i66 THE JOURNAI, OF PHARMACOI.OGY. 



Examination Questions of the Board of Pharmacy of the eity of 



Xew York, June, 1900. 



PHARMACY. 



1. State: 



(a) How many grains there are in one kilogramme. 



{b) How many kilogrammes there are in three avoirdupois pounds. 



2. Convert : 



(a) 92° F. into °C. 



{l>) 432° C. into °F. 



3. How many grains of corrosive sublimate are required to make one gallon of 1-500 

 solution ? 



4. Name three official wines, giving official title of each. State what menstruum is 

 employed. 



5. How many grammes of diluted alcohol can be prepared from 1,025 grammes of 

 official alcohol. 



6. Name all the components of Tinctura Cinchonee Composita and describe the 

 process of its manufacture. 



7. Donovan's Solution : 



(a ) Give its official title. 



[b) Name its active constituents and state what per cent, of each is present. 



8. Citrine Ointment : 



(a) Give its official title. 



{b) State how it is prepared. 



9. When choral hydrate and lime water are dispensed in the same mixture what 

 new compounds are formed ? 



10. Name a good solvent for each of the following : 



(a) An Oleo-resin, {c) An Alkaloid, 



{b) A Resin, {d) A Gum. 



11. Oleate of Mercury : 



(a) State how it is prepared. 



{b) State what changes it undergoes upon standing. 



12. Give the official title of three preparations containing ammonia gas, stating the 

 per cent, present in each case. 



13. Name two official tinctures which are prepared by maceration. State why they 

 are prepared in this manner. 



14. In what official preparation is ethereal oil employed ? State how you would de- 

 termine its absence from this preparation. 



15. Give the unabbreviated official title of each of the following : 



(a) Brown Mixture, {c) Arsenic Antidote, 



lb) James' Powder, {d) Lunar Caustic. 



CHEMISTRY. 



1. Define the following terms : 



{a) Per, (O Bin, 



(b) Triad, (d) Super. 



2. Name the compound which forms when two atoms of iodine combine with one 

 atom of iron, and give its molecular weight. 



3. Name an official silver salt which may be fused without undergoing decompo- 

 sition. 



4. How may the following be accomplished ? 



