Miscellaneous Questions 



ON 



Pharmacy, Botany and Chemistry. 



What is a Pharmacopoeia? A book containing 

 a selection of medical substances, with formulas for 

 their preparation. The official ones are all issued 

 under the authority of the respective governments. 



When was the first Pharmacopoeia of the U. S. 

 issued? In 1830. 



What is Pharmacy? The science of preparing 

 medicines. 



What is Therapeutics? The science of applying^ 

 medicines. 



What is Materia Medica? The science which treats 

 of the substances used as medicine. 



What term is used to embrace these three divi- 

 sions? Pharmacology. 



'Mow would you measure heat? By- the ther- 

 mometer 



What two thermometers in common use? 



Fahrenheit and Centigrade. 



Give boiling and freezing points of each. 



Fahrenheit Freezing Point, 32; boiling 212. 

 Centigrade Freezing Point/o; Boiling 100. 



What is the size of a drop? Erroneously, a drop 

 is supposed to be a minim; but though this may be 

 approximately true when applied to water, it is not 

 true in regard to any other liquid. Thick, viscous 

 liquids produce large drops; heavy mobile liquids 

 small ones. A drop of .syrup of acacia is five times 

 as large as a drop of chloroform. The shape and sur- 



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