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New  Italian  Pharmacopoeia. 
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titles ;  several  of  these  titles,  however,  include  a  long  line  of 
preparations,  such  as  hypodermic  solutions  and  medicinal  granules. 
The  official  descriptions  from  the  "  Spirit  of  Minderer  "  (Acetato 
di  Ammonio)  to  "  Sugar  "  (Zucchero)  cover  a  total  of  340  pages 
and  aggregate  659  titles  or  monographs:  if  animal  drugs,  158 
vegetable  drugs,  195  chemical  substances,  257  pharmaceutical 
preparations,  and  18  general  descriptions  or  formulas. 
For  the  student  who  is  not  well  versed  in  Italian  this  book  is 
rather  difficult  to  consult,  as  it  is  arranged  alphabetically  accord- 
ing to  the  Italian  titles. 
Thirty  titles  were  deleted  and  54  new  titles  added.  Among 
the  new  additions  we  find  such  old  and  new  friends  as  acetyl 
salicylic  acid ;  adrenalin,  diethymalonylurea,  hexamethylene-tetra- 
mine,  ether  for  anaesthesia,  silver  fluoride,  quinine  ethylcarbonate. 
sodium  formate,  sodium  glycerophosphate,  calcium  glycerophos- 
phate, pyramidon,  methyl  salicylate,  stovaine,  talcum,  trional, 
quinine  tannate,  trioxymethylene,  seidlitz  powder,  and  wine  of 
antimony. 
The  provisions  of  the  International  Congress  for  the  unification 
of  the  formulae  of  potent  medicaments  are  closely  adhered  to  and 
all  of  the  titles  included  in  the  Brussels  protocol  are  designated 
(F.  I.)  "  formola  internazionale."  The  international  drop  counter 
is  recognized  and  a  table  added  giving  the  number  of  drops  of 
official  preparations  necessary  to  weigh  one  gramme,  also  the 
weight  of  one  drop  in  milligrammes. 
Many  of  the  monographs  include  two  or  more  drugs,  thus  under 
"  arnica  "  we  find  descriptions  of  "  arnicas  flores  et  rhizoma  "  and 
under  "  arancia  amaro "  descriptions  of  "  aurantii  amari  cortex, 
flores  et  folia."  The  botanical  descriptions  are  general  rather  than 
detailed  and  there  are  comparatively  few  tests  included  in  the 
descriptions  for  vegetable  drugs. 
The  titles  of  official  preparations  are  all  enumerated  under  the 
descriptions  of  the  drugs  and  chemical  substances. 
Volatile  oils  are  classified  under  the  general  heading  "  Essenze," 
"  olea  volatilia  "  and  the  related  aromatic  waters  are  directed  to 
be  made,  by  distillation,  from  the  drug  itself. 
Among  the  more  novel  pharmaceutical  preparations  are  granules 
of  aconitine.  of  arsenous  anhydride,  of  strychnine  nitrate,  and  of 
atropine  sulphate,  also  ophthalmic  discs  of  atropine,  of  cocaine, 
and  of  eserine. 
Under  elixirs  we  find  but  a  single  title  "  elixir  acidum  hallerii." 
