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will  be  held  on  Monday  afternoon,  September  29,  at  3  o'clock,  when  others 
also  will  be  examined  under  the  rules  of  the  College  prior  to  entering  the 
senior  class. 
The  Senior  examination  took  place  from  Tuesday,  February  26,  and 
closed  on  the  following  Saturday  with  the  examinations  in  practical  phar- 
macy and  in  chemical  analysis.    The  questions  were  as  follows  : 
MATERIA  MEDICA. 
A.  Canadian  Hemp.  Give  the  botanical  name,  natural  order,  habitat 
and  officinal  part  of  the  plant.  Describe  the  physical  and  structural  char- 
acters of  the  drug,  and  state  how  it  differs  from*  the  corresponding  part  of 
an  allied  indigenous  plant.  Give  the  medical  properties  and  dose  of  the 
drug. 
B.  BLoodroot.  Which  part  is  officinal?  Give  the  botanical  name,  natu- 
ral order  and  habitat  of  the  plant  Describe  the  physical  and  structural 
characters  of  the  drug,  and  give  its  medical  properties  and  dose.  Give  the 
important  characters  of  one  of  its  alkaloids,  and  name  another  officinal 
plant  containing  the  same  aikaloid. 
C.  Logwood.  Give  the  botanical  name,  natural  order  and  habitat  of  the 
tree.  Describe  the  drug  and  state  how  it  differs  from  other  woods  having 
a  similar  color.  Name  and  characterize  its  important  constituents.  Give 
its  medical  properties  and  dose. 
D.  Willow-bark.  Give  the  botanical  name,  natural  order  and  habitat  of 
the  tree.  Describe  the  physical  and  structural  characters  of  the  drug,  and 
state  its  difference  from  the  bark  of  old  wood.  Give  the  outlines  of  a  pro- 
cess for  preparing  its  bitter  principle;  also,  the  chemical  characteristics  of 
the  latter. 
E.  Senna  leaves.  From  which  genus  and  which  natural  order  are  they 
obtained?  How  does  the  tribe  '"Senna"  differ  from  other  tribes  of  the 
same  genus?  Name  the  commercial  varieties,  and  give  of  each  the  botani- 
cal name  and  habitat  of  the  plant,  the  principal  characters  of  the  drug  and 
its  admixtures.  To  which  principle  are  the  laxative  properties  of  Senna 
mainly  due,  and  what  is  its  behavior  to  solvents? 
F.  Coloeyntk.  Give  the  botanical  name,  natural  order  and  habitat  of 
the  plant.  Describe  the  drug,  state  the  cause  of  the  plump  or  shrivelled 
appearance  of  the  commercial  varieties  and  explain  the  growth  of  the 
placentae.  What  is  the  percentage  of  seeds  and  pulp?  Give  the  medical 
properties,  dose  and  effects  of  overdoses  of  the  drug.  Name  the  bitter  prin- 
ciple, and  state  its  behavior  to  hot  diluted  acids. 
G.  Ergot.  Give  the  botanical  name,  and,  as  briefly  as  possible,  the  com- 
plete hisiory  of  development  of  the  fungus.  What  alkaloids  have  been 
obtained  from  Ergot?  To  which  principles  are  the  effcctsof  Frgot  believed 
to  be  due?    Give  an  outline  of  the  process  for  preparing  these  principles.. 
H.  Give  the  botanical  names  and  habitat  of  the  plants  of  the  natural 
order  of  Logan iacese  yielding  officinal  seeds.  Describe,  briefly,  the  physical 
and  structural  characters  of  the  seeds.  Give  the  names,  the  percentage  and 
the  characteristic  reactions  of  the  two  alkaloids  found  in  these  seeds. 
/.  Benzoin.  Give  the  botanical  name,  natural  order  and  habitat  of  the 
plant,  and  state  how  the  drug  is  obtained.  Describe  the  drug  and  point 
out  the  principal  differences  between  Sumatra  and  Siam  Benzoin.  Name 
the  constituents,  give  the  percentage  of  the  peculiar  acid,  and  state  how  the 
presence  of  another  acid  sometimes  present  may  be  detected. 
K.  Cacao  Butter.  Give  the  botanical  name,  natural  order  and  habitat  of 
the  plant;  also  the  part  of  the  plant  yielding  the  oil  and  the  percentage 
obtained.  Give  the  physical  properties  and  constituents  of  the  drug  and 
describe  a  test  for  the  detection  of  adulteration. 
