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6. What is a rubefacient? Name the two which you think are the 



most used. 



7. Name tlie dififercnt ways in which corrosive subHmate acts. 



8. Give the official Latin and EngHsh titles, definition, home, prop- 



erties and uses, preparations and dose of Henbane. 



9. What is the active principle of oil of Gaultheria? What other 



sources arc there for it? 



10. What are the properties and uses of Gentian? 



11. Name the class of medicines to which each of the following be- 



long: Granatum ; Valerian; Calumba ; Dldcamara ; Podophyl- 

 lum ; Rochelle Salt ; Bitter Orange ; Water ; Iron ; Peppermint. 



12. Name all the official drugs of the Umbelliferae. 



TOXICOLOGY. 



Spring, 1913. 



1. In what does the poisonous action of the nitrites consist? 



2. How does the action of methyl alcohol differ from that of alcohol ? 



3. Describe the symptoms and treatment of poisoning by nicotine. 



4. State the largest dose of each of the following that you would be 



disposed to dispense without special instructions : Phenol ; 

 Fowler's Solution ; Wine of Antimony ; Dover's Powder ; 

 Fluid Extract Geranium ; Powdered Squill ; Resin of Scam- 

 mony ; Tincture of Belladonna ; Atropine ; Extract of Gentian. 



5. To what class of poisons does each of the following belong: 



Hydrocyanic Acid ; Capsicum ; Caffeine ; Elaterinum ; Nitric 

 Acid ; Strychnine ; Veraturum Acetanilide ; Emetine ; Physo- 

 stigmine. 



6. What is the immediate cause of death in poisoning by strychnine, 



in an ordinary case? 



7. Describe, the train of injurious effects from chronic alcohol 



poisoning ? 



8. What are the poisonous effects of Ergot? 



