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named in glycerine. The solution of starch in glycerine, Mr. Schacht’s Plasma , 
Avould be Glycematum Amyli , glycemate of stavcli. Under this name it would be 
included among other solutions in glycerine; but as this glycemate of starch 
may itself become the basis of a class of external applications, while others of 
the glycemates are applicable for different purposes, it would be desirable to 
have a name that could Ije used as a generic name for preparations of glycemate 
of starch with more active ingredients. Thus the glycemate of starch forms a 
good vehicle for the application of aconitia, atropia, etc., and what name should 
be applied to such? I would suggest that the name Glycematum Amyli should 
be abbreviated into Glycemylum , which would be a synonym for glycemate of 
starch, and a generic name for preparations consisting of what is now called 
Plasma, with the addition of other substances. 
We should thus have— 
Glycematum Amyli, Glycemate of Starch. Synonyms,—Glycemylum , glyce- 
myle, Plasma. Solution of starch in glycerine. 
Glycematum Aloes, Glycemate of Aloes. Synonym, —Glycerole of Aloes. 
Solution of aloes in glycerine. 
Glycematum Boracis, Glycemate of Borax. Solution of borax in glycerine. 
Glycematum Carbolicum, Carbolic glycemate. Solution of carbolic acid in 
glycerine. 
Glycematum Gallicum, Gallic glycemate. Solution of gallic acid in glyce¬ 
rine. 
Glycematum Tannicum, Tannic glycemate. Solution of tannic acid in gly¬ 
cerine. 
And then we might have— 
Glycemylum, Glycemyle. Synonym ,—Plasma. Solution of starch in glyce¬ 
rine. 
Glycemylum Aconitine, Glycemyle of Aconitia. Solution of aconitia in 
glycemyle. 
Glycemylum Atropia:, Glycemyle of Atropia. Solution of Atropia in gly¬ 
cemyle ; etc. etc. 
This and other parts of the subject would admit of considerable amplifi¬ 
cation ; but the statements I have made will perhaps serve to explain what I 
wish to communicate, with the view of eliciting from others their opinions or 
such suggestions as they may be disposed to offer. 
The Chairman said the subject of the paper just read was a very important 
one ; and the announcement that another edition of the Pharmacopoeia might be 
expected before very long, would be received with satisfaction. It was the duty 
of those who had the means of doing so to afford such assistance as they were 
able to give in making the work more practical and useful, and be hoped the 
discussion of the subject would tend to elicit some practical suggestions. 
Dr. W. S. Squire had listened with some interest to Professor Redwood’s ex¬ 
planation of his views of what a Pharmacopoeia ought to be. The subject was 
conveniently treated under separate heads, and he should be glad to make a few 
remarks on the several points alluded to. First, with regard to the arrange¬ 
ment of the matter, the Professor had alluded to the work published by his (Dr. 
Squire’s) father, and said he did not think the arrangement adopted in that 
work the one best adapted for a Pharmacopoeia. In this he begged to differ, 
for he thought when a medical man was treating a patient, he wished to know 
all the different forms of application provided for any article of the Materia 
Medica that he might wish to use. He was not likely to say, in treating a pa¬ 
tient, “ I must apply an ointment here, and therefore let me see what ointments 
are ordered in the Pharmacopoeia but he would rather say, u I wish to apply 
belladonna; let me see what preparations of it there are.” He thought, therefore, 
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