SOA  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  (A™-  J°lir-  Sarm- 
1  (     October,  1906. 
Some  Dosage  Forms  of  Medicines. 
By  M.  I.  Wilbert. 
The  author  considers  the  available  methods  for  the  administra- 
tion of  medicines ;  forms  in  which  medicines  may  be  administered ; 
the  need  for  adopting  the  dosage  form  to  the  condition  and  the 
idiosyncrasies  of  the  patient ;  the  origin  of  some  of  the  existing 
forms  of  medicines  and  the  need'  for  elaborating  and  increasing 
this  variety ;  and  some  dosage  forms  that  should  be  developed  and 
could  readily  be  exploited  by  the  dispensing  pharmacist. 
A  Method  of  Preparing  Lime  Water  That  Insures  Conformity 
With  the  U.  S.  P.  Requirements. 
By  W.  L.  Cliffe. 
The  method  proposed  consists  in  slaking  the  lime  as  directed 
by  the  Pharmacopoeia  and  washing  the  resultant  calcium  hydroxide 
by  decantation.  The  washed  calcium  hydroxide  is  then  made  into 
a  creamy  magma  with  water  and  placed  in  an  ounce  bottle  which 
is  securely  corked. 
To  prepare  Lime  Water  (U.  S.  P.)  take  one  ounce  bottle  of 
the  Magma  of  Calcium  Hydroxide  and  one  gallon  of  cold  water. 
This  method  if  adopted  would  obviate  any  possibility  of  dispen- 
sing a  Lime  Water  below  the  standard  of  the  U.  S.  P.,  as  each 
ounce  bottle  contains  more  than  enough  to  thoroughly  saturate  a 
gallon  of  cold  water  and  repeated  examinations  have  shown  a  wide 
margin  of  safety.    The  ounce  bottles  can  be  re-used  indefinitely. 
Some  Interesting  Prescriptions. 
By  H.  A.  B.  Dunning. 
The  author  exhibited  a  collection  of  twelve  copies  of  prescriptions 
recently  filled  in  a  retail  drug  store.  These  were  selected  from  a 
large  number  because  of  interesting  features  observed  while  com- 
pounding, or  where  special  treatment  was  required  to  produce  a 
more  desirable  finished  preparation.  They  were  exhibited  for  gen- 
eral discussion  without  any  suggestions  by  the  collector  as  to  how 
they  should  be  compounded. 
