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liquid, tincture of cudbear is added as 

 color and lastly enough water is added to 

 make one liter of syrup. 



N. F. IV directs that the preparation, 

 which is given the official title of com- 

 pound syrup of phosphate.s be made by 

 mixing 500 mils of stronger compound 

 solution of phosphates with tincture of 

 cudbear, glycerin and enough syrup to 

 make i liter. The stronger compound 

 solution of phosphates is made by trit- 

 urating together precipitated calcium 

 carbonate, potassium and sodium bicar- 

 bonates, citric acid, glycerin, orange 

 flower water and phosphoric acid and 

 mixing the resulting fluid with a solu- 

 tion of ferric phosphate and ammonium 

 phosphate in hot water. Barring the 

 glycerin (375 mils) and the phosphoric 

 acid (140 mils) the quantity of the chem- 

 icals mentioned above directed for mak- 

 ing one liter of the official stronger 

 compound solution is just twice that 

 directed in making the syrup of N. F. 

 II L This is to be expected, since 500 

 mils of the stronger compound solution 

 is used in making i liter of the syrup of 

 N. F. IV, and which therefore has ap- 

 proximately the same composition as 

 that of the former edition. 



The Composition of Proprietary 

 Preparations. — A number of queries to 

 the composition of proprietary remedies 

 have been answered by telephone during 

 the past month, by reporting analyses 

 published by chemists in various bureaus 

 devoted to such work. For various rea- 

 sons, at this time we will not print the 

 answers to such queries, but will refer 

 our readers to the two publications of 



the American Medical Association, "The 

 Propaganda of Reform in Proprietary 

 Medicines" and "Nostrums and Quack- 

 ery" as well as to the Bulletins of the 

 food and drug departments of the States 

 of Connecticut, Ohio, Indiana and North 

 Dakota, all of which we have in the 

 library. 



Eschbach's Reagent.— E. F. S., New 

 York. — While several modified recipes 

 for this well-known diagnostic fluid are 

 found in the literature, the usual one 

 calls for the dissolving of 10 gm. of 

 picric acid and 20 gm. of citric acid in 

 I liter of water. It should be noted that 

 picric acid sometimes causes irritation of 

 the skin, hence care must be taken in 

 manipulating it during the manufacture 

 of the solution. 



Names of Manufacturers. — We glad- 

 ly furnish our querists with information 

 concerning the manufacturers of goods 

 handled by the drug trade, but for 

 obvious reasons, such answers are not 

 published in this department. 



Totopan is a mixture of the combined 

 alkaloids of opium, in accordance with a 

 formula of Prof, van der Wielen. 



R ECIPROCITY . 



Thirty-six states are now reciprocat- 

 ing pharmacy certificates through the 

 National Association of Boards of Phar- 

 macy. 



For information and blanks address 

 H. C, Christensen, secretary N. A. B. of 

 Ph., 450 Bowen avenue, Chicago, III. 



