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Pharmaceutical  Meeting, 
/  A.m.  Jour.  Pharm. 
X      April.  1908. 
Bonnell.  No  adverse  criticisms  were  offered  on  the  formulae  of  the 
fluidextracts,  but  attention  was  called  to  the  fact  that  in  purchasing 
the  drugs  for  the  preparation  of  the  fluidextracts,  it  was  found  that 
crude  drug  dealers  for  the  most  part  use  synonyms  as  chief  titles 
on  their  labels,  the  botanical  names  being  given  in  parentheses;  and 
as  these  synonyms  frequently  apply  to  more  than  one  drug  or  plant, 
and  hence  are  not  distinctive,  the  revision  of  the  labels  used  by 
crude  drug  dealers  was  suggested.  The  observations  on  elixirs  were 
presented  in  the  form  of  a  paper,  which  will  be  published  in  a  later 
issue  of  this  Journal.  Professor  Cook  also  called  attention  to  sam- 
ples of  the  N.  F.  milk  of  magnesia,  and  stated  that  in  order  to  avoid 
coloration  of  the  preparation,  it  should  be  made  with  distilled  water, 
at  the  same  time  recommending  an  increase  of  the  amount  of  water 
directed  by  the  formula,  as  the  preparation  is  not  sufficiently  liquid. 
Among  those  taking  part  in  the  general  discussion  were :  Prof. 
C.  B.  Lowe,  M.  I.  Wilbert,  Prof.  Joseph  P.  Remington,  William  L. 
Cliffe,  George  M.  Beringer,  Franklin  M.  Apple,  and  the  chairman. 
The  question  having  arisen  as  to  the  existence  of  curacao  oil  of 
orange,  Professor  Remington  said  that  as  the  National  Formulary 
is  an  expansion  of  the  New  York  and  Brooklyn  Formulary,  and  the 
latter  being  largely  the  work  of  Dr.  Rice,  it  therefore  appeared  that 
the  oil  was  a  genuine  article  at  that  time. 
Mr.  Blair  criticised  the  elixir  of  curacao  on  the  ground  of  its 
being  acid  in  character,  claiming  that  elixirs  should  be  neutral  prep- 
arations. He  also  suggested  an  improvement  for  the  elixir  of  terpin 
hydrate,  whereby  the  terpin  hydrate  is  dissolved  in  a  solution  con- 
sisting of  equal  parts  of  alcohol  and  glycerin. 
Mr.  Apple  said  that  by  reason  of  the  high  percentage  of  glycerin 
in  glycerinated  elixir  of  gentian,  it  rightly  belongs  to  the  class  ot 
glycerites,  and  that  owing  to  the  presence  of  several  ingredients,  the 
word  "  compound  "  should  be  added  to  the  title. 
Mr.  Wilbert  commented  unfavorably  on  fluidextracts  as  a  class 
of  pharmaceutical  preparations,  and  said  that  of  those,  formulae  for 
which  are  given  in  the  National  Formulary,  only  about  twelve  or 
fifteen  are  efficient  or  should  be  used.  He  likewise  condemned  the 
N.  F.  elixirs,  saying  that  the  majority  of  them  are  now  obsolete,  and 
that  they  were  obsolete  when  the  formulae  were  first  published,  but 
were  introduced  into  the  New  Yorkand  Brooklyn  Formulary  to  satisfy 
the  craze  for  elixirs  at  that  time.    He  said  that  the  original  formu- 
