PHARMACOPOEIA, PHARMACY, AND GLOSSARY 



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527. ENGLISH LINEAR. 



12 inches (") = 1 foot (') 



3 feet = 1 yard. 

 220 yards = 1 furlong. 



8 furlongs or 1,760 yards = 1 mile. 



|1 hand (used in 



4 inches measuring 



[ horses). 



528. COMPARISON BETWEEN ENGLISH AND METRIC 



WEIGHTS AND MEASURES 

 1 Imperial fluid ounce weighs 437^ grains = 



1 oz. avoirdupois. 

 1 gramme weighs 15-432 grains (cc. = cubic 



centimetre). 

 1 Imperial fluid ounce weighs 28-35 grammes = 



1 ounce avoirdupois. 

 1 fluid ounce = 28-417 cc. (Note this is at 



62 F. ; 1 gm. = 1 cc. at 32 F.) 

 The apothecaries' pound and ounce and the troy 

 pound and ounce are the same, but are differently 

 divided. 



1 ounce apoth. weighs 31-10 gram. = 480 



grains. 



1 Ib. avoirdupois weighs 453 6 gram. 

 1 cwt. weighs 50-8 kilogram. 

 1 ton weighs 1016 kilogram. 

 1 grain weighs -0648 gram. 

 1 litre = 1000 cc., or 1 cubic decilitre = 



175-9 pints = 35-2 fluid ounces. 

 1 cubic centimetre = -061 cubic inch. 



1 cubic inch 

 1 yard 

 1 mile 

 1 gallon 

 1 pint 

 1 minim 

 1 cc. 



= 16-387 cc. 



= -9144 metre. 



= 1-609 kilometres. 



= 4-546 litres. 



= 568-3 cc. 



= -059 cc. 



= 16-9 minims. 



529. Drugs. List of the most important 

 drugs that should be kept in the veterinary 

 pharmacy (see Sec. 513) : 



Acid boracic 



Acid carbolic 



Aconite tine. 



Alcohol 



Aloes balls (Sec. 509, 2) 



Ammonia 



Arecolene 



Belladonna, F. E. 



Calomel 



Cannabis indica 



Chloral hydrate 



Chloroform 



Cocaine 



Creolin 



Eserine 



Ether 



Gentian 



Ginger tine. 



Iodine tine. 



Iron perchloride tine. 



Iron sulphate 



Lead acetate 



Linseed oil, raw 



Mercury iodide blister 

 (See Sec. 410) 



Mercury perchloride 



Morphine 



Mustard 



Nitre 



Opium 



Pot. chlorate 



Quinine sulphate 



Reducine 



Soda bicarbonate 



Soda chloride 



Soda thiosulphate 



Strychnine sulphate 



Turpentine 



Zinc sulphate 

 and 



1 oz. hard gelatine cap- 

 sules. 



530. GLOSSARY AND THERAPEUTICAL CLASSIFICA- 

 TION OF DRUGS. 



ABSCESS : a collection of pus in a cavity formed by 

 the disintegration of tissues. 



ABSORBENTS. (See " Desiccants.") 



ACRID : pungent, producing an irritation. 



ACTIVE PRINCIPLE : the part of a drug or herb that 

 is responsible for the chief action of that drug 

 or herb ; morphine is the active principle of 

 opium. 



ACUTE : short and relatively severe ; not chronic. 



ADHESION : the abnormal joining of parts together. 



ALBUMEN OR ALBUMIN : a protein found in most 

 animal and vegetable tissues. 



ALTERATIVES : drugs that gradually change and cor- 

 rect the morbid condition of organs, e.g. aloes, 

 ammonium carbonate, silver nitrate, arsenic, 

 pot. bromide, dil. hydrochloric, ammonium 

 chloride, pot. chloras., soda chloride, colchicum, 

 lead iodide, pot. iodide, magnesium sulphate, 

 mercury iodide, mercury subchloride, mercury 

 perchloride, soda phosphate. 



ANAESTHETICS : drugs that cause insensibility to pain 

 and unconsciousness, alleviate spasms and pain, 

 and relax muscles, e.g. general ether, amyl 

 nitrite, chloroform, nitrous oxide ; local ether, 

 ethyl chloride, cocaine, eucaine, holocaine, ice, 

 menthol,novocaine, stovaine, urea hydrochloride. 



ANCHYLOSIS : abnormal immobility of a joint. 



ANODYNES : drugs that diminish and allay pain, e.g. 

 aconite, carbolic acid, digitalis, ethyl chloride, 

 opium, lead subacetate. 



ANTACIDS : drugs that reduce aclivity and make blood 

 and secretions more fluid (useful in fever, rheu- 

 matism, etc.) : ammonia, ammonium carbonate, 

 chalk, lime-water, pot. bicarbonate, pot. car- 

 bonate, soda bicarbonate, soda carbonate. 



ANTALKALINES : drugs that increase activity, e.g. 

 dil. hydrochloric and nitric acids. 



ANTEMETICS : drugs that arrest vomiting, e.g. bella- 

 donna, lime-water, chloral hydrate, chloroform, 

 magnesia. 



ANTHELMINTICS : drugs that destroy, expel, or pre- 

 vent the return of worms, e.g. aloes, asafcetida, 

 copper sulphate, iron sulphate, mercury sub- 

 chloride, quassia, santonin, soda chloride, thymol. 

 (See " Tamiafuges.") 



ANTIDOTES. (See Sec. 512.) 



ANTILITHICS : drugs that prevent the formation of 

 sediment and calculi in the urine, e.g. acetic and 

 hydrochloric acids, magnesia, pot. carbonate, 

 soda bicarbonate, soda phosphate. 



ANTIPARASITICS : drugs that destroy animal and 

 vegetable parasites. (See " Anthelmintics " and 

 " Insecticides.") 



ANTIPERIODICS : drugs that arrest intermittent dis- 

 eases, e.g. arsenic, cinchona, quinine, soda 

 chloride. 



ANTIPHLOGISTICS : drugs that contract inflammation 

 (see " Sedatives"), e.g. aloes, antiphlogistine, mer- 

 cury subchloride, reducine. 



ANTIPYRETICS : drugs that reduce fever, e.g. acet- 

 anilid, dil. vegetable and mineral acids, aconite, 



