United State Naval Medical Bulletin Author:Unknown Author Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CURRENT COMMENT. It is to be remembered that in the publication of these comments the Bureau does not necessarily undertake to indorse the opinions expressed,... more » but will lend the pages of this section to discussion of such contemporary topics as will be of interest and value to the service. United States Pharmacopoeia! Convention. The bureau has received notification that a call will soon be made for delegates to the United States Pharmacopoeial Convention, to be held in May, 1910. It is the desire of the bureau that the medical officers and pharmacists of the navy shall interest themselves in this important work, particularly in view of the greater importance which the " Pharmacopoeia " has assumed by reason of its adoption by the Government as the legal standard in the national pure foods and drugs act. To this end, and to invite a free expression of views, the bureau will receive any criticisms based on the present "Pharmacopoeia " or suggestions for the next revision, and will, at the proper time, place them in the hands of the delegates to be designated to represent the navy at the pharmacopoeial convention. CONCERNING EXTRACTS AND ABSTRACTS FOR PUBLICATION. In the section "Progress in medical sciences," under the heading "Hygiene and sanitation," will be found an extract forwarded for publication by Surg. L. W. Curtis. Mention is made of this contribution because it is an example of the interest which it is desired that all medical officers and members of the Hospital Corps should take in bringing important professional news to the attention of the medical branch of the navy. In forwarding his extract, Surgeon Curtis says: The inclosed extract from a translated edition of the "Surgical and Medical History of the Naval War Between Japan and China" is though...« less