Am.  Jour.  Pharru. 
May,  18C6. 
Examination  Questions. 
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H—(i)  To  what  classes  of  carbohydrates  do  Glucose,  Cane-Sugar,  Invert- 
Sugar,  Milk-Sugar,  Dextrin  and  Maltose  respectively  belong?  (2)  State  the 
reactions  most  characteristic  of  each  of  these.  (3)  How  many  of  these  are 
directly  fermentable  with  yeast,  and  how  many  only  indirectly?  (4)  If  the 
latter,  write  the  reactions  whereby  they  become  fermentable. 
/ — (1)  Describe  Acidum  Benzoicum,  and  state  by  what  physical  and  chem- 
ical tests  it  can  be  identified.  (2)  Write  the  reaction  for  its  artificial  produc- 
tion. (3)  Describe  Acidum  Salicylicum,  and  state  by  what  physical  and 
chemical  tests  it  can  be  recognized.  (4)  Write  the  reaction  for  its  artificial 
production.  (5 )  Show  by  graphic  formulas  the  relation  of  these  two  acids  to 
each  other. 
K—  Write  the  full  chemical  name  and  the  official  designation  for  the  follow- 
ing compounds  : 
CH3  CH,  C.COH  C.CH3  CH  CH 
CH.OH     CO.OC2H5     HC     CH  HC     CH  HC     C  CH 
I  I     1!  I  II 
CO.OH  I  II 
HC     CH  HC     C.OH  HC     C  C.OH 
%/■                  %/  %/  \4 
CH                   C.C3H7  CH  CH 
MATERIA  MEDICA  AND  BOTANY. 
I—  Botany.  (1)  State  the  distinction  between  an  energid  and  a  cell.  (2) 
Define  a  ccenocyte.  (3)  Define  a  syncyte.  (4)  State  a  means  by  which  cellu- 
lose may  be  distinguished  from  related  substances.  (5)  How  would  you  dis- 
tinguish a  leucoplast  from  an  inulin  grain  ?  (6)  Define  the  terms  amyloplasts 
and  chloroplasts.  (7)  What  are  enzymes?  Name  two  examples  of  enzymes 
which  occur  in  plants.  (8)  Name  three  vegetable  carbohydrates.  (9)  How 
does  a  false  tissue  differ  from  a  true  tissue  ?  (10)  Name  three  tissues  which  are 
parenchymatous,  and  three  which  are  prosenchymatous.  (11)  Name  a  tissue 
which  is  syncytic  and  another  which  is- ccenocytic.  (12)  How  does  a  schizo- 
genous  intercellular  space  differ  from  a  lysigenous  one?  (13)  In  what  groups 
of  plants  respectively  should  we  look  for  monostelic,  polystelic  and  schizostelic 
stems?  (14)  In  what  organ  or  organs  of  the  higher  plant  should  we  expect  to 
find  separate  phloem  and  xylem  bundles?  (15)  In  the  stems  of  what  plants 
should  we  expect  to  find  closed  collateral  bundles  ? 
II —  Materia  Medica.  (16)  Which  of  the  following  groups  of  plants  furnish 
official  root-drugs  :  Algae,  Fungi,  Lichenes,  Mosses,  Ferns,  Gymnosperms, 
Dicotyls  and  Monocotyls  ?  (17)  Write  the  names  of  two  official  root-drugs 
used  in  medicine  chiefly  as  alteratives.  ( 18)  Write  the  names  of  two  glucosidal 
root-drugs  which  are  official.  (19)  Write  the  names  of  two  official  root-drugs 
which  abound  in  secretion  reservoirs  containing  resin.  (20)  Write  the  name 
of  one  official  root-drug  that  contains  bast-fibres,  and  of  one  that  contains  none. 
(21)  Write  the  names  of  two  official  root-drugs  that  are  narcotic  poisons.  (22) 
Write  the  official  names  of  two  rhizome  drugs  whose  bundles  are  closed  and 
scattered.  (23)  Write  the  official  name  of  a  rhizome  drug  whose  bundles  are 
chiefly  arranged  in  a  circle  and  are  each  enclosed  in  an  endodermis.  (24) 
Write  the  official  names  of  two  rhizome  drugs  that  are  powerful  hepatic  stimu- 
