What menstruum was formerly used in making 

 vinegars? 



Wine and cider vinegar. 



Give the ingredients of Acetum Opii. 



Powdered Opium 10 



Powdered Nutmeg 3 



Sugar 20 



Dilute Acetie Acid, Q. S 100 



Give the ingredients of Acetum Scillae. 



Squill in No. 30 Powder : 10 



Diluted Acetic Acid. Q. S 100 



Give the ingredients of Acetum Lobeliae. 



Lobelia in No. 30 Powder 10 



Diluted Acetic Acid, Q. S 100 



Give the ingredients of Acetum Sanguinariae. 



Sanguinaria 10 



Diluted Acetic Acid, Q. S 100 



AQU/E Medicated Waters. 



What is an Aqua, or Water? An aqueous solu- 

 tion of a volatile substance. 



How many Officinal waters are there? Fourteen. 



How many methods used in preparing them? 

 Five. 



Name them. 



ist. By simple solution of the drug in water. 



2d. Simple solution in hot water. 



3d. Filtration through an absorbent powder. 



4th. Filtration through cotton saturated with the 

 medicated drug. 



5th. Distillation. 



What is distilled water? 



A colorless, limpid fluid, without odor or taste, 

 and of a neutral reaction. On evaporating one litre, 

 no fixed residue should remain. 



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