Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-09-11
THE PHARMAcopoEIA.
Druggists Will Revise Their Text eooI
at Next Meetino.

Druggists Will Revise Their Text Book
at Next Meeting.
Des Moines, Sept. 1I-Iowa druggists
are looking forward with the keenest in
terest to the meeting of the American
Pharmaceutical association. which will
be held in ST Louis. Sept. 16 to u. At
this meeting it is expected there will be
la settlement of the d1cennial fight that
srecurs whenever new pharmacopoeia
lis formulated.
The pharmacopoeia for the United
States contains an authoritative list OF
medicines, their formulas and methods
of preparation. 1t Is presumably in the
hands of every pharmacist 1t is revised
every ten years by the American Phar-
maceutical association, with which rep
resentatives of medical profession are
allowed to cooperate in the revision. A
committee of the association does the
real work of revision, and the commit
tees work is ratified with or without
modification as the association see fit.
After the revision is completed, the as
ISOLATION makes contract with some
publishing house and the pharmaco-
poeia is issued in book form. 1t is sold
to druggists at fixed price and the as
returns.
In recent years the revision cf the
pharmacopoeia has been an especially
difficult task in view of the large num-
Der of new medical preparations that
have been invented, such as antitoxin
and host of others. 1t is presumed
when medicine is listed in the phar-
macopoeia it is open for use and manu-
& foc %,,rn ~, -. 4
some of the new preparations, the
names for which are copyrighted. there
are objections to entering them IN the
pharmacopoeia inasmuch as they can
not lawfully be manufactured under
the copyright name. Hence their adj
mission into the pharmacopoeia re-
bounds to the benefit of the manufact-
uring concern holding the copyright.
This being the case. it is the custom
| of late years for the sessions of the asso
| citation. especially whenever there is to
I be revision of the pharmacopoeia, to
be attended by agents and lobbyists OF
big manufacturing medical companies
\ almost without number seeking to get
their wares listed in the pharmacopoeia
The present meeting will be particularly
notable in the regard.
1 The new pharmacopoeia should have
been in print already. On account of the
delay there will be strong pressure tc
have the revision completed at this ses-
sion.
The delegates from Iowa to the meet
| ing are Fletcher Howard, OF the state
pharmacy commission, w. II. Tot betl
of Dubuque, F. j. Gressler. of Chaplin
l.. NJ. Bosworth. of Ames, and Charles
Webb. of Dewitt.
Mr.. Howard said yesterday he would
attend the meeting. He is looking for.
ward to an unusually interesting SEES
sion. Mr.. Howard discussed the revi.
sion of the pharmacopoeia and pointed
out the connection between the revision
of the pharmacopoeia and the prepare
ton of the dlspensary. The dispense
4 tory, which is a larger volume than tn
pharmacopoeia, is not in the hands o
the association and can be prepared b,
anyone. 1t is the nature of comment
airy on the medicines listed in the phar,
macopoeia. Usually the publication O
the dispensary follows the revision D
the phamacopoeia, but in this case, il
4 view of the delay in getting out the lat
ter, new dispensatory has lately beer
4 published.