THE 
AMERICAN JOURNAL 
OP 
PHARMACY. 
OCTOBER, 
ART. XXX.-REMARKS ON THE BRITISH AND UNITED 
STATES PHARMACOPOEIAS. 
The latest editions of these Pharmacopoeias are the Dub- 
lin Pharmacopoeia of 1826, the London, of 1836, the Edin- 
burgh, of 1841, and the United States, of 1842. The Edin- 
burgh Pharmacopoeia of 1841 is the second edition, with cor- 
rections, of the recently revised work; the first edition having 
appeared in 1839. The revised work presents one striking 
and judicious change, namely, its publication in the English 
language; the Latin being retained only for the officinal 
names. The United States Pharmacopoeia was first publish- 
ed in 1820, and the edition of 1842 is the result of the second 
decennial revision. As originally printed, it was in Latin, 
with an English translation on the opposite page. But upon 
the recent revision, it was deemed advisable to follow the ex- 
ample of the Edinburgh College, and print every part in the 
English language, except the officinal names. 
Having originally derived the greater part of our Pharma- 
cy from the British Islands, we are necessarily much inter- 
ested in the progress of Pharmacology in the British Domi- 
nions. Our first Pharmacopoeia was chiefly made up of selec- 
tions of formulae from the British Pharmacopoeias, and our 
successive revisions have been much aided by a careful study 
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