Deane,  who  was  unable  to  attend, —

"  It  was  resolved, — That,  in  the  opinion  of  this  committee,  it
is  desirable  that  the  members  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Society
of  Edinburgh  should  be  left  at  liberty  to  reply  individually,
according  to  their  own  experience,  to  the  inquiries  of  the
'College  of  Physicians  of  Edinburgh ;  but  in  order  that  the
London  and  Edinburgh  colleges  may  receive  the  same  re-
commendations, and  to  further  the  production  of  a  national
Pharmacopoeia,  it  is  desirable  that  the  members  of  the
Pharmaceutical  Society  in  Edinburgh  should,  as  a  body,
communicate  with  the  Pharmaceutical  Society  in  London,


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and  that  the  London  society   should  communicate  their  final
conclusions  and  recommendations  to  both  colleges.
"  I  have  the  honour  to  be,  Sir,  your  obedient  Servant,

"  FRED.  J.  FARRE,  M.D.,

"  Chairman  of  the  Pharmacopoeia  Committee"
"  To  the  Chairman  of  the  Pharmacopoeia  Committee
of  the  Pharmaceutical  Society  of  Great  Britain."

Evidence  having  been  thus  afforded  that  the  Colleges  of
Physicians  and  the  pharmaceutical  chemists  were  disposed
and  prepared  to  render  all  the  assistance  they  could  in  the
production  of  the  new  Pharmacopoeia,  it  remained  for  the
Medical  Council  to  organize  the  necessary  arrangements  for
carrying  this  important  object  into  effect,  nor  were  they  long
in  doing  so.  Pharmacopoeia  committees  were  appointed  in
England,  Scotland,  and  Ireland.
At  a  meeting  of  the  Council  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Society
specially  convened  on  the  15th  of  December,  the  following
letter  was  read : —

"  8-1,  HARLEY  STREET,  CAVENDISH  SQUARE,

"  lOtf*  Dec.,  1858.
