AtojJu°ne;Srm-}       United  States  Pharmacopoeia.  263 
acacia,  asafetida,  benzoin,  camphor,  kino,  lobelia,  myrrh,  opium  and 
squill.  Some  of  the  English  and  also  Latin  titles  are  a  little 
unfamiliar  at  the  present  time  ;  we  find,  for  instance,  nux  vomica 
referred  to  as  "  vomic  nut,"  while  ergot  is  found  in  the  secondary- 
list  with  the  English  title  "spurred  rye,"  sometimes  called  "  ergot." 
The  portion  of  the  book  entitled  Preparations  includes  329  titles. 
As  will  be  seen  by  comparing  the  number  of  articles  classed  under 
preparations  in  Table  1  with  those  called  galenicals  in  Table  2,  many 
of  these  so-called  preparations  would  not  be  classed  with  prepara- 
tions at  the  present  time.  This  section  of  preparations  included 
formulas  for  making  chemical  substances  like  benzoic  acid,  citric 
acid,  calomel,  corrosive  sublimate,  sulphuric  ether,  tartar  emetic, 
and  oxide  of  zinc.  There  were  also  included  a  large  number  of 
essential  or  volatile  oils,  with  directions  for  producing  them  in  the 
laboratory  of  the  apothecary. 
Table  No.  i.— Giving  the  Number  of  Titles  in  the  First  Six  Editions  with  their 
Classifications. 
1820 
I83O 
1840 
1850 
1S60 
1870 
221 
220 
241 
253 
304 
330 
71 
86 
90 
9i 
75 
72 
329 
314 
357 
424 
494 
569 
621 
620 
688 
768 
873 
991 
Table  No.  2. — Giving  the  Comparative  Number  ok  Vegetable,  Chemical  and 
Animal  Drugs,  also  the  Number  of  Galenical  Preparations  in  the  Various 
Editions  of  the  United  States  Pharmacopoeia. 
1820 
1830 
1 840 
1850 
i860 
1870 
1880 
1890 
254 
260 
281 
297 
312 
321 
264 
255 
109 
116 
124 
140 
:76 
192 
233 
239 
12 
15 
17 
19 
18 
18 
15 
18 
246 
229 
266 
312 
367 
440 
481  • 
473 
4 
5 
Total  
621 
620 

688 
768 
873 
97i 
997 
990 
