INSPECTION  OF  DRUGS. 
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Manna,  when  affording  37  per  cent,  of  pure  mannife. 
Myrrh,  "  30      "       of  pure  myrrh  resin,  and 
"  "  50      «  gum. 
Opium,  "  9      "       of  pure  morphine. 
Rhubarb,       "  40      "       of  soluble  matter,  whether  in 
root  or  powder  ;  none  admissible  but  the  aticles  known  as  East 
India,  and  Turkey,  or  Russian  rhubarb. 
Sagapenum,  50  per  cent,  of  resin. 
"         30  percent,  of  gum,  and 
"         3  per  cent,  of  volatile  oil. 
Scammony,  70  per  cent,  of  pure  scammony  resin. 
Senna,  28  per  cent,  of  soluble  matter. 
All  medicinal  leaves,  flowers,  barks,  roots,  extracts, &c,  not  herein 
specified,  must  be,  when  imported,  in  perfect  condition,  and  of  as 
recent  collection  and  preparation  as  practicable. 
All  pharmaceutical  and  chemical  preparations,  whether  crystal- 
ised  or  otherwise,  used  in  medicine,  must  be  found  on  examination 
to  be  pure  and  of  proper  consistence  and  strength,  as  well  as  of 
perfect  manufacture,  conformably  with  the  formulas  contained  in  the 
standard  authorities  named  in  the  act ;  and  must  in  no  instance  con- 
tain over  three  per  cent,  of  excess  of  moisture  or  water  of  crystalli- 
zation. 
Essential  or  volatile  oils,  as  well  as  expressed  oils  used  in  medi- 
cine, must  be  pure,  and  conform  to  the  standards  of  specific  gravity 
noted  and  declared  in  the  dispensatories  mentioned  in  the  act. 
"  Patent  or  secret  medicines  "  are  by  law  subject  to  the  same  ex- 
amination, and  disposition  after  examination,  as  other  medical  pre- 
parations, and  cannot  be  permitted  to  pass  the  Custom  House  for 
consumption,  but  must  be  rejected  and  condemned,  unless  the  spe- 
cial examiner  be  satisfied,  after  due  investigation,  that  they  are  fit 
and  safe  to  be  used  for  medicinal  purposes. 
The  appeal  from  the  report  of  the  special  examiner  of  drugs  and 
medicines,  provided  for  in  the  act,  must  be  made  by  the  owner  or 
consignee  within  ten  days  after  the  said  report ;  and  in  case  of  such 
appeal,  the  analysis  made  by  the  analytical  chemist  is  expected  to 
be  full  and  in  detail,  setting  forth  clearly  and  accurately,  the  name, 
quantity,  and  quality  of  the  several  component  parts  of  the  article 
in  question  ;  to  be  reported  to  the  collector  under  oath  or  affirma- 
tion. 
On  such  report  being  made  a  copy  of  the  same  will  be  immedi- 
ately furnished  by  the  collector  to  the  special  examiner  of  drugs  and 
medicines,  who,  if  the  report  be  in  conflict  with  his  return  made  to 
the  collector,  and  he  have  cause  to  believe  that  the  appeal  and  ana- 
lytical examination  have  not  been  conducted  in  strict  conformity 
with  the  law,  may  enter  his  protest  in  writing  against  the  reception 
and  adoption  by  the  collector  of  such  report  and  analysis,  until  a 
