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Analysis  of  Ointments. 
(  Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
t       July,  1910. 
SOLUTION   OF  POTASSIUM  ARSENITE. 
P-  I. — Arsenicalis  liquor  Fowleri  seu  Liquor  arsenicalis  Fowleri 
seu  Kalii  arsenicosi  liquor. 
U.S. P. — Liquor  potassii  arsenitis. 
Ph.  Hisp. — Solutum  arsenitis  potassici. 
Ph.  Fr. — Solutio  kalii  arsenicosi. 
Ph.  Germ. — Liquor  kalii  arsenicosi. 
Ph.  Mex. — Solucion  arsenical  de  Fowler. 
Ph.  Brit. — Liquor  arsenicalis. 
Ph.  Arg. — Liquor  kalii  arsenicosi. 
Ph.  Venz. — Arsenis  potassicus  aqua  solutus. 
Ph.  Chili. — Liquor  Fowleri. 
FLUIDEXTRACT  OF  ERGOT. 
P.  I. — Secalis  cornuti  extractum  fluidum  seu  Extractum  fluidum 
Secalis  cornuti ;  Ergoti  extractum  fluidum  seu  Extractum  fluidum 
Ergoti. 
U.S. P. — Fluidextractum  ergotse. 
Ph.  Hisp. — Extractum  aquosum  secalis  cornuti. 
Ph.  Fr. — Extractum  ergoti  fluidum. 
Ph.  Germ. — Extractum  Secalis  cornuti  fluidum. 
Ph.  Mex. — Extracto  fluido  de  cuernecillo  de  centeno. 
Ph.  Brit. — Extractum  ergotae  liquidurm 
Ph.  Arg. — Extractum  secalis  cornuti  fluidum. 
Ph.  Venz. — Extracto  fluido  de  Cornezuelo  de  centeno. 
Ph.  Chili.— 
NOTES  ON  THE  QUALITATIVE  AND  QUANTITATIVE 
ANALYSIS  OF  OINTMENTS  AND  SIMILAR 
PREPARATIONS. 
By  C.  Braubach. 
Laboratory  of  Fraser  &  Co.,  New  York. 
The  qualitative  and  quantitative  determination  of  the  constit- 
uents of  an  ointment  (cream)  used  for  medicinal  or  cosmetic  pur- 
poses is  usually  intrusted  to  the  analyst  for  the  purpose  of  ascer- 
taining the  formula  and  of  duplicating  the  original.  An  investiga- 
tion concerning  the  correctness  of  a  published  formula  of  such  a 
specialty  is  rarely  the  purpose  of  the  analysis.  The  problem  given 
