PREFACE 



EJAVING exhausted eight editions of the Quiz 

 Compend, we take pleasure in presenting this, 

 the ninth edition, to our patrons, trusting it may 

 meet the same generous approval as the former ones. 

 The book has been thoroughly revised, and such 

 additions made as seemed necessary to meet the 

 growing demand for a condensed, practical work of 

 this kind. 



It has been our constant study to bring points and 

 technicalities of the drug business to the mind in a 

 condensed form. It is not intended to make phar- 

 macists out of men wholly unacquainted with the 

 business. But if the questions and answers, as laid 

 down in this work, be carfully studied, taken to- 

 gether with the experience which one should have, 

 you will surely succeed in passing any examination 

 on practical or technical pharmacy. This work is 

 intended to prepare one for either the assistant's or 



pharmacist's examination. 



THE AUTHORS, 



