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SYRUPUS. 



SPIRITUS. 



Prepare official Syrup as follows : With the aid of heat, dissolve 85 Gm. sugar in 

 45.5 mils distilled water; bring the liquid to the boiling point, strain, then pass enough 

 distilled water through the strainer to make the product when cold equal 100 mils. 



Properties of your Symp: 



Appearance .... 



Odor 

 Color 



Taste 



Sp. Gr. at 25 C. 



Label 2 test-tubes thus: Hypo-, Iso-, Hyper-. Into each place 6 mils of your 

 Syrup; then to the Hypo- add 3 mils HoO; to the Hyper- add 2 Gm. sugar, heating in 

 a water bath to complete solution. Set aside for several days, exposed to the air, and 

 note results. (Put unused Syrup in stock bottle.) 



1 Week: 2 Weeks: 



Examine shelf samples of following official Syrups: 



Official Syrups of limited or no therapeutic utility: Syrupus Acidi Hydriodici, S. 

 Aurantii, S. Aurantii Florum, S. Calcii Lactophosphatis, S. Ferri lodidi, S. Hypo- 

 phosphitum, S. Lactucarii, S. Picis Liquidae, S. Rhei, S. Scillae, S. Scilke Compositus 

 (Hive Syrup), S. Senegae, S. Tolutanus. 



SPIRITUS. 



Spirits are hydroalcoholic or alcoholic solutions of volatile substances ; and, while 

 the greater number are solutions of volatile oils, a few represent solutions of volatile 

 liquids, volatile solids, and gases. 



