THE AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACY. 
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Water is now to be added to glycerinum boracis. The glycerinum tannin 
would be the better for the same. 
As in all probability elaborate criticisms of the new Pharmacopoeia will soon 
cover the pages of the journals devoted to pharmacy, which will render unneces- 
sary any very elaborate further paper on the subject, I may be permitted to 
briefly summarise a few of the most important changes, and without any 
particular order of statement. Aq. anisi and ung. staphisagrise have been restored. 
Lig. atropise discarded for obvious reasons. Linimentum belladonna and aconiti 
are now made up to 30 oz. from the same quantity of root. In preparing liquor 
calcis we are ordered to first wash the lime to free it from chlorides, an obvious 
improvement. Donovan’s solution is made directly from the iodides of arsenic 
and mercury. The sp. gr. of liq. ferri dialysati is evidently wrongly given, no 
doubt a typographical error. It should be 1’040. The same of sp. am. co. 
syr. ferri phosph is double the strength, although the process of 1867 was 
stated to give the same. Tinctura ferri perchloridi is improved by the substitu- 
tion of proof for rectified spirit. Absolute alcohol has now to be of sp. gr. *795. 
It was ‘797 to ‘806, a doubtful alteration. 
Fortes and Langloi’s easy and accurate method for estimating morphia is 
adopted. Lin. saponis has an addition of more water. Lin. iodi has glycerine 
substituted for camphor. Curd soap is to be used in the preparation of lin. 
potassii iodidi, a method which I have employed and found advantageous. 
Glycerine is added to pil. rhei co. and pilula aloes et myrrha. Tincture of 
kino is to be prepared with the addition of glycerine. The preparation of 
compound spirit of ammonia is now ordered to be made by a very much improved 
method. Any of you who have had experience in the old process will at once 
see that a better and more uniform product will result, and the blocking up 
of the condensing tube with crystalised ammonium carbonate obviated, and 
also a loss of ammonia which was with difficulty avoided. The medical editors 
have not seen fit to add any of the numerous medicines included in the 
following list, many of which have been extensively advertised and prescribed. 
We may, therefore, consider that the eminent physicians of the Council either 
consider them of doubtful value or valueless. 
Pyrogallic acid. 
Pancreatin. 
Boroglyceride. 
Convollaria. 
Coto. 
Boldo. 
Duboisin. 
Euonyscin, and other principles of 
the same class. 
Hammamelis. 
Hagelin. 
Monobromide of camphor. 
Paraldehyde. 
Zinc phosphide, etc., etc. 
I notice that the phrase, “ as seen in the Pharmacies,” is used instead of 
the old term “ shops.” All will assent to this. I must now defer further 
observations until another opportunity, as I cannot, without wearying yon 
by the length of my paper, continue. I have only gone over one-third of the 
work, however. I hope another paper will, if you permit, enable me to briefly 
touch upon those changes in our B.P. which will be of practical use and 
interest to you. 
It is announced that Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker will retire from the post 
of Director of the Royal Gardens at Hew on the 30th of the present month. 
A new use for antipyrine is claimed by Dr. Laurand, who states (British 
Medical Journal , p. 993), that it acts as a powerful haemostatic in epistaxis when 
used in solution of the strength of 1 part in 30- 
