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C. U. C. P. ALUMNI JOURNAL 



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Conducted by Prof. H. V. Arny. 



GENERAL INFORMATION . 



T. Telephone inquiries will be an- 

 swered cheerfully without charge. Res- 

 idents of Greater New York or vicinity 

 wishing to inquire about some pharma- 

 ceutical problem will ring up the In- 

 formation Bureau, Columbus 117, and 

 will receive information immediately, if 

 same is accessible. 



2. Non-residents will have their prob- 

 lems answered in the next issue of the 

 C. U, C. p. Alumni Journal without 

 cost, if they send their inquiries by mail. 



3. Those not wishing to wait for their 

 information until the next issue of the 

 Journal may have their inquiries an- 

 swered by mail by enclosing a self- 

 addressed stamped envelope. 



4. Problems requiring extended re- 

 search will be handled for a fee as 

 moderate as consistent with high grade 

 service. 



5. Translations of articles from for- 

 eign languages, either in full or in ab- 

 stract, as well as transcripts of papers 

 appearing in English or American phar- 

 maceutical, chemical or botanical periodi- 

 cals will be prepared for those desiring 

 to pay for such service. 



6. As in the past, all visitors to the 

 library, desiring to do their own re- 

 search w^ork, will be given courteous 

 attention. 



H. V. Arny, Librarian. 

 Adelaide Rudolph, Bibliography. 

 Jeannot Hostmann, Queries. 



ANSWERS TO QUERIES, 



**RooseveIt R. & S. No. 3.^— W. H. 



B., New York. — Through the courtesy 

 of Mr. George W. Stock, pharmacist at 



the Roosevelt Hospital, we learn that 



the above named prescription calls for 



tablets, each of which represents 



Rhubarb 



Sodium bicarbonate 



Ipecac 



Tincture of nux vomica 

 U. S. P., 1890 



Oil of black pepper 



Compound Tincture of Iodine. — A. 



H., New York. — This is a preparation 

 that was official in the United States 

 Pharmacopoeia of 1870. 

 as follows: 



Iodine 



Potassium iodide 



Alcohol 

 Make a solution. 



2 grams 

 5 grains 

 14 grain 



5 mmims 

 /i minim 



Its receipt is 



Yz troy ounce 

 I troy ounce 

 I pint 



Methyl-para-amido-phenol. — R. F., 



New York. — This is the chemical name 

 for metol, which was discussed at some 

 length in the JOURNAL for May, page 

 120. 



Legal Queries. — During the month, 

 we have answered a number of queries 

 relating to pharmacy laws, local, state, 

 and national, emphasizing each time that 

 the information given was merely the 

 personal opinion of a layman. For this 

 reason we do not print such answers, 

 since in serious legal matters, a lawyer 

 should be consulted. 



