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2. SALICYLIC ACID, (a) Graphic 

 formula. (b) Natural source. (c) 

 How is it made from this source? (d) 

 Outline its synthesis, (e) Give some 

 of its properties. 



3. CHLORAL HYDRATE. (a) 

 Formula. (b) Manufacture. (c) 

 Properties, (d) Give equation show- 

 ing its reaction with potassium hy- 

 droxide, (e) Say something about 

 chloral formamide. 



4. TARTARIC ACID. U. S. P. (a) 

 Graphic formula, (b) Which of the 

 three tartaric acids is it? (c) Explain 

 difference between these three tartaric 

 acids, (d) Manufacture of the official 

 acid, (e) Give its properties and uses. 



5. ISOMERISM, (a) Define, (b) 

 Give examples of polymerism. (c) 

 Give an example of three isomeric 

 bodies which we call "ortho," "meta" 

 and "para" respectively. Give exam- 

 ples of three bodies that we call 

 "vicinal," "symmetric" and "asym- 

 metric" respectively, (e) Define ste- 

 reoisomerism and give an example. 



6. ANTIPYRINE. (a) Say some- 

 thing about its structure, (b) Give 

 its correct chemical name, (c) Manu- 

 facture, (d) Properties, (e) Uses. 



7. ACETIC ETHER, (a) Formula, 

 (b) Correct chemical name, (c) Manu- 

 facture, (d) Properties, (e) Uses. 



8. TERRENES, (a) Define, (b) 

 How do they differ from cymene? (c) 

 Name an official alcohol that is a 

 terpenc derivative, (d) An official 

 ketone that is a terpene derivative, (e) 

 What large class of plant products are 

 mostly terpene derivatives? 



9. CELLULOSE, (a) Say some- 

 thing about its composition, (b) Give 

 the name of the official form of nitro- 



cellulose, (c) How is this made? (d) 

 Give some of its uses, (e) What is 

 the purest natural form of cellulose? 



10. Calculate the number of grammes 

 of pure olein — C3H5 (Ci8H3302)3 — 

 and of 85% sodium hydroxide — NaOH 

 — that will be needed to make 100 

 grammes of a soda soap — Na C18H33 

 O2 — containing 20% of water. 



MATERIA MEDICA. 

 Spring, 1914. 



1. What kind of a plant yields each 

 of the following drugs, and where does 

 it grow ? 



Jalap 



Gambir 



Gentian 



Quebracho 



Cinnamon 



Bryony 



Aconite 



Conium 



Calamus 



Ipecac 



2. What part of the ])lant constitutes 

 each of the following drugs: 



Henbane 



Fennel 



Buchu 



Elaterium 



Frangula 



Capsicum 



Stavesacre 



Squill 



Colchicum 



Quercus 



3. What are the medicinal proper- 

 ties and uses of Hydrochloric acid? 



4. Name the official drugs, including 

 the alkaloids, of the Solanaccae. 



5. What arc the medicinal properties 

 and uses of (Jumine? 



