OBITUARY. 
245 
P* 
Hydratis chlorali gr. Ixij 
Syrupi aurantii 
Aqua? destillatae aa. f5v 
Fiat mistura cujus sumat cochleare magnum hora somni. 
As a sedative. 
P. 
Hydratis chlorali gr. xxx 
Syrupi aurantii 
Mucilaginis acacice aa. f-ss 
Aquae destillatae f^v 
Fiat mistura cujus sumat cochleare magnum omni qutique hora. 
In delirium the dose may he from 30 up to 60 grains. For subcutaneous injection 
Dr. Liebreich recommends a solution of about 80 grains in 3 fluid drams of water. 
Pharmacopoeia Suecica. Editio septima, Stockholmiae, 18G9. 
A neat little volume of 275 pages written in the Latin language and alphabetically 
arranged after the manner of the British Pharmacopoeia. In the formulae the quanti¬ 
ties of each ingredient are generally given in parts, but when it is necessary to define 
specific quantities as in the case of masses to be divided into a certain number of pills, 
the weights ordered are grammes. Liquids are invariably estimated by weight, mea¬ 
suring being strictly forbidden. 
As in some other continental pharmacopoeias, a table is given indicating the maximum 
dose for an adult, of certain powerful medicines : if a prescriber wishes to exceed any 
one of these, he is bound to indicate his intention of giving an exceptional dose, by a 
note of admiration (!) or the addition of the word sic , failing which, the druggist is pro¬ 
hibited from dispensing the prescription. Some practice of this kind would be very 
advantageous in this country, where the druggist is not unfrequently perplexed to 
know whether an unusually large dose is ordered intentionally or not. 
The Swedish pharmacopoeia contains likewise a list of 35 medicines which may not 
be dispensed without medical authoritjq and which are required to be stored apart from 
the general stock; and there is another list of 38 still more potent preparations, which 
are further required to be kept under lock and key. 
We ought to add that the work has a practical aspect, and that the formulae seem 
judicious and reasonable, commendation which we could not bestow on the new French 
pharmacopoeia with its 115 different syrups, and alcoolats and electuaries which for 
complexity are worthy of the middle ages rather than the nineteenth century. 
HONORARY APPOINTMENTS. 
Mr. H. Sugden Evans, President of the Pharmaceutical Society, and Pro¬ 
fessor Redwood, have been elected Honorary Members of the Pharmaceu¬ 
tical Society of St. Petersburg. 
Professor Redwood and Professor Attfield have been elected Honorary 
Members of the Chicago College of Pharmacy. 
©bituarg* 
PROFESSOR GRAHAM, E.R.S. 
The Pharmaceutical Society has lost a distinguished honorary member and 
one of its earliest and staunchest supporters, by the death of Professor Gra- 
