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H.  — Describe  a  process  for  making  Gelatin  Capsules  to  contain  liquids.  How 
may  they  be  filled  and  sealed?  How  are  empty  capsules  which  are  intended 
to  hold  solids  made  ?  Describe  a  form  of  apparatus  used  for  filling  them  with 
powders. 
I.  — 1. — Write  out  a  prescription  for  a  four-ounce  solution  having  a  teaspoon- 
ful  dose  which  shall  contain  2  grains  of  a  soluble  iron  salt,  with  a  suitable 
tonic  tincture. 
2 — Write  out  a  prescription  for  a  four-ounce  solution  in  proper  proportion 
for  a  teaspoonful  dose  for  adults  which  shall  contain  chloroform  and  elixir  of 
orange. 
3  — Write  out  a  metric  prescription  of  approved  form  for  twenty  pills,  each 
•containing  the  equivalent  of  l-60th  of  a  grain  of  strychnine  and  2  grains  of 
sulphate  of  quinine. 
K. — Examine  the  following  prescriptions  and  if  you  would  dispense  them, 
state  the  proper  method  and  the  quantity  of  finished  preparation  in  each  case. 
Potass.  Permang.... 
Fiant  Pil.  No.  xxiv. 
Sig. — One,  three  times  a  day. 
R 
Ext.  Lupulini  Fluid  
Acid.  Hydrobrom.  Dil  
Aquse  Menth.  Pip.  q  s.  ft. 
gr.  xij 
/S  ss 
/5ij 
ft  vi 
Sig.- 
<iay. 
R 
Acid.  Hydroc. 
Potass  Chlor.. 
Aquee  ad  
-A  teaspoonful  three  times  a 
mxxx 
grLX 
ft  ij 
Sig. — A  teaspoonful  as  directed. 
R 
Chloralhydratis   Si 
Camphorae   gr.  lxiv 
Misce.  fiat  pulv.  et  div.  in  Chart.  No.  xii. 
Sig. — Qne  powder  at  night. 
For  Mrs.  Brown. 
R 
Syr.  Ferrilodidi. 
Liq.  Potass.  Arsen..   aa/  5  ij 
Syr.  Tolu.  ad   '  f  3  iij 
Sig. — A  teaspoonful  three  times  a 
day. 
CHEMISTRY. 
A.  — Describe  the  metal  Copper.  State  what  are  some  of  its  important  alloys 
and  give  their  composition.  Give  the  formulas  of  the  officinal  Salts  of  Copper. 
B—  Give  the  chemical  formulas  of  and  describe  Hydrargyri  Chloridum  Cor- 
rosivum  and  Hydrargyri  Chloridum  Mite.  State  what  are  the  points  of  differ- 
ence between  Hydrargyri  Oxidum  Rubrum  and  Hydrargyri  Oxidum  Flavum. 
Give  the  chemical  formulas  of  Hydrargyri  Subsulphas  Flavus  and  Hydrargyrum 
Ammoniatum. 
C — Describe  the  metal  Aluminum.  What  are  valuable  properties  possessed 
by  this  metal?  How  is  Aluminum  prepared?  Mention  any  improved  pro- 
cesses lately  proposed  or  tried.  Are  any  useful  alloys  known  in  the  composi- 
tion of  which  Aluminum  enters. 
B.  — What  are  the  several  commercial  varieties  of  the  metal  Ironf  Give  the 
physical  and  chemical  differences  of  these  varieties.  To  which  of  these  varia- 
ties  does  the  officinal  Ferrum  belong  ?  What  is  the  composition  of  Ferrum 
reductum  and  by  what  process  is  it  made  ? 
E. — State  what  are  the  tests  relied  upon  for  the  detection  of  Arsenic  poison- 
ing. Give  a  brief  description  of  the  methods  of  procedure  in  applying  these 
tests.  How  would  you  prepare  by  an  officinal  process  an  antidote  to  arsenic 
poisoning? 
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