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to say that liquids which dissolve gelatin must not be placed in , 

 capsules unless they are to be given at once. 



Haustus — Deench 



A haustus or drench may be defined as an extemporary liquid 

 preparation intended to be given immediately in one dose. , 



Electuaeium — Blectuaey 



Electuaries are medicinal pastes to be smeared on the teeth 

 of animals where they melt at body temperature and are absorbed 

 or are free to act locally upon the tissues of the mouth and throat. 

 Usually a specified quantity is dispensed as a sample dose or one 

 of the common domestic measures may be used. 



Chaptee XII. 

 MATERIA MEDICA 



The following lists contain the more important drugs arranged 

 for convenience of study. 



Students should keep a separate note-book ruled according to 

 the following scheme, in which to tabulate the characteristics. 



Explanatory -. — The official name, synonym, dose, origin may 

 be taken from some standard text but the form, color, taste, and 

 odor should be taken directly from the specimen. 



The dose should be given in both the Apothecaries and Metric 

 systems. 



Those preparations printed in italics should be studied so 

 that they may be recognized by their physical characteristics, while 

 the others should be sufficiently studied to know whether they may 

 or may not be certain drugs. For instance, whether a brown 

 powder might be calomel or nux vomica, or a colorless preparation 

 tincture of digitalis, iron, etc. 



