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f  Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
1   December,  1900. 
ard ;  full  directions  for  testing  and  identifying  the  various  chemicals 
are  given,  and  the  standards  for  purity,  while  high,  do  not  seem  to 
be  excessively  so. 
The  treatment  given  to  well-known  or  recognized  synthetic 
compounds  can  hardly  be  found  fault  with.  In  cases  where  the  trade 
names  are  patented  the  drug  is  included  under  its  scientific  or  syn- 
thetic name,  while  in  others  the  common  or  trade  name  is  Latinized 
and  made  official.  The  following  table  includes  the  synthetic  com- 
pounds that  have  been  admitted  into  the  German  and  British  Phar- 
macopoeias, and  their  respective  titles: 
GERMAN  AND  BRITISH  TITLES  OF  OFFICIAL.  SYNTHETICS. 
G.P.  B.P. 
Antifebrine  .'  .  Acetanilidum.  Acetanilidum. 
Antipyrine    .  .  Pyrazolonum  phenyldimethylicurn.  Pkenazonurn. 
Chloralamid  .  .  Chloralum  fermamidatum. 
Dermatol  .  .  .  Bismutum  subgallicum. 
Diuretin    .  .  .  Theobrominum  Natrio-salicylicum. 
Phenacetine  .  .  Phenacetinum.  Phenacetinum. 
Saccharine.  .  Glusidum. 
Salipyrine    .  .  Pyrazolonum  phenyldimethylicurn  salicylicum. 
Salol  Phenylum  salicj-licum.  Salol. 
Sulphonal    .  .  Sulfonalum.  Sulphonal. 
Trional  ....  Methylsulfonalum. 
Several  of  these  official  titles  are  rather  long  and  cumbrous,  but 
even  this  is  better  than  admitting  a  trade-marked  name  that  is  the 
absolute  property  of  the  manufacturer.  There  is  one  apparent 
duplication ;  in  one  part  of  the  book  we  find  a  formula  for  making 
caffeine  sodium  salicylate,  while  in  another  portion  we  find  a 
description  of  theobromine  sodium  salicylate.  The  tests  for  identifi- 
cation are  practically  the  same,  and  it  is  very  doubtful  if  there  is 
any  difference  in  their  therapeutic  value. 
Among  the  additions  to  the  book  we  find  crude  cresol.  This  is  an 
official  recognition  of  the  rapidly  extending  use  of  this  substance 
as  an  antiseptic  and  disinfectant ;  there  is  also  a  formula  for  a  cresol 
soap  solution  that  will  give  a  product  soluble  in  water  and  closely 
resembling  lysol. 
Ether  for  anaesthesia  is  one  of  the  new  additions,  and  with  the 
complete  and  somewhat  stringent  tests  for  purity  insures  a  satis- 
factory article.  Among  the  other  additions  that  have  been  or  are  in 
use  in  this  country  we  find  adeps  lanae.  This  is  directed  to  be 
used  in  two  preparations,  adeps  lanae  cum  aqua,  and  in  an  unguen- 
