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and formulas; 66 pages are devoted to the indexes, one in Spanish 
and the other in Latin. 
The total number of pages indexed is 698, and the book contains a 
total of 1,073 titles, including: 
Animal drugs * 26 
Vegetable drugs 243 
Chemicals 260 
Preparations 544 
A review (in the Brit. & Col. Druggist, Lond., 1905., v. 48, p. 240) 
points out that among the several modifications that have been adopted 
are: 
1. The exclusive use of the metric system of weights and measures, 
the alternate apothecaries weights of the 1884 edition being discarded. 
2. The inscription of quantities in letters as wel^ as figures. 
3. The strict adherence to the simple alphabetical arrangement. 
4. The official acceptance of the decisions of the Brussels Conference. 
The arrangement is alphabetical, according to the Spanish titles, the 
Latin titles being given secondarily. 
Among the newer remedies included in the Spanish Pharmacopoeia 
are the following Latin titles: 
Anthipirina, aristolum, bioxidum natri, cantharina, eucliinina, exalgina, 
formol, ichtliyol, salicylas phenolicus, sulphonalum, tbeobromina, trionalis, 
urethanum, xeroformicum, iodol. 
The Spanish Pharmacopoeia differentiates between extracto acuoso, 
extracto alcoholico, and extracto fluido. 
This pharmacopoeia also includes suggestions for the medicinal 
uses of the several articles. 
Three formulas for ophthalmic discs or lamellae are included; these 
are for lamellae of atropine sulphate, cocaine hydrochloride, and 
eserine salicylate, using a gelatin base. 
The pharmacopoeia contains two formulas for artificial serum 
(Serum artificial ex Hayem) ; the first formula calls for — 
Parts. 
Pure sodium chloride 5 
Pure sodium sulphate, in crystals 10 
Sterilized distilled water 1, 000 
The second formula : 
Parts. 
Pure sodium chloride 8 
Sterilized distilled water 1,000 
The salts are to be dissolved in the sterile distilled water, the re- 
sulting liquid filtered, and again sterilized. 
The Spanish Pharmacopoeia contains a description and a method 
for the assay of diastase. 
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