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13. What is the source of Benzol? Write its formula and name the compounds 

 which it forms with nitric acid. 



14. How would you accomplish the separation of Arsenic from Antimony, both be- 

 ing contained in the same solution ? 



15. Complete the following equations : 



A. aKI + HoOu^ C. KIO3 + 3C = 



B. NH4N0.^ + Heat = D. Ca{FH^O,).2 + K^QO-^^. 



PHARMACY. 



1. How many grains are there in each of the following : 



a. One avoirdupoise ounce, c. One dekagramme, 



d. One troy pound, d. One decigramme. 



2. Name the various causes which give rise to precipitates in fluid extracts. 



3. Give details of a process for the manufacture of sodium salicylate. State what 

 precautions must be taken to insure a white product. 



4. How is tincture of ferric chloride prepared ? Why does it sometimes precipitate 

 upon standing ? 



5. How many grammes of diluted sulphuric acid can be prepared from 50 grammes 

 of 85% sulphuric acid ? 



6. What is clarification ? For what purpose is it employed and in what ways may 

 it be accomplished ? 



7. Give the official process for the manufacture of spirit of nitrous ether. What 

 impurities are often present in the finished product ? 



S. Name three common adulterants of volatile oils, and state how each one may be 

 detected. 



9. From what source is milk sugar obtained ? How would you detect an admixture 

 of chalk or kaolin ? 



10. How is collodion prepared ? State the proportion in which the solvents are em- 

 ployed and name the official collodions. 



11. Name three official drugs whose active principle may be extracted with diluted 

 acetic acid, giving the title of the preparations in which this acid is employed as a 

 menstruum. 



12. What is the common source of alcohol ? Give the title and % strength of each 

 official kind. 



13. How is glycerite of boroglycerin prepared ? What results when water is added 

 to it? 



14. How would you determine whether or not a sample of honey was adulterated 



with artificial glucose ? 



15. How is pyrogallol obtained ? Give tests of identity, and tests by means of which 

 it may be distinguished from tannic acid. 



TOXICOLOGY AND POSOLOGY. 



N. B.— In giving doses, Write the Name of the Drug and give the Minimum 

 and Maximum doses. 



1. Which one of the mercurial preparations is most frequently employed for sucidal 

 purposes ? What is the best antidote for poisoning by it ? How is the antidote used 

 and what is formed ? 



2. Describe the characteristic symptoms of and give the emergency treatment for 

 Strychnine poisoning. Carbolic Acid poisoning. 



3. What would you give for poisoning by any of the Barium salts? Copper salts? 



4. In Morphine poisoning, what oxidizing agent is employed and what alkaloid 

 should be used for its physiological effects ? 



