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THE AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACY. 
H Camphor monobrom gr.i. 
Ext. cannab. ind. gr.J 
Om nocte sumend ad tres vices. 
Translate into Latin the following : — 
“ Apply a blister for six hours behind the left ear, to be followed by a 
bread poultice.” 
(2) Head and explain the four autograph prescriptions submitted. 
(3) Dispense at counter one of the above. 
(4) What is sublimation p Wherein does it differ from distillation ? 
Give three examples. 
(5) Infusions. Give examples of five well-known infusions, and state 
what infusions are directed to be prepared with cold water, and those with 
water at 120° F. 
(6) Give the composition and method of preparing mistura ferri. comp., 
mist, guiaci, and mist, scammonii of P.B. 1867. 
(7) Chloroform— how prepared ? its solubility in water, S.V.R., ether, fixed 
oils, and glycerine? also state substances for which it is a solvent. 
(8) Give the several methods of coating pills, and criticise the merits of 
each from pharmaceutical and medical aspects. 
Note. Candidates must only attempt to answer six of the above questions, 
but numbers 1, 2, and 3 are compulsory. 
No candidate shall pass unless he show skill in reading and dispensing 
prescriptions, and a reasonable degree of neatness, dexterity, and despatch in his 
other practical work. Subject to these conditions, maximum marks will be 
awarded as follows : — 
No. 1, 30 ; Nos. 2 and 3, 20 each ; No. 7, 12 ; the remainder, 10 each. 
Division No. II. — Materia Medica and Botany. 
Time allowed, two hours. 
(1) Name the distinctive characteristics of the three great divisions of the 
vegetable kingdom (exogens, endogens, and cryptogams), with at least two 
examples of each. 
(2) State the sources of musk, spermaceti, ammoniaci, diastase, ergot, and 
phosporus, and give shortly the properties of each. 
(3) Describe ipecacuanha, giving botanical name, natural order, and habitat. 
Give proportion of alkaloid, and mention the official preparations in which 
ipecacuanha occurs. 
(4) Enumerate the resins, gum resins, also resins and gums obtained from 
the leguminosae, with botanical names of plants yielding them. 
(5) Specimens submitted. Give English and botanical names, natural order, 
and habitat. 
(6) Name the active principles contained in coffee, malt, ergot, calabar 
bean, and rhubarb, and state proportion. 
(7) Enumerate the powders containing opium, giving proportions and 
doses. 
(8) Enumerate the chlorides and iodides of mercury, giving respective 
doses, and the pharmacopoeia preparations into which they enter. 
Note.— Candidates must only attempt six of the above questions, and shall 
receive for complete answers maximum marks as follows : — 
Nos. 4, 5, and 8, 17 each; Nos. 1, 2, 3, 6, and 7, 15 each. 
