360       National  Formulary  as  a  Legal  Standard.     {A ^™£,im*m' 
not  be  given  if  the  quantities  are  proportional.  As  an  example  of 
this  type  of  error,,  the  formula  for  glycerite  of  guaiac  is  cited,  where 
on  one  line  I  fluidounce  of  solution  of  potassium  hydroxide  is  equiv- 
alent to  32  5  c.c.,  and  on  the  next  line  I  fluidounce  of  glycerin  is 
equivalent  to  30  c.c. 
The  nomenclature  and  titles  adopted  should  have  been  in  harmony 
with  those  of  the  Pharmacopoeia.  As  an  example,  "  phenol  "  should 
have  been  used,  not  "  carbolic  acid,"  and  the  several  titles  in  which 
this  occurs  likewise  need  correction.  The  titles  and  synonyms 
should  also  be  in  accordance  with  a  uniform  style  or  rule  and  in 
accord  with  modern  ideas  of  chemistry.  This  would  have  eliminated 
such  synonyms  as  u  syrup  of  the  hypophosphites  of  lime  and  soda!' 
Some  of  the  Latin  titles  adopted  are  unfortunate,  as,  for  example, 
"elixir  chloroformi  compositum"  for  a  preparation  that  is  not  an 
"elixir"  within  the  meaning  of  any  modern  pharmaceutical  defini- 
tion of  that  term.  Another  title  that  appears  as  a  misnomer  is 
"  syrupus  hydrochlorophosphatum,"  with  "  compound  syrup  of 
phosphates  with  quinine  and  strychnine  "  as  the  English  transla- 
tion of  that  title.  As  the  hydrogen  chloride  present  in  the  formula 
given  per  litre  is  only  that  in  combination  with  4  4  grammes  quinine 
hydrochloride,  the  presence  of  "  hydrochlorophosphates  "  is  hard 
to  conceive,  and  certainly  does  not  warrant  such  title.  The  quinine 
salt  may  be  replaced  by  the  equivalent  amount  of  the  alkaloid,  and 
the  Latin  title  corrected  to  correspond  with  the  English  translation 
and  the  synonym  given  dropped. 
Another  obsolete  and  incorrect  title  is  "  Syrupus  Actaese  Com- 
positus,"  which  should  be  changed  to  Syrupus  Cimicifugse  Compo- 
situs.  When  it  is  recognized  that  the  genus  cimicifuga  was 
delineated  by  Linnaeus  in  1 774,  and  that  the  American  cimicifuga 
or  "  black  cohosh  "  was  so  named  and  described  by  Nuttall  in  181 8, 
it  must  be  apparent  why  the  name  actae  given  to  another  distinct 
genus  should  not  enter  into  this  or  other  correct  title  for  a  prepara- 
tion made  from  Cimicifuga  racemosa  (L)  Nutt. 
The  method  of  citing  botanical  sources  and  authorities  by  the 
final  addition  in  brackets  of  the  common  or  English  name  of  the 
plant  grates  harshly  on  the  minds  of  those  who  are  accustomed  to 
see  and  use  botanical  binomials  correctly.  This  is  particularly 
noticeable  in  the  section  devoted  to  fluid  extracts.  As  an  example, 
"■  From  the  bark  of  the  root  of  Cornus  Florida  Linne  (dogwood)" 
