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THE last edition of the “British Pharmacopoeia” was issued in 1885, and though a thin volume of “Additions” was published by the General Medical Council in 1890, the progress of science and the requirements of medical practice have rendered necessary a complete revision of the official handbook. The work has accordingly been entrusted to a Committee of the Council, consisting of Sir Richard Quain, F.R.S., Chairman, the only remaining member of the Committee of 1885; Sir Dyce Duckworth and Mr. Carter, of London; Dr. Leech, of Manchester; Dr. Batty Tuke, of Edinburgh; Dr. Donald MacAlister, of Cambridge; Dr. McVail, of Glasgow; and Dr. Atthill and Dr. Moore, of Dublin. Dr. Nestor Tirard, of King's College, London, has been appointed secretary to the Committee, and Prof. Attfield, F.R.S., of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, general editor. On questions of chemistry, Dr. T. E. Thorpe, F.R.S., Principal of the Government Laboratory at Somerset House, with Prof. Emerson Reynolds, F.R.S., of Dublin, and Prof. Tilden, F.R.S., of the Royal College of Science, have been invited to act as scientific referees, Mr. W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, F.R.S., Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and Mr. Holmes, Curator of the Pharmaceutical Society's Museum, have received a similar invitation as regards botanical questions. The rapid growth of experimental pharmacology has, moreover, rendered it desirable to enlist expert assistance in regard to the physiological properties and actions of new remedies, and accordingly difficult questions of this nature will be referred to Dr. Lauder Brunton, of London, Prof. Fraser, of Edinburgh, and Prof. W. G. Smith, of Dublin. Lastly, on matters of pharmacy, the Pharmaceutical Society have been asked to give their valuable aid, and have promptly formed a strong committee of practical experts. To this committee many questions as to the compounding and preparation of drugs will doubtless have to be referred.
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The Revision of the “British Pharmacopœia”. Nature 52, 510–511 (1895). https://doi.org/10.1038/052510a0
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