face from which the drop is poured also influences 

 its size. 



How many minims in an ounce of water? Four 

 hundred and eighty. 



What is the weight in grains of one fluid ounce 

 of distilled water at ordinary temperatuTe? 



4557 grains. 



What is meant by the maximum and minimum 

 dose? 



Minimum Smallest ordinary dose. 



Maximum Largest dose that can be given with 

 safety. 



Why are some drugs macerated before they are 

 percolated? To afford the menstruum time to dis- 

 solve the active ingredients. 



What is used to adulterate beeswax? Paraffin, 

 meal, resin, white lead. 



Give rules to proportion the dose of medicine for 

 children. 



Under I year the dose should be the T \ adult dose. 



2 " " " i 



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i< " A U 1 



4 



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7 3 



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1 7 



Why are the numbers 50/60, etc., employed to 

 represent the fineness of powders? 



They represent so many meshes to the linear inch 

 in the sieve through which the powder must pass. 



What is meant by the term magma? It is applied 

 to the moist precipitate as it is collected in a filter 

 before it is dried. 



How can the character of precipitates be modi- 

 fied? Hot dense solutions produce heavy precip- 



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