250  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy.  {Am'M0aUyr;i899?rm- 
/—Poses,  etc. — State  the  best  times  and  methods  of  administering  the  fol- 
lowing, and  the  doses  in  which  they  should  be  given  :  (i)  Castor  Oil.  (2)  Cro- 
ton  Oil.  (3)  Cod-Liver  Oil.  (4)  Potassium  Permanganate.  (5)  Silver  Oxide. 
(6)  Pepsin.  (7)  Pancreatin.  (8)  Iodides.  (9)  Bismuth  Salts  (as  gastric  seda- 
tives).   (10)  Sulphonal. 
K — Botanical  Names. — Give  the  botanical  names  of  the  plants  yielding  the 
following:  (1)  Thebaine.  (2)  Glycyrrhizin.  (3)  Kino-tannic  Acid.  (4)  Arabic 
Acid.  (5)  Scammonin.  (6)  Mastichic  Acid.  (7)  Styrol.  (8)  Guaiacic  Acid. 
(9)  Gambogic  Acid.    (10)  Catechu-tannic  Acid. 
COMMITTEE. 
A — (1)  An  apothecary  has  two  lots  of  Powdered  Opium  of  the  respective 
morphine  strengths  of  11  per  cent,  and  15  per  cent.  How  much  of  each  must 
he  take  to  make  5,000  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  official  Powdered  Opium  make?  (3)  About  how  much  official  Extract  of 
Opium  could  be  made  from  the  same  weight  of  Powdered  Opium  ? 
B — Iron. — (1)  Give  its  Latin  name  and  symbol.  (2)  In  what  forms  is  Iron 
found  in  nature  ?  (3)  What  forms  are  officially  used  ?  (4)  How  many  classes 
of  compounds  does  Iron  form?  Give  the  valence  of  each.  (5)  How  is  Re- 
duced Iron  made?  (6)  How  is  Vallet's  Mass  made?  (7)  How  is  Solution  of 
Ferric  Chloride  made  ? 
C — (1)  Write  the  official  names  of  three  important  drugs  of  South  American 
origin,  and  name  an  important  medicinal  constituent  of  each.  (2)  Name  an 
official  bitter-tonic  drug  that  is  destitute  of  tannin  and  whose  fluid  prepara- 
tions, 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  solu- 
tion of  one  of  the  caustic  alkalies.  (4)  Name  three  official  root-drugs  which  are 
destitute  of  starch.  (5)  Write  the  official  names  of  two  root-drugs  which  yield 
pectin,  and  state  how  precipitation  may  be  avoided  in  their  galenical  prepa- 
rations. 
D — Aconite. — (1)  Give  its  official  name.  (2)  Botanical  origin.  (3)  Natural 
order.  (4)  Habitat.  (5)  Describe  Aconite.  (6)  Name  its  official  preparations 
and  give  brief  outlines  of  the  formula  for  each.  (7)  What  is  the  active  con- 
stituent of  Aconite,  and  give  its  physical  test.  (8)  Give  the  dose  of  the  active 
constituent.  (9)  How  would  you  treat  poisoning  by  Aconite  if  compelled  to 
act  in  an  emergency  ? 
E — ( 1 )  What  is  Tannin  ?  (2)  From  what  source  is  it  usually  obtained  ?  (3) 
Give  its  official  name.  (4)  What  is  its  chemical  relation  to  Gallic  Acid  ?  (5) 
What  are  the  best  solvents  for  Tannin?  (6)  How  may  Tannin  be  chemically 
identified?  (7)  What  are  the  pharmaceutical  difficulties  in  preserving  galeni- 
cal preparations  of  drugs  containing  Tannin?  (8)  Name  ten  official  drugs 
containing  Tannin  in  one  or  the  other  of  its  forms. 
F—{\)  Explain  the  theory  of  emulsification.  (2)  Describe  the  "  English  " 
and  "Continental"  methods  of  making  emulsions.  (3)  How  are  emulsions 
made  on  a  large  scale?  (4)  How  would  you  know  when  you  had  succeeded  in 
making  a  good  emulsion?  (5)  Why  do  such  drugs  as  Myrrh,  Asafetida,  etc., 
not  require  acacia  to  make  good  emulsions?    (6)  What  is  Quillaja  ?  How  can 
