The judgment of the writer is that the employment of the word “official” in the sense of “pharmacopœial” is justifiable on linguistic grounds, and that it is, moreover, fully justified by the condition of pharmacy in this country, where a clear distinction between “all sorts of medicines,” and “pharmacopœial medicines” has become necessary. Of course, the Committee of Revision,” which hoped to settle the controversy by an “official” vote, according to which the word “official” was hereafter to be used in place of “officinal,” when applied to pharmacopœial preparations or directions (see U. S. Pharm., 1890, p. xxxvi.), did not mean thereby to encroach upon the ordinary meaning of the word, which appears, for instance, on the title page of the Pharmacopœia in the sentence: “Official from January 1, 1890.” [1] Professor Husemann did not find this word in _Du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infinæ Latinitatis_. It is, however, contained in the latest edition (by Favre; Niort 1883-87), Vol. VI. p. 37. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Alumni Journal of the College of Pharmacy of the City of New York, Vo, by Various