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Examination  Questions. 
f  Am.  Jour.  Pharui. 
X        May,  1896. 
lants.  (25)  Write  the  official  names  of  two  rhizome  drugs  derived  from  the 
Liliacese.  (26)  Write  the  names  of  the  most  important  medicinal  constituent 
of  each  of  the  following  drugs  :  Ipecac,  Hydrastis,  Geranium.  (27)  Name 
two  official  bark  drugs  which  are  destitute  of  bast  fibres.  (28)  Name  an  emetic 
drug  which  produces  emesis  by  acting  on  the  vomiting  centre  in  the  medulla. 
(29)  Name  an  emetic  which  produces  its  effects  by  direct  action  upon  the 
stomach.  (30)  Name  an  alkaloidal  drug  which  is  powerfully  sialogogue  and 
sudorific,  and  at  the  same  time  depresses  the  heart's  action.  (31)  Name  two 
official  drugs,  one  of  which,  in  moderate  dose,  tones  the  heart  and  slows  its 
beats,  and  the  other  of  which  depresses  it  and  slows  its  beats.  (32)  Define  a 
cholagogue  drug  and  name  one.  (33)  Name  two  official  drugs  which  are  both 
narcotic  and  mydriatic.  (34)  In  case  of  poisoning  by  tobacco,  what  antidote 
would  be  suitable  after  evacuating  the  stomach?  (35)  Why  is  atropine  so  fre- 
quently administered  in  cases  of  opium  poisoning  ?  (36)  Name  two  drugs  each 
of  which  stimulates  the  muscular  coats  of  the  smaller  arteries,  reducing  their 
calibre.  (37)  Name  a  powerful  alkaloidal  drug  which  is  anti-sudorific  in  its- 
action.  (38)  How  would  you  distinguish  Logwood  from  Red  Saunders?  (39) 
By  means  of  what  structural  difference  would  you  distinguish  Dandelion  root 
from  Chicory  root  ?  (40)  What  parts  of  the  following  plants  are  official  :  Datura 
Stramonium,  Ouercus  Lusitanica,  Humulus  Lupulus,  Canadian  Hemp,  and 
Anamirta  Paniculata  ? 
COMMITTEE. 
A— Show }  all  figures  used  in  obtaining  your  answers  to  these  questions.  (1) 
An  apothecary  has  two  lots  of  Powdered  Opium  of  the  respective  morphine 
strengths  of  12  per  cent,  and  16  per  cent.  How  much  of  each  must  he  take  to 
make  4500  c.c.  of  official  Tincture  of  Opium  if  he  desires  to  use  Powdered 
Opium  of  the  average  morphine  strength  of  the  Pharmacopoeia?  (2)  How 
many  c.c.  of  Camphorated  Tincture  of  Opium  would  an  equal  weight  of  Pow- 
dered Opium  make  ?  (3)  About  how  much  official  Extract  of  Opium  could  be 
made  from  the  same  weight  of  Powdered  Opium  ?  (4)  How  many  milligrammes 
of  water  would  weigh  exactly  as  much  as  a  litre  of  Official  Alcohol,  tempera- 
ture not  considered  ? 
B — Acetic  Acid.  (1)  Give  its  chemical  formula.  (2)  How  is  the  commer- 
cial product  manufactured  ?  (3)  How  may  it  be  made  from  Ethyl  Alcohol  ? 
(4)  Name  the  official  Acetic  Acids  and  give  the  percentage  of  Absolute  Acid  in 
each.  (5)  How  would  you  prove  the  presence  of  Acetic  Acid  in  an  aqueous 
solution  of  an  Acetate  of  an  inorganic  base  ?  (6)  Define  the  class  of  prepara- 
tions called  Vinegars.  (7)  Give  the  unabbreviated  Latin  titles  of  the  official 
Vinegars.  (8)  Give  the  ingredients  in  each.  (9)  Give  an  official  process  for 
Spirit  of  Mindererus.  (10)  What  do  you  regard  as  the  maximum  dose  of  the 
Morphine  Salt  of  Acetic  Acid  ? 
C—{i)  Write  the  official  names  of  three  important  drugs  of  North  American 
origin,  and  name  an  important  medicinal  constitueut  of  each.  (2)  Name  an 
official  bitter-tonic  drug  that  is  destitute  of  tannic  matters,  and  whose  fluid 
preparations,  therefore,  do  not  form  a  precipitate  with  ferric  solutions.  (3) 
Name  two  official  barks  distinguished  from  all  others  by  being  colored  a  deep 
red  by  a  solution  of  one  of  the  caustic  alkalis.    (4)  Name  three  official  root- 
