22nd Dispensatory

The U. S. Pharmacopoeia, published by the U. S.

Pharmacopoeia Revision Committee (17 doctors, 33 pharmacists), contains the legal specifications for preparing and testing 568 pure drugs. The National Formulary, published by the American Pharmaceutical Association, is a compendium of 500 popular formulas. The American Pharmaceutical Recipe Book, also published by the American Pharmaceutical Association, is a collection of 2,000 formulas taken from pharmacopoeias all over the world, chemical formulas and prescriptions for dental and cosmetic preparations, poisons and antidotes. New & Nonofficial Remedies, published by the American Medical Association, describes new drugs which A. M. A. authorities approve. Revised editions of these four important fat volumes, which every U. S. pharmacist must own, were put into circulation last week. Last week the fifth must book for all U. S. pharmacists, the U. S. Dispensatory, appeared in its 22nd edition. Published by Philadelphia's old J. B. Lippincott Co., edited by Professor Horatio Charles Wood of the University of Pennsylvania and the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy & Science, the Dispensatory tells how to prepare 28,000 compounds, practically any prescription any physician might order. Last week's issue of the Dispensatory marked a milestone. Billed as the "centennial edition," it was actually four years late because Editor Wood did such a faithful and thorough job that he could not get the book out on time.

Editorship of the Dispensatory has been in the hands of one family since the first volume appeared in 1833. First editor was Dr. George Bacon Wood (1797-1879)> Philadelphia Quaker, physician and pharmacologist. Next came Dr. Horatio Charles Wood (1841-1920), his Quaker nephew, a pharmacologist and neurologist. His Presbyterian grandnephew, the present Dr. Horatio Charles Wood, then took over the job. Last week, when he stacked the first Dispensatory on his desk beside the last, Pharmacologist Wood was looking at a proud scientific family monument.

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