1912,  in  this  country. 
The  Scope  of  Preventive  Medicine.— Dr.  J.  H.  White,  in  the 
Chairman's  address  before  the  Section  on  Preventive  Medicine  and 
Public  Health  Of  -trie-  American  Medical  Association,  points  out  that 
without  the  incessant  labor  of  public  health  advocates  such  cities 
as  New  York,  London,  and  Paris  could"  not  exist,  and  that  every 
