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2. How and where are the Balsams of Peru and Tolu obtained ? How do they differ ? 
and what mistaken notions have prevailed concerning the source of Balsam of 
Peru, and how did they originate? 
3. Is Starch a constituent of Oak Galls ? If it is, state under what circumstances it 
occurs. 
4. Give some account of the manufacture of Attar of Rose, stating precisely the 
localities in which it is chiefly carried on. Notice any peculiarities for which 
this essential oil is remarkable. 
CHEMISTRY. 
1. What is the meaning of the term Quantivalence ? Give the formulae for the follow¬ 
ing, and at the same time explain the quantivalence of each element present:—■ 
Marsh Gas (Light Carbonetted Hydrogen). 
Water. 
Ammonia. 
Hydrochloric Acid Gas. 
Carbonic Acid Gas. 
Sodium Chloride. 
. Magnesium Sulphate. 
Bismuth Subnitrate. 
2. If Phosphate of Lime were mixed with Subnitrate of Bismuth, how would you detect 
its presence, and what means would you adopt for separating them so as to make 
the Bismuth available for use ? 
3. How would you prepare Formic and Acetic Acids, Butyric and Valeric Acids, and 
their respective Alcohols ? Show the relation they bear to each other. 
PRIZE OF BOOKS. 
The questions for the Examination were as follows :— 
DISPENSING AND PHARMACY. 
1. Describe the best way of dispensing the following prescriptions; give a reason for 
the same, and write the labels in suitable language:— 
Ft. haustus quamprimum 
urgente. 
9 * 
Acid. Hydrocyan. Dil. miv. 
Mistur. Amygd. fjvj. 
Potassse Bicarbon, gr. xx. 
Succi Limonis f^iij. 
Magnes. Carbon, gr. xv. 
Aquae Destillat. f5iv. M. 
sumendus et 4 ti3 horis repetendus, nausea aut singultu 
Emplast. Plumbi ^ss. 
Olei Olivse 5 \j. 
Olei Pini Sylvestris 5j. 
Balsam. Peruv. 5ss. 
M. S. A. ut fiat unguentum pro vulnere, super linteum lotione madidum, applicand. 
2. State the proportions of the materials, temperature of the water, and time ordered iu 
preparing the following infusions:—Anthemidis, Cuspariae, and Digitalis, P. B. 
3. Describe and explain the P. B. process for preparing Fel Bovinum Purificatum, and 
suggest any improvement that might he made. 
4. State the proportion of Opium in each of the following Pharmacopoeia preparations:— 
Enema, Emplastrum, Pil. Ipecac, c. Scilla, Ung. Gallse c. Opio, and Suppositoria 
Plumbi Co. 
5. Describe the mode of preparing the Syrupus Sennse P. B., and state any improvement 
that may seem desirable in the directions. 
The President, in addressing Mr. Conder, winner of the Pereira Medal, 
said this was the highest reward which the Society could bestow, but he must 
not regard it as being in itself the end and aim of his studies; if so, the object 
